Faculty of Science is one of the eight faculties in University of Peradeniya

University of Peradeniya

The University of Peradeniya is a world renowned state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission...

. It was established as the second Faculty of Science in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 in 1961.

Overview

Faculty of Science is situated about half a kilometre from the Galaha Junction, Peradeniya

Peradeniya

Peradeniya is a town of about 50,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road connecting Kandy and Colombo, just a few kilometres west of Kandy....

. Faculty constists of 110 academic and 120 non-academic staff.

Degree Programs

Faculty of Science offers course of study leading to General and Special Degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.). Course unit system is introduced in 2001. Calendar of the faculty is semester based.

Departments and Institutions

Faculty consists of eight departments, five units, a separate library and the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS).
Departments of the Faculty of Science:

• Department of Botany http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/botany/
• Department of Chemistry http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/chem/
• Department of Geology http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/geology/
• Department of Mathematics http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/maths/
• Department of Molecular Biology and Bio-technology http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/molbio/
• Department of Physics http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/physics/
• Department of Statistics and Computer Science http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/physics/
• Department of Zoology http://www.pdn.ac.lk/sci/zoology/

External links

• Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya official website