Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RUSL) is a university located in the historic city of Mihintale

Mihintale

Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. It is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the presence of Buddhism in Sri Lanka...

, near Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...

, 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...

. It was established on 31 January 1996.

History

In November 1995 the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RUSL) was established by the Gazette Notification No: 896/2 of 7 November 1995 in the administrative District of Anuradhapura. The Central Province Affiliated University College (CPAUC) in Polgolla, located 140 km from the main campus at Mihinthale, Anuradhapura was amalgamated to the RUSL as its Faculty of Applied Sciences (FASc). The immediate task of the FASc was to upgrade all the students of the CPAUC who had successfully completed their diploma requirements, to the graduate level. On this task the FASc was inaugurated on 10 January 1997 to commence the third-year degree programme with a batch of 102 students, who graduated in 1998. The first batch of students who were directly sent by the UGC to follow the degree programme was enrolled in November 1997.

After functioning for nearly 10 years at Polgolla, the faculty was established in the main campus at Mihinthale, on 16 January 2006 upon completion of Stage I of the building complex.

Faculties

The university consists of five faculties, Applied Sciences

Applied science

Applied science is the application of scientific knowledge transferred into a physical environment. Examples include testing a theoretical model through the use of formal science or solving a practical problem through the use of natural science....

, Agriculture, Management Studies, Medicine and Allied Sciences, and Science and Humanities

Faculty of Applied Sciences (FASc)

The following degree programs are offered by the FASc.

• B.Sc. (General) three-year degree in Applied Sciences
• B.Sc. four-year degree in Applied Sciences
• B.Sc. four-year degree in Industrial Mathematics
  Applied mathematics
  Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
  
  
• B.Sc. (Special) four-year degree in Applied Biology
• B.Sc. four-year degree in Health Promotion
  Health promotion
  Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
  
  
• B.Sc. four-year degree in Information & Communication Technology(ICT)
• B.Sc. (Joint Major) four-year degree in Biology & Physics

The FASc, Mihintale consists of two departments: Biological Sciences

Biology

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 and Physical Sciences

Physical science

Physical science is an encompassing term for the branches of natural science and science that study non-living systems, in contrast to the life sciences...

. The Department of Biological Sciences offers courses in the fields of Botany/Zoology/Biology while the Department of Physical Sciences offers courses in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Pure Mathematics

Pure mathematics

Broadly speaking, pure mathematics is mathematics which studies entirely abstract concepts. From the eighteenth century onwards, this was a recognized category of mathematical activity, sometimes characterized as speculative mathematics, and at variance with the trend towards meeting the needs of...

, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

All the courses are offered in English.

Faculty of Management Studies

Faculty of Management Studies offer first-level and postgraduate degrees. It consist of four departments that offer B.Sc. degrees in

• B.Sc. (Special) in Accountancy & Finance
• B.Sc. (Special) in Business Management
• B.Sc. (Special) in Tourism & Hospitality Management
• B.Sc. (Special) in Business Information Technology

These degree programmes are conducted in English. The Faculty of Management Studies, Rajarata University is the only faculty that offer B.Sc. Degrees in Tourism & Hospitality Management and Business Information Technology in Sri Lanka.

Postgraduate studies

Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...

involves postgraduate diplomas, MBA and Msc (Management).

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences (FMAS)

This faculty was started in 2005 as a concept of President Mahinda Rajpaksa. The dean was Prof. Malkanthi Chandrasekara. Prof. Malini Udupihiile works as the present dean. It's had five batches (2010 July) studying in pre and para clinical departments.