University of Jaffna

University of Jaffna

Motto	('மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு' Tamil, 'Discernment is Wisdom').
Established	1974
Vice Chancellor	PROFF.N.SHANMUGALINGANB.Ed.(Hons.)(Cey),M.A(Jaffna) Ph.D (Jaffna).
Location	Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Enrollment	5,000 undergraduate, 800 graduate
Staff	600
Campus	43 acres (174,000 m²)
Website	[http://www.jfn.ac.lk/ www.jfn.ac.lk]

Overview

Jaffna University has two campuses. They are situated in Thirunelveli and Vavuniya. The Arts, Science and Medical Faculties are sited in Thirunelveli near Jaffna.

The nucleus of Jaffna University were two colleges Parameshwara College [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Parameshwara_College%2C_Jaffna] and Ramanathan College Constructed by a philanthropist and statesman named Sir Pon. Ramanathan. Madam Sirimao bandaranayake Government took these two colleges and started the initial Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science.

*Faculties :*Faculty of Agriculture.:*Faculty of Arts.:*Faculty of Graduate Studies.:*Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce. :*Faculty of Medicine. :*Faculty of Science.

*The Vavuniya Campus:*Faculty of Applied Science.:*Faculty of Business Studies.

*Other Institutions.:*Library.:*The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts.:*Department of Siddha Medicine.:*The Sports Science Unit:*The Health Studies Unit.:*The Physical Education Unit.:*The External Examinations Unit.:*The Workers Education Unit.:*The Extra Mural Studies Unit.:*The Computer Unit. :*Centre for Development of Fisheries.

Administration

Chancellor: Prof.M.Sivasuriya MBBS(Cey), FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg), FACS FRCOG(Gt.Brit), FCOG(SL), FCS(SL) Hon.DSc.(Jaffna)

Vice-Chancellor: Prof.N.ShanmugalinganB.Ed.(Hons.)(Cey),M.A(Jaffna) Ph.D (Jaffna).

Academic subdivisions

arts

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine was established by Dr.Nissanka Wijeyeratne at Kaithady in October of 1978 with 70 students.Dr Kandiah Balasubramaniam was the Dean for a decade. As a head of biochemistry he lead the country in biotechnology and ground breaking researches. with his PhD experience from Indiana University, Bloomington he led the country in several researches.

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr.(Ms).S.Sivamathy(B.Sc(Agri),PhD(Peradeniya) is the present dean of the Faculty of Agriculture. former deans including Prof. S. Rajadurai, Late Eng. Vijayaratnum, Prof. Navaratnaraja, Prof. Mohanadas, and Late Prof. Kandiah. It is a golden period for the student when Prof. Kandiah was the dean of Agriculture. He died on his way from Jaffna to Kilinochchy. There are 159 undergraduates enrolled in the University. First batch of students enrolled in December 1990.

Areas of study

Agricultural chemistry including Soil and Food Science, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Science, Agronomy, Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Economics. Graduates from the faculty of agriculture are holding the top positions in various fields and performing the task beyond the capacity of the graduates. Most students did post-graduate studies around the world and achieved excellent academic achievements irrespective of their poor performance at the Faculty of Agriculture due to lack of facilities and inexperienced under-qualified heads of the departments. The faculty of agriculture does not have a permanent building after displaced from Kilinochchy where it was estabilished and faces series of difficulty.

Ramanathan Academy

Current music department head is Pakialaxumi. Past head is Navaratnum.

Notable people affiliated with the UoJ

The late Hon. Justice Manicavasagar, Former Chancellor of The University of Jaffna. A very prominent man in society, he was also Chairmen of the commercial bank of ceylon, and received the Sri Lankan National Award by President Junius Richard Jayewardene.

External links

* [http://www.jfn.ac.lk University of Jaffna]
* [http://www.unarvukal.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=611 Vice Chancellor of University of Jaffna]
* Dr.Nissanka Wijeyeratne