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The University of Peradeniya is heir to the University of Ceylon which was established in 1942. It is the largest and best-endowed university in Sri Lanka. It has eight faculties (schools) and 72 academic departments, an undergraduate enrolment of approximately 9000 and a postgraduate enrolment of approximately 2000.
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The University of Peradeniya ( Sinhala: පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, Tamil: பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission. [2] . It is the largest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942.
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The University of Peradeniya is the heir to a sixty year old University tradition which commenced with the inception of the University of Ceylon, the first institution of its kind established in Colombo on 1 July 1942. It moved to the banks of Mahaweli River, the longest in the Country, in 1952.
Admission of Undergraduate students to the University of Peradeniya is done by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on the basis of a national admission policy for Universities in Sri Lanka prepared in consultation with the Ministry of Higher Education and in line with the national policies.
The first unitary arts and research university in Sri Lanka, the University of Peradaniya, retains much from the early days following its formation from a merger of the Ceylon University College and the Medical College in 1942.
The University of Peradeniya is a state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission. It is the largest and oldest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942.
