Chancellor General SHS Kottegoda (Retd) WWV RWP RSP VSV USP ndc
Board of Management
The management and administration of the university is governed by a Board of Management that consists of the following members appointed by His Excellency the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Chairman  
Secretary, Ministry of Defence General (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc MPhil (Chairman)
Members  
Additional Secretary (Defence) Ministry of DefenceMs. S L Dhammika K Wijayasinghe
BSc (Hons) (Peradeniya), MSc (Distinction) – Urban Management & Development, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
the Netherlands, MSc – Environment Science (Colombo)
Commander of the ArmyLieutenant General HLVM Liyanage RWP RSP ndu
Commander of the NavyVice Admiral UVMP Perera RSP & 2 Bars, USP, ndu, psc, MMaritimePol, MSc(DS) Mgt, MSc (MS & NSSS), BA (DS) Hons, PWO
Commander of the Air ForceAir Marshal SK Pathirana WWV and Bar, RWP and Bar, RSP and 3 Bars, VSV, USP
Vice Chancellor, KDUMajor General Milinda Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc MPhil (Ind) PGDM 
UGC RepresentativeProf. Sampath Amaratunge
BA (Hons.) in Economics (USJP), MA in Economics (Colombo), MSc. in Economics of Rural Development (Saga National University), Ph.D. (Kogoshima National University in Japan)
Chairman – University Grants Commission
Treasury RepresentativeMs. JC Weligamage
Director General
Department of Public Finance
Ministry of Finance
Registrar – KDU (Secretary/Convener)  Mr. VD Kithsiri (Secretary/Convener)
E MBA (PIM – SJP), PGDM (SJP), BCom (Special) Hons, LICA & PI- CASL, Dip in English (Aquinas, SLIDA, ACHE)