University Grants Commission is the body responsible for funding the State Universities in Sri Lanka, and operates within the frame work of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978. A public organisation,
It is the only university in the southern region of Sri Lanka. It was established by a special presidential decree on 1 September 1978 as Ruhuna University College and upgraded to a full-fledged unive
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)
…University of Jaffna University of Ruhuna University of Vavuniya…
The idea of a University of Ruhuna was proposed in 1978 by Cabinet Minister of Education & Higher Education at the time Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne