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In the skyward Journey, The Faculty of Management Studies established two more departments; the

Department of Tourism Management in 2006 and Department of Marketing Management in 2008. To
date, the faculty consists of four Departments which offers unique Seven degrees; Department of
Accountancy and Finance (headed by Prof. Dunusinghe G Dharmarathna), BSc Honours in Financial
Management and BSc Honours in Banking and Insurance; Department of Business Management

(headed by Mr. Achintha Ekanayake), BSc Honours in Business Management; Department of
Marketing Management (headed by Mr. D. Jasinghe), BSc Honours in Marketing Management;
Department of Tourism Management (headed by Dr. Sarath Munasinghe), BSc Honours in Eco
Business Management, BSc Honours in Tourism Management and BSc Honours in Hospitality

Management. The degrees have an embedded uniqueness for each program; for instance, Tourism
Management, Banking and Insurance, and Eco-Business Management degrees are offered only by the
SUSL in Sri Lanka. The Faculty prevails to pursue the vision of the University, standing proud of the

professionalism and excellence of its academic and non-academic accomplishments over the past
years and years to come. While enhancing existing programmes and building new programmes, and
increasing the focus and integration of global and international competencies and experiences, the
faculty has now offered exclusive postgraduate degree programmes, MBA (MBA General, MBA in
Finance, MBA in Marketing and MBA in Tourism) and M.Sc. in Ayurvedic Hospital Management, in

collaboration with the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Moreover, the faculty is keen on uplifting the
research skills and competencies of the researchers in the South Asian region. For instance, the
faculty has recently established a 4-month programme called “Writing Impactful Research” with more

than 1000 researchers in South Asia in collaboration with Emerald Publishing and Gulf Medical
University, UAE. The faculty has an eminent resource panel, including local/foreign academics and
industry experts, to provide the best experience to its student base.

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