Student Services & Amenities
Lecture halls equipped with modern audio-visual equipment and other related infrastructural facilities are available for conducting academic programs.
There are two computer centres in the faculty, having a number of state-of-the-art computers and utilities. The required application packages are available. Software facilities are available for various types of computer applications. The Local Area Network provides e-mail and Internet facilities through a leased line and Wi-Fi.
There are about 127,000 books and about 150 periodicals, including Hansards, Acts Gazette and daily newspaper in Sinhala, Tamil and English available throughout the library network and many online databases are available for research purposes.
Books can be borrowed for a period of two weeks from the Lending Library: Books in the Reference Library are available for overnight use only; they can be taken after 3.00 p.m. and returned before 10.00 a.m. the following day.
Open Hours: Weekdays and Saturdays from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. unless otherwise announced.
All the students who are eligible, in terms of distance to the Faculty premises, are given hostel facilities.
All students can obtain basic medical care at the University Medical Centre, which is open from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on weekdays. In addition, the Pambahinna Divisional hospital is located close to the university.
The University student canteen offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as tea, soft drinks, and various snacks throughout the day. Hours of operation are from 7.00 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Two hostel canteens are available for hostellers.
A traditional food court (‘Hela Bojun Hala’) is also located in the university premises providing traditional food items at affordable rates.
All the necessary groceries, stationery, toiletries, soft drinks, and snacks are available to purchase at the Welfare Shop. Opening Hours are weekdays from 7.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. and Sundays from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Students can engage in more than 20 sports at university.
The sports facilities include 25 metre swimming pool, two tennis courts, badminton, squash, volleyball, basketball and netball courts, weight lifting, and exercise equipment.