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30 unusual facts about Peradeniya


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 Agriculture has several sub campuses except the main campus located in Peradeniya.

The University of Peradeniya, in Sri Lanka, is composed of eight undergraduate faculties of study.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya

Faculty operates in two locations as main administration buildings are situated in the main campus of University of Peradeniya and a separate sub-campus is located in Mahailuppallama, North Central province of Sri Lanka.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya is one of the eight faculties of University of Peradeniya and the oldest agriculture faculty in Sri Lanka.

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya is one of the eight faculties of University of Peradeniya and the latest addition to the university.

Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Upgraded to a faculty in 1942 with the establishment of the University of Ceylon that year, it was moved completely to Peradeniya in the early 1950s.

Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya is the largest single faculty in the entire university system of Sri Lanka.

Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya is one of the eight faculties of University of Peradeniya and the only institution that trains dental surgeons in Sri Lanka.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Medicine is one of the eight faculties in University of Peradeniya.

In addition to the buildings located in the main campus, faculty operates a rural field practice area known as "Hindagala Community Health Project" covering 62 square kilometers and with a population of 20,000.

Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya: Serves as the Professorial Unit for the training of final year medical students

Faculty of Medicine is established in the University of Peradeniya in 1962 under the provisions made by Ministry of Health.

Faculty of Medicine is situated at the Galaha Junction, Peradeniya, on the other side of the entrance to the Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya.

Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya

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

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

George Henry Kendrick Thwaites

In March 1849, on the death of George Gardner, Thwaites was appointed superintendent of the botanical gardens at Peradeniya, Ceylon.

Memecylon macrocarpum

It is extinct from the natural habitats in Sri Lanka, and only live specimen of this species is planted in Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya.

Roland Trimen

Trimen was born the son of Richard and Mary Ann Esther Trimen and was the elder brother of Henry Trimen, botanist and director of the botanical gardens at Peradeniya, Ceylon.

S. B. S. Abayakoon

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

Sri Lanka Post

The year 1892 saw the first "Travelling Post Office" doing its run between Colombo and Peradeniya, a suburb of Kandy.

Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya

Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, is one of the three hospitals in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

The hospital is situated aside the A1 highway connecting Kandy and Colombo, near the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya.

University of Colombo library

Following completion of buildings at Peradeniya Arts and Oriental Studies faculties were moved in the early 1950s.

University of Peradeniya library

It serves primarily the faculty of Arts.

The University of Peradeniya library is a centrally-administered network of libraries in the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

The entire facility was moved to Peradeniya in 1952, with the establishment of a new seven story building in the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya campus.

University of Sri Lanka

The University of Sri Lanka was abolished and its six campuses were each elevated to independent, autonomous universities in their own right: University of Peradeniya, University of Colombo, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Vidyodaya), University of Kelaniya, University of Moratuwa (Katubedda) and University of Jaffna.


Sucharitha Gamlath

He graduated with First Class Honours for classical Indian languages and Sinhala language at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and carried away the awards, The Rowland’s Gold Medal, The Jayanayake Prize and The Oriental Research Scholarship.In the same year, he was appointed Assistant Lecturer in Sinhala of the same University.