Medical Colleges in Sri Lanka

University of Jaffna

• The University of Jaffna has a faculty that educates future health care professionals. The school has several divisions, including anatomy, medicine, paediatrics, pharmacology, psychiatry and surgery. For the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees, students have 40 to 44 weeks of preclinical courses before going for clinical courses and para-clinical courses at the Teaching Hospital and Faculty.

  University of Jaffna
  P.O. Box 57
  Thirunelvely
  Jaffna, Sri Lanka
  +94-021-222-2483
  jfn.ac.lk

University of Kelaniya

• Located at Ragama in Sri Lanka, the University of Kelaniya's Faculty of Medicine has approximately 1,000 students and over 200 staff. Departments include anatomy, disability studies, medicine, medical microbiology, paediatrics, psychiatry, pharmacology, public health, parasitology and surgery. The school offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and the Department of Medicine is dedicated to research, much of which has been published in international journals.

  University of Kelaniya
  P.O. Box 6
  Thalagolla Road
  Ragama, Sri Lanka
  +94-11-295-8337
  kln.ac.lk

University of Peradeniya

• The University of Peradeniya's Faculty of Medicine, situated at the school's entrance on Galaha Road, educates 1,000 students and has well over 200 faculty members. The university has a range of departments, including anaesthesiology, anatomy, community medicine, microbiology, paediatrics, pharmacology, psychiatry, surgery and medical education. Students undergo clinical training at one of five teaching hospitals in the area.

  University of Peradeniya
  Peradeniya 20400
  Sri Lanka
  +94-81-238-8301
  pdn.ac.lk

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

• Sri Lanka's University of Sri Jayewardenepura houses a Faculty of Medical Sciences that offers undergraduate degrees in medicine, nursing, human biology, pharmacy and medical laboratory sciences, as well as a few postgraduate programs. The school's departments include anatomy, biochemistry, medicine, microbiology, paediatrics, pharmacology, psychiatry and surgery.

  Faculty of Medical Sciences
  University of Sri Jayewardenepura
  Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  +94-11-280-1077
  fmsusjp.lk