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unusual facts about Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna



Campus of University of Peradeniya

The faculty of Engineering is located on the other side of the river Mahaweli, on a side of the main road leading to Gampola.

Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya

Department of Computer Engineering is the youngest department of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya established in 2001 with 20 undergraduate students.

Faculties and institutions of University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences is the 1st new addition to the university in 55 years, after the establishment of Faculty of Engineering.

Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna

It is located in a relaxed & quite environment at Hapugala, Galle, away from the city, thereby offering a comfortable atmosphere for studies as well as creative and innovative work.

Jordan of Saxony

Jordan is honored as the patron saint of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Santo Tomas, in Manila, which was founded by the Dominican Order.

Mahinda Wijeratne

Professor Mahinda Wijeratne is a Senior Professor of Agriculture at the University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka.

Ragging in Sri Lanka

A a first year female student of University of Ruhuna committed suicide in 1997 as a result of ragging.

In 2011, a female student attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, was semi-paralysed in one limb as a result of ragging she underwent at the faculty canteen.

S. B. S. Abayakoon

He is a Senior professor of Civil Engineering, at Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

University of Ruhuna

University of Ruhuna is used to be noted for high level of ragging in recent years with several major incidents grabbing national headlines.

It has seven faculties: Agriculture, Engineering, Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Finance, Medicine, and Science.


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