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University of Jaffna

The University of Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், romanized: Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam; Sinhala: යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, Yāpanaya Viśvavidyālaya; abbreviated UoJ) is a public university in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[8] Established in 1974 as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, it became an independent, autonomous university in 1979.

University of Jaffna
யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்
යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය
Former names
University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna Campus)
Mottoமெய்ப் பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு
Motto in English
Discernment is wisdom
TypePublic research university
Established1 August 1974; 48 years ago (1974-08-01)
AccreditationUniversity Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)
Budget
  • Rs. 2.2 billion (2016, recurrent)[1]
  • Rs. 1.2 billion (2016, capital)[2]
ChancellorSivasubramaniam Pathmanathan
Vice-ChancellorSivakolundu Srisatkunarajah
Academic staff
611[3]
Administrative staff
731[4]
Students7,972[5]
Undergraduates7,393[6]
Postgraduates531[7]
57[7]
Location, ,
9°41′04.90″N 80°01′18.90″E / 9.6846944°N 80.0219167°E / 9.6846944; 80.0219167Coordinates: 9°41′04.90″N 80°01′18.90″E / 9.6846944°N 80.0219167°E / 9.6846944; 80.0219167
CampusMultiple campuses
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission (Sri Lanka),
Association of Commonwealth Universities,
International Association of Universities
Websitewww.jfn.ac.lk

The main campus is located in Thirunelvely, Jaffna. It also has faculties in Ariviyal Nagar near Kilinochchi, Kaithady and Maruthanarmadam near Chunnakam. It has thirteen faculties (Agriculture, Alied Health Science, Applied Science, Arts, Business Studies, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Hindu Studies, Management Studies and Commerce, Medicine, Science, Technology, and Technological Studies) and thirteen other academic units/centres. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses that award various degrees.

In 2016 the university had 7,972 students and 1,342 employees.[5] It is the seventh largest university in Sri Lanka in student numbers.[5] In 2015/16 the university admitted 3,009 undergraduates.[9] UoJ had a recurrent budget of Rs. 2.2 billion and a capital budget of Rs. 1.2 billion in 2016.[1][2] Its income in 2016 was Rs. 3.5 billion of which Rs. 3.4 billion (98%) was grant from the central government in Colombo.[10]

The chancellor and the Vice-chancellor are professors Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan[11] and Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah respectively.[12] UoJ is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.[13]

History

University of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus

 
The first gate of the university made in 1974

On 15 July 1974 Badi-ud-din Mahmud, Minister of Education and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sri Lanka, declared that the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka would be established in Jaffna.[14] K. Kailasapathy, head of the Department of Tamil and Hindu studies of the Vidyalankara campus of the University of Sri Lanka, was appointed as the first president of the Jaffna campus.[14] Extraordinary gazette no. 121/15 was published on 25 July 1974 establishing the Jaffna Campus.[14] The new campus started functioning on 1 August 1974 at the Parameswara College premises in Thirunelvely some 4 km north of Jaffna city centre.[14] Parameswara College had been founded in 1921 by P. Ramanathan.

The campus had approval for three faculties (Humanities, Law and Science) and one department (Physical Education). Only the Humanities and Science faculties were functioning when the campus started taking students in October 1974.[14] The Faculty of Humanities and campus administration were based at Thirunelvely. The Faculty of Science was based at the undergraduate section of Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai which had been taken over by the government on 13 August 1974.[14]

The Faculty of Humanities was renamed Faculty of Arts in 1975. The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts, based at Ramanathan College in Maruthanarmadam, was taken over by the Jaffna Campus on 1 December 1975.[14] The Faculty of Science moved to Thirunelvely in June 1978 and the Jaffna College site was returned to its former owners the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India. The Faculty of Medicine was established on 7 August 1978 with its base at the Ayurvedic Hospital in Kaithady.[14]

University of Jaffna

 
A photo captured from outside road

The Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 radically altered university education in Sri Lanka. The University of Sri Lanka was abolished and its six campuses (Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Moratuwa and Jaffna) were each elevated to independent, autonomous universities. A gazette was issued on 22 December 1978 establishing the University of Jaffna with effect from 1 January 1979.[14]

The Faculty of Medicine was shifted to Thirunelvely in 1981. Construction of a new library, student centre and arts block began in 1981 but were halted due to the civil war. The Siddha section of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine was moved from the University of Colombo to the University of Jaffna in July 1984.[14] The partially completed library started functioning in 1986.

The escalation of hostilities between the Indian Peace Keeping Force and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in late 1987 severely affected the university. UoJ buildings and equipment suffered extensive damage. Students and academic/non-academic staff were killed.[14] During the late 1980s/early 1990s, when most of the Jaffna peninsula including Jaffna city was under LTTE control, the university suffered frequent aerial bombings, shortage of essential goods due to the economic blockade, shortage of academic staff many of whom had fled abroad and a general disturbance of academic life due to the frequent curfews.[14]

The university was given approval in 1985 to establish a Faculty of Agriculture in Kilinochchi.[15] Construction of a new building in Kilinochchi began in 1986 but was abandoned in 1987 due to the civil war.[15] In October 1989 approval was given to establish a Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi, but the civil war prevented this.[14] The Faculty of Agriculture started functioning in December 1990 at buildings belonging to the Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre and the District Training Centre of Department of Agriculture in Kilinochchi.[14][15]

In October 1995, as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula, virtually the entire population of the Valikamam region fled to other parts of the peninsula and the Vanni. The university administration was transferred to the Faculty of Agriculture in Kilinochchi.[14] Most of the equipment and furniture at Thirunelvely was lost during the absence. The university's administration returned to Thirunelvely in 1996 after the military had recaptured most of the peninsula including Jaffna city.[14] The escalation of hostilities in the Vanni in 1996 caused severe disruption to the Faculty of Agriculture which was forced to move several times.[15] The University Council decided to move the faculty. In August 1997 studies re-commenced at the faculty's new premises in Jaffna.[15]

A gazette was issued on 26 March 1997 upgrading the Northern Province Affiliated University College (NPAUC) in Vavuniya to the Vavuniya campus of the University of Jaffna.[14] The NPAUC was established in 1991 to offer courses in mathematical sciences, accountancy and finance. The Vavuniya Campus had two faculties - Applied Science and Business Studies - each with two departments.[14] In 1999 the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce was created from parts of the Faculty of Arts.[14] The Faculty of Graduate Studies was created in the same year.[14]

Construction of a new building for the Faculty of Agriculture at Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi began after the end of the civil war in 2009.[15] The faculty expects to relocate to Ariviyal Nagar in 2013.[15] In April 2011 the university's senate approved the establishment of a Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi next to the Faculty of Agriculture. The first batch of students are expected to be admitted in September 2012.

The Faculty of Technology was established in 2016.[16] The faculty is expected to admit its first students towards the end of 2016.[16] It will be located near the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi.[16]

Campus

 
 
Ariviyal Nagar
 
Kaithady
 
Marthanamadam
 
Pambaimadhu
 
Thirunelvely
 
Vavuniya
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Locations of University of Jaffna sites

The university is based at five sites: Thirunelvely, Vavuniya, Ariviyal Nagar, Kaithady and Maruthanarmadam.

The Thirunelvely campus is split into two. The main site off Ramanathan Road contains three faculties - Arts, Management Studies & Commerce and Science - as well as the main administrative departments, library and student complex. The second site off Adiyapatham Road contains the Medicine faculty. The Faculty of Graduate Studies is based in a rented house on Ramanathan Road opposite the university.

The Vavuniya campus is based at several sites in the town as well as in the outskirts of Vavuniya. The campus plans move all its functions to the spacious Pambaimadhu site on the Mannar-Vavuniya Road. This site houses the Faculty of Business Studies and student hostels. The Faculty of Applied Science is in Vavuniya.

The faculties of Agriculture, Engineering and Technology are based at Ariviyal Nagar near Murukandy, south of Kilinochchi.

The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts is in Marthanamadam and the Siddha Medicine Unit is in Kaithady.

Organisation and administration

The chancellor is professor S. Pathmanathan.[11] The vice-chancellor is professor S. Srisatkunarajah who took office on 2020.[12][17] The current rector of the Vavuniya Campus is T. Mangaleswaran.[18] The most senior non-academic staff is registrar V. Kandeepan.[19]

The University of Jaffna has ten faculties and ten other academic units/centres:[20]

Faculty of Agriculture

Deans of the Faculty of Agriculture[15]
Dean Took office Left office
S. Kandiah October 1990 March 1991
A. Navaratnarajah April 1991 October 1992
S. Mohanadas October 1992 March 1994
A. Navaratnarajah March 1994 March 1997
R. Vijayaratnam May 1997 May 2000
S. Rajadurai May 2000 June 2006
S. Sivachandiran June 2006 June 2012
G. Mikunthan June 2012 December 2013
S. Sivachandiran January 2014 June 2015
T. Mikunthan June 2015

The University of Jaffna started campaigning for the establishment of a Faculty of Agriculture at the university in 1981.[15] The University Grants Commission gave its approval in 1985.[15] The town of Kilinochchi was identified as a suitable location for the new faculty and construction of a new building began in 1986.[15] Construction was abandoned in 1987 due to the civil war.[15] The new faculty started functioning in December 1990 at buildings belonging to the Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre (RARDC) and the District Training Centre of Department of Agriculture in Kilinochchi.[14][15]

The escalation of hostilities in the Vanni in 1996 caused severe disruption to the faculty which was forced to move several times.[15] The University Council decided to move the faculty to Jaffna and in August 1997 studies re-commenced at the faculty's new premises in Jaffna.[15]

Construction of a new building for the faculty at Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochch began after the end of the civil war in 2009.[15] The faculty expects to relocate to Ariviyal Nagar in 2013.[15]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.Sc.(Agr.)) degrees.[21]

The faculty is currently divided into six departments:[21]

  • Department of Agricultural Biology
  • Department of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Agronomy
  • Department of Agricultural Chemistry
  • Department of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Animal Science

The faculty's current dean and assistant registrar are T. Mikunthan and T. Piranavamalar respectively.[22] The faculty had 264 undergraduate students and 48 academic staff (23 permanent, 25 temporary) in 2016.[3][23]

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Deans of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dean Took office Left office
K. A. Srikrishnaraj
S. Kanaganathan
J. C. N. Rajendra
S. Krishnakumar
S. Kuhanesan

The Faculty of Applied Sciences was established when the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna was created in April 1997.[24]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (B.I.C.T.) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degrees.[25]

The faculty is currently divided into two departments:[25]

  • Department of Bio-Science
  • Department of Physical Science

The faculty's current dean and assistant registrar are S. Kuhanesan and Iyathurai Thayaparan respectively.[26] The faculty had 372 undergraduate students and 44 academic staff (26 permanent, 18 temporary) in 2016.[3][27]

Faculty of Arts

Deans of the Faculty of Arts[28]
Dean Took office Left office
K. Indrapala October 1974 May 1976
K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal
Sucharitha Gamlath
June 1976 December 1978
W. L. Jeyasingham December 1978 January 1979
S. Rajaratnam January 1979 January 1981
S. Kailasapathy January 1981 December 1982
K. Indrapala December 1982 July 1984
N. Balakrishnan July 1984 March 1991
P. Balasundarampillai March 1991 March 1997
A. Sanmugadas March 1997 June 1999
S. Balachandiran June 1999 October 2001
P. Gopalakrishna Iyer November 2001 August 2004
R. Sivachandran August 2004 August 2007
S. Krishnarajah August 2007 May 2009
N. Gnanakumaran May 2009 July 2012
V. P. Sivanathan July 2012 July 2015
N. Gnanakumaran July 2015 January 2017
K. Suthakar January 2017 January 2023
S.Raguram January 2023

The Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka started functioning in October 1974 with two faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science.[14][29] The Faculty of Humanities was based at Parameshwara College in Thirunelveli.[14] K. Indrapala, senior lecturer in history at the Peradeniya Campus of the University of Sri Lanka, was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.[14] The faculty had four departments: Hindu Civilization, History, Sinhala and Tamil.[29]

The faculty was renamed as the Faculty of Arts in 1975.[14] The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts (RAFA) was taken over by the University of Sri Lanka in 1975 and placed under the Faculty of Arts.[14] RAFA had two departments: Dance and Music.[29] Eight new departments were created: Sanskrit (1975),[30] Education (1980),[29] Language and Cultural Studies (1981),[31] Fine Arts (1982),[32] Economics, Geography, Islamic Civilization and Philosophy.[29]

Following the Black July riots the Institute of Indigenous Medicine affiliated to the University of Colombo was transferred to the University of Jaffna as a department under the Faculty of Arts in 1984.[14][29] The Department of Language and Cultural Studies was split into the Department of Linguistics and English and Department of Christian and Islamic Civilization in 1989.[31][33] The Department of Siddha Medicine was removed from the faculty in October 1993 and now functions directly under the control of the vice chancellor.[14] The Department of Political Science and Sociology was created in July 1998 from the Department of Economics.[29] The Department of Law was created in May 2005.[29] The Department of Political Science and Sociology was split into the Department of Political Science and Department of Sociology in December 2007.[34]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) and Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degrees.[35]

The faculty is currently divided into sixteen departments two of which are based at the Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts:[35]

  • Department of Christian & Islamic Civilization
  • Department of Dance (Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts)
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Education
  • Department of English Language Teaching
  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of Hindu Civilization
  • Department of History
  • Department of Law
  • Department of Linguistics and English
  • Department of Music (Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts)
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Media Studies
  • Department of Sanskrit
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Tamil

The faculty's current dean and deputy registrar are K. Suthakar and M. Ganeshalingam respectively.[36][37] The faculty had 2,751 undergraduate students and 169 academic staff (126 permanent, 43 temporary) in 2016.[3][23]

Faculty of Business Studies

Deans of the Faculty of Business Studies
Dean Took office Left office
R. Nanthakumaran
P. Selvarajan
T. Mangaleswaran
A. Pushpanathan
 
Dean's Office, Faculty of Business Studies

The Faculty of Business Studies was established when the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna was created in April 1997.[24]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Business Management degrees.[38]

The faculty is currently divided into two departments:[38]

  • Department of Accountancy and Finance
  • Department of Economics and Management

The faculty's current dean and assistant registrar are A. Pushpanathan and D. Sooriyakumar respectively.[39] The faculty had 391 undergraduate students and 20 academic staff (13 permanent, 7 temporary) in 2016.[3][27]

Faculty of Engineering

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.Sc.Eng.) degrees.

The faculty is currently divided into five departments:[40]

  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering [41]
  • Department of Inter-disciplinary Engineering

The faculty had 142 undergraduate students and 44 academic staff (20 permanent, 24 temporary) in 2016.[3][42]

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Deans of the Faculty of Graduate Studies[43]
Dean Took office Left office
A. Shanmugadas June 1999 June 2002
S. K. Sitrampalam July 2002 June 2005
K. Kandasamy July 2005 June 2008
S. Sathiaseelan 2008 2014
G. Mikunthan

The Faculty of Graduate Studies was established in June 1999.[44]

The faculty offers post graduate courses which lead to Master of Arts, Master of Education, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.[45]

The faculty's current dean and assistant registrar are G. Mikunthan and S. Branavan respectively.[46]

Faculty of Hindu Studies

The Faculty of Hindu Studies was established on 6 June 2019.[47] Professor S. Srimuralitharan, Senior Lecturer Gr.I, Department of Hindu Civilization, Faculty of Arts, was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Hindu Studies.[48]

Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce

Deans of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce[49]
Dean Took office Left office
M. Nadarajasundaram 29 May 1999 30 May 2005
K. Thevarajah 1 June 2005 12 September 2011
T. Velnampy 15 September 2011

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce was established in May 1999 from parts of the Faculty of Arts.[49] Professor M. Nadarajasundaram, Head of the Department of Management Studies, was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce.[49]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Bachelor of Business Management (B.B.M.) and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) degrees.[50]

Initially the faculty had two departments: Commerce and Management Studies.[49] In 2010 the Department of Commerce was split into four departments: Accounting, Financial Management, Human Resource Management and Marketing.[49] The Department of Commerce was re-established in 2012.[49] The faculty is currently divided into six departments:[50]

  • Department of Accounting
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Financial Management
  • Department of Human Resource Management
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Department of Marketing

The faculty's current dean and assistant registrar are T. Velnampy and K. Vijitha respectively.[51] The faculty had 1,406 undergraduate students and 48 academic staff (40 permanent, 8 temporary) in 2016.[3][42]

Faculty of Medicine

Deans of the Faculty of Medicine[52]
Dean Took office Left office
A. A. Hoover May 1978 June 1981
R. Kanagasuntheram July 1981 December 1983
C. Sivagnanasundram January 1984 August 1988
K. Balasubramaniam August 1988 July 1994
S. V. Parameswaran August 1994 July 1997
R. Rajendraprasad August 1997 July 2000
V. Arasaratnam August 2000 August 2003
K. Sivapalan August 2003 September 2012
S. Balakumar September 2012 September 2015
S. Raviraj September 2015 until now

The Faculty of Medicine was established in August 1978 with its base at the Ayurvedic Hospital in Kaithady.[14][52] A. A. Hoover, Professor of Biochemistry, was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Medicine.[52] The faculty was ceremonially opened on 8 October 1978 by Nissanka Wijeyeratne, Minister of Education and Higher Education.[52] The Provincial Hospital at Jaffna was declared the teaching hospital for the faculty.[52] Construction of a new building for the faculty at the Thirunelveli site began in 1979.[52] The faculty left Kaithady and moved into the new building at Thirunelveli in 1981.[14]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.), Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc.N.) degrees.[53]

The faculty is currently divided into twelve departments:[53]

  • Department of Anatomy
  • Department of Biochemistry
  • Department of Community Medicine
  • Department of Forensic Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Department of Paediatrics
  • Department of Pathology
  • Department of Pharmacology
  • Department of Physiology
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Department of Surgery

In addition, the Allied Health Sciences Unit offers courses in medical laboratory sciences, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy and radiography.[54]

The faculty's current dean and senior assistant registrar are S. Raviraj and A. R. Ramesh.[55] The faculty had 882 undergraduate students and 59 academic staff (54 permanent, 5 temporary) in 2016.[3][42]

Faculty of Science

Deans of the Faculty of Science[56]
Dean Took office Left office
P. Kanagasabapathy October 1974 January 1977
K. Kunaratnam January 1977 May 1978
V. Tharmaratnam June 1978 December 1984
K. Kunaratnam January 1985 March 1988
V. K. Ganesalingam April 1988 February 1991
S. Mageswaran March 1991 October 1996
V. K. Ganesalingam November 1996 November 1999
R. Kumaravadivel November 1999 July 2010
K. Kandasamy July 2010 July 2013
S. Srisatkunarajah July 2013 July 2016
R. Vigneswaran July 2016 April 2017
J. P. Jeyadevan April 2017

The Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka started functioning in October 1974 with two faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science.[14][57] The Faculty of Science was based at Jaffna College in Vaddukoddai.[14][57] P. Kanagasabapathy, Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Peradeniya Campus of the University of Sri Lanka, was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Science.[14][57] The faculty initially had only one department: Mathematics and Statistics.[14]

The Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics were started in April 1975.[58][59]

The facilities at Jaffna College proved to be inadequate and construction of a new building for the faculty at the Thirunelveli site began in 1975.[57] The faculty left Jaffna College and moved into the Natural Science Block at Thirunelveli in June 1978.[14][57]

Three Physics Block was completed in September 1980, Mathematics and Statistics Block in 1985 and Chemistry Block in 1988.[57] The Department of Computer Science was started in 1991.[60] The Department of Fisheries was added in June 2009.[61]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degrees.[62]

The faculty is currently divided into seven departments:[62]

  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Fisheries
  • Department of Zoology

The faculty's current Dean and Assistant Registrar are Prof J. P. Jeyadevan and Mrs S. Gowsala.[63] The faculty had 1161 undergraduate students, 154 academic staff (77 permanent, 77 temporary) and 81 non academic staff in 2018.[3][42]

Faculty of Technology

Deans of the Faculty of Technology[16]
Dean Took office Left office
K. Kanthasamy 2016
S. Srisatkunarajah

The Faculty of Technology was established in 2016.[16] The faculty is expected to admit its first students towards the end of 2016.[16] It will be located near the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi.[16]

The faculty offers courses in engineering technology and bio technology.[16]

The faculty is currently divided into three departments:[64]

  • Department of Bio Systems Technology
  • Department of Engineering Technology
  • Department of Inter Disciplinary Studies

The faculty's current dean is S. Srisatkunarajah.[65]

Faculty of Technological Studies

Deans of the Faculty of Technological Studies
Dean Took office Left office
S. S. Suthaharan July 2020

The Faculty of Technological Studies was recently established as a third Faculty in the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna in January 2020.[24]

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Information Communication Technology Honours (BICT Hons.) degree.[25]

The faculty is currently consisting of one department:[25]

  • Department of Information and Communication Technology

The faculty's current Dean is S.S.Suthaharan.[66] The faculty had 343 undergraduate students and 12 academic staff (6 permanent, 6 temporary) in 2019.[3][27]

Noted people

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university, jaffna, tamil, ணப, பல, கல, கழகம, romanized, yāḻppāṇap, palkalaikkaḻakam, sinhala, පනය, වව, ලය, yāpanaya, viśvavidyālaya, abbreviated, public, university, jaffna, lanka, established, 1974, sixth, campus, university, lanka, became, independent, auton. The University of Jaffna Tamil ய ழ ப ப ணப பல கல க கழகம romanized Yaḻppaṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam Sinhala ය පනය ව ශ වව ද ය ලය Yapanaya Visvavidyalaya abbreviated UoJ is a public university in Jaffna Sri Lanka 8 Established in 1974 as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka it became an independent autonomous university in 1979 University of Jaffnaய ழ ப ப ணப பல கல க கழகம ය පනය ව ශ වව ද ය ලයFormer namesUniversity of Sri Lanka Jaffna Campus Mottoம ய ப ப ர ள க ண பத அற வ Motto in EnglishDiscernment is wisdomTypePublic research universityEstablished1 August 1974 48 years ago 1974 08 01 AccreditationUniversity Grants Commission Sri Lanka BudgetRs 2 2 billion 2016 recurrent 1 Rs 1 2 billion 2016 capital 2 ChancellorSivasubramaniam PathmanathanVice ChancellorSivakolundu SrisatkunarajahAcademic staff611 3 Administrative staff731 4 Students7 972 5 Undergraduates7 393 6 Postgraduates531 7 Doctoral students57 7 LocationJaffna Northern Province Sri Lanka9 41 04 90 N 80 01 18 90 E 9 6846944 N 80 0219167 E 9 6846944 80 0219167 Coordinates 9 41 04 90 N 80 01 18 90 E 9 6846944 N 80 0219167 E 9 6846944 80 0219167CampusMultiple campusesAffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission Sri Lanka Association of Commonwealth Universities International Association of UniversitiesWebsitewww wbr jfn wbr ac wbr lkThe main campus is located in Thirunelvely Jaffna It also has faculties in Ariviyal Nagar near Kilinochchi Kaithady and Maruthanarmadam near Chunnakam It has thirteen faculties Agriculture Alied Health Science Applied Science Arts Business Studies Engineering Graduate Studies Hindu Studies Management Studies and Commerce Medicine Science Technology and Technological Studies and thirteen other academic units centres The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses that award various degrees In 2016 the university had 7 972 students and 1 342 employees 5 It is the seventh largest university in Sri Lanka in student numbers 5 In 2015 16 the university admitted 3 009 undergraduates 9 UoJ had a recurrent budget of Rs 2 2 billion and a capital budget of Rs 1 2 billion in 2016 1 2 Its income in 2016 was Rs 3 5 billion of which Rs 3 4 billion 98 was grant from the central government in Colombo 10 The chancellor and the Vice chancellor are professors Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan 11 and Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah respectively 12 UoJ is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities 13 Contents 1 History 1 1 University of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus 1 2 University of Jaffna 2 Campus 3 Organisation and administration 3 1 Faculty of Agriculture 3 2 Faculty of Applied Sciences 3 3 Faculty of Arts 3 4 Faculty of Business Studies 3 5 Faculty of Engineering 3 6 Faculty of Graduate Studies 3 7 Faculty of Hindu Studies 3 8 Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 3 9 Faculty of Medicine 3 10 Faculty of Science 3 11 Faculty of Technology 3 12 Faculty of Technological Studies 4 Noted people 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditUniversity of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus Edit The first gate of the university made in 1974 On 15 July 1974 Badi ud din Mahmud Minister of Education and Pro Chancellor of the University of Sri Lanka declared that the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka would be established in Jaffna 14 K Kailasapathy head of the Department of Tamil and Hindu studies of the Vidyalankara campus of the University of Sri Lanka was appointed as the first president of the Jaffna campus 14 Extraordinary gazette no 121 15 was published on 25 July 1974 establishing the Jaffna Campus 14 The new campus started functioning on 1 August 1974 at the Parameswara College premises in Thirunelvely some 4 km north of Jaffna city centre 14 Parameswara College had been founded in 1921 by P Ramanathan The campus had approval for three faculties Humanities Law and Science and one department Physical Education Only the Humanities and Science faculties were functioning when the campus started taking students in October 1974 14 The Faculty of Humanities and campus administration were based at Thirunelvely The Faculty of Science was based at the undergraduate section of Jaffna College Vaddukoddai which had been taken over by the government on 13 August 1974 14 The Faculty of Humanities was renamed Faculty of Arts in 1975 The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts based at Ramanathan College in Maruthanarmadam was taken over by the Jaffna Campus on 1 December 1975 14 The Faculty of Science moved to Thirunelvely in June 1978 and the Jaffna College site was returned to its former owners the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India The Faculty of Medicine was established on 7 August 1978 with its base at the Ayurvedic Hospital in Kaithady 14 University of Jaffna Edit A photo captured from outside road The Universities Act No 16 of 1978 radically altered university education in Sri Lanka The University of Sri Lanka was abolished and its six campuses Colombo Peradeniya Sri Jayewardenepura Kelaniya Moratuwa and Jaffna were each elevated to independent autonomous universities A gazette was issued on 22 December 1978 establishing the University of Jaffna with effect from 1 January 1979 14 The Faculty of Medicine was shifted to Thirunelvely in 1981 Construction of a new library student centre and arts block began in 1981 but were halted due to the civil war The Siddha section of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine was moved from the University of Colombo to the University of Jaffna in July 1984 14 The partially completed library started functioning in 1986 The escalation of hostilities between the Indian Peace Keeping Force and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in late 1987 severely affected the university UoJ buildings and equipment suffered extensive damage Students and academic non academic staff were killed 14 During the late 1980s early 1990s when most of the Jaffna peninsula including Jaffna city was under LTTE control the university suffered frequent aerial bombings shortage of essential goods due to the economic blockade shortage of academic staff many of whom had fled abroad and a general disturbance of academic life due to the frequent curfews 14 The university was given approval in 1985 to establish a Faculty of Agriculture in Kilinochchi 15 Construction of a new building in Kilinochchi began in 1986 but was abandoned in 1987 due to the civil war 15 In October 1989 approval was given to establish a Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi but the civil war prevented this 14 The Faculty of Agriculture started functioning in December 1990 at buildings belonging to the Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre and the District Training Centre of Department of Agriculture in Kilinochchi 14 15 In October 1995 as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula virtually the entire population of the Valikamam region fled to other parts of the peninsula and the Vanni The university administration was transferred to the Faculty of Agriculture in Kilinochchi 14 Most of the equipment and furniture at Thirunelvely was lost during the absence The university s administration returned to Thirunelvely in 1996 after the military had recaptured most of the peninsula including Jaffna city 14 The escalation of hostilities in the Vanni in 1996 caused severe disruption to the Faculty of Agriculture which was forced to move several times 15 The University Council decided to move the faculty In August 1997 studies re commenced at the faculty s new premises in Jaffna 15 A gazette was issued on 26 March 1997 upgrading the Northern Province Affiliated University College NPAUC in Vavuniya to the Vavuniya campus of the University of Jaffna 14 The NPAUC was established in 1991 to offer courses in mathematical sciences accountancy and finance The Vavuniya Campus had two faculties Applied Science and Business Studies each with two departments 14 In 1999 the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce was created from parts of the Faculty of Arts 14 The Faculty of Graduate Studies was created in the same year 14 Construction of a new building for the Faculty of Agriculture at Ariviyal Nagar Kilinochchi began after the end of the civil war in 2009 15 The faculty expects to relocate to Ariviyal Nagar in 2013 15 In April 2011 the university s senate approved the establishment of a Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi next to the Faculty of Agriculture The first batch of students are expected to be admitted in September 2012 The Faculty of Technology was established in 2016 16 The faculty is expected to admit its first students towards the end of 2016 16 It will be located near the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi 16 Campus EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ariviyal Nagar Kaithady Marthanamadam Pambaimadhu Thirunelvely Vavuniyaclass notpageimage Locations of University of Jaffna sites The university is based at five sites Thirunelvely Vavuniya Ariviyal Nagar Kaithady and Maruthanarmadam The Thirunelvely campus is split into two The main site off Ramanathan Road contains three faculties Arts Management Studies amp Commerce and Science as well as the main administrative departments library and student complex The second site off Adiyapatham Road contains the Medicine faculty The Faculty of Graduate Studies is based in a rented house on Ramanathan Road opposite the university The Vavuniya campus is based at several sites in the town as well as in the outskirts of Vavuniya The campus plans move all its functions to the spacious Pambaimadhu site on the Mannar Vavuniya Road This site houses the Faculty of Business Studies and student hostels The Faculty of Applied Science is in Vavuniya The faculties of Agriculture Engineering and Technology are based at Ariviyal Nagar near Murukandy south of Kilinochchi The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts is in Marthanamadam and the Siddha Medicine Unit is in Kaithady Organisation and administration EditThe chancellor is professor S Pathmanathan 11 The vice chancellor is professor S Srisatkunarajah who took office on 2020 12 17 The current rector of the Vavuniya Campus is T Mangaleswaran 18 The most senior non academic staff is registrar V Kandeepan 19 The University of Jaffna has ten faculties and ten other academic units centres 20 Faculties Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Allied Health Science Faculty of Arts Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Graduate Studies Faculty of Hindu Studies Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Science Faculty of Technology Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan Faculty of Performing and Visual Arts Units Centres Career Guidance Unit Computer Centre Internal Quality Assurance Unit Open and Distance Learning Center Physical Education Unit Siddha Medicine Unit Staff Development Centre Sports Science Unit Strategic Planning amp MIS Unit UBL Cell Faculty of Agriculture Edit Deans of the Faculty of Agriculture 15 Dean Took office Left officeS Kandiah October 1990 March 1991A Navaratnarajah April 1991 October 1992S Mohanadas October 1992 March 1994A Navaratnarajah March 1994 March 1997R Vijayaratnam May 1997 May 2000S Rajadurai May 2000 June 2006S Sivachandiran June 2006 June 2012G Mikunthan June 2012 December 2013S Sivachandiran January 2014 June 2015T Mikunthan June 2015The University of Jaffna started campaigning for the establishment of a Faculty of Agriculture at the university in 1981 15 The University Grants Commission gave its approval in 1985 15 The town of Kilinochchi was identified as a suitable location for the new faculty and construction of a new building began in 1986 15 Construction was abandoned in 1987 due to the civil war 15 The new faculty started functioning in December 1990 at buildings belonging to the Regional Agriculture Research and Development Centre RARDC and the District Training Centre of Department of Agriculture in Kilinochchi 14 15 The escalation of hostilities in the Vanni in 1996 caused severe disruption to the faculty which was forced to move several times 15 The University Council decided to move the faculty to Jaffna and in August 1997 studies re commenced at the faculty s new premises in Jaffna 15 Construction of a new building for the faculty at Ariviyal Nagar Kilinochch began after the end of the civil war in 2009 15 The faculty expects to relocate to Ariviyal Nagar in 2013 15 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science in Agriculture B Sc Agr degrees 21 The faculty is currently divided into six departments 21 Department of Agricultural Biology Department of Agricultural Economics Department of Agronomy Department of Agricultural Chemistry Department of Agricultural Engineering Department of Animal ScienceThe faculty s current dean and assistant registrar are T Mikunthan and T Piranavamalar respectively 22 The faculty had 264 undergraduate students and 48 academic staff 23 permanent 25 temporary in 2016 3 23 Faculty of Applied Sciences Edit Deans of the Faculty of Applied Sciences Dean Took office Left officeK A SrikrishnarajS KanaganathanJ C N RajendraS KrishnakumarS KuhanesanThe Faculty of Applied Sciences was established when the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna was created in April 1997 24 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology B I C T and Bachelor of Science B Sc degrees 25 The faculty is currently divided into two departments 25 Department of Bio Science Department of Physical ScienceThe faculty s current dean and assistant registrar are S Kuhanesan and Iyathurai Thayaparan respectively 26 The faculty had 372 undergraduate students and 44 academic staff 26 permanent 18 temporary in 2016 3 27 Faculty of Arts Edit Deans of the Faculty of Arts 28 Dean Took office Left officeK Indrapala October 1974 May 1976K Kailasanatha KurukkalSucharitha Gamlath June 1976 December 1978W L Jeyasingham December 1978 January 1979S Rajaratnam January 1979 January 1981S Kailasapathy January 1981 December 1982K Indrapala December 1982 July 1984N Balakrishnan July 1984 March 1991P Balasundarampillai March 1991 March 1997A Sanmugadas March 1997 June 1999S Balachandiran June 1999 October 2001P Gopalakrishna Iyer November 2001 August 2004R Sivachandran August 2004 August 2007S Krishnarajah August 2007 May 2009N Gnanakumaran May 2009 July 2012V P Sivanathan July 2012 July 2015N Gnanakumaran July 2015 January 2017K Suthakar January 2017 January 2023S Raguram January 2023The Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka started functioning in October 1974 with two faculties Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science 14 29 The Faculty of Humanities was based at Parameshwara College in Thirunelveli 14 K Indrapala senior lecturer in history at the Peradeniya Campus of the University of Sri Lanka was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 14 The faculty had four departments Hindu Civilization History Sinhala and Tamil 29 The faculty was renamed as the Faculty of Arts in 1975 14 The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts RAFA was taken over by the University of Sri Lanka in 1975 and placed under the Faculty of Arts 14 RAFA had two departments Dance and Music 29 Eight new departments were created Sanskrit 1975 30 Education 1980 29 Language and Cultural Studies 1981 31 Fine Arts 1982 32 Economics Geography Islamic Civilization and Philosophy 29 Following the Black July riots the Institute of Indigenous Medicine affiliated to the University of Colombo was transferred to the University of Jaffna as a department under the Faculty of Arts in 1984 14 29 The Department of Language and Cultural Studies was split into the Department of Linguistics and English and Department of Christian and Islamic Civilization in 1989 31 33 The Department of Siddha Medicine was removed from the faculty in October 1993 and now functions directly under the control of the vice chancellor 14 The Department of Political Science and Sociology was created in July 1998 from the Department of Economics 29 The Department of Law was created in May 2005 29 The Department of Political Science and Sociology was split into the Department of Political Science and Department of Sociology in December 2007 34 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Arts B A Bachelor of Fine Arts B F A and Bachelor of Law LL B degrees 35 The faculty is currently divided into sixteen departments two of which are based at the Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts 35 Department of Christian amp Islamic Civilization Department of Dance Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts Department of Economics Department of Education Department of English Language Teaching Department of Fine Arts Department of Geography Department of Hindu Civilization Department of History Department of Law Department of Linguistics and English Department of Music Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts Department of Philosophy Department of Political Science Department of Media Studies Department of Sanskrit Department of Sociology Department of TamilThe faculty s current dean and deputy registrar are K Suthakar and M Ganeshalingam respectively 36 37 The faculty had 2 751 undergraduate students and 169 academic staff 126 permanent 43 temporary in 2016 3 23 Faculty of Business Studies Edit Deans of the Faculty of Business Studies Dean Took office Left officeR NanthakumaranP SelvarajanT MangaleswaranA Pushpanathan Dean s Office Faculty of Business Studies The Faculty of Business Studies was established when the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna was created in April 1997 24 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Business Management degrees 38 The faculty is currently divided into two departments 38 Department of Accountancy and Finance Department of Economics and ManagementThe faculty s current dean and assistant registrar are A Pushpanathan and D Sooriyakumar respectively 39 The faculty had 391 undergraduate students and 20 academic staff 13 permanent 7 temporary in 2016 3 27 Faculty of Engineering Edit The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science in Engineering B Sc Eng degrees The faculty is currently divided into five departments 40 Department of Civil Engineering Department of Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering 41 Department of Inter disciplinary EngineeringThe faculty had 142 undergraduate students and 44 academic staff 20 permanent 24 temporary in 2016 3 42 Faculty of Graduate Studies Edit Deans of the Faculty of Graduate Studies 43 Dean Took office Left officeA Shanmugadas June 1999 June 2002S K Sitrampalam July 2002 June 2005K Kandasamy July 2005 June 2008S Sathiaseelan 2008 2014G MikunthanThe Faculty of Graduate Studies was established in June 1999 44 The faculty offers post graduate courses which lead to Master of Arts Master of Education Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees 45 The faculty s current dean and assistant registrar are G Mikunthan and S Branavan respectively 46 Faculty of Hindu Studies Edit The Faculty of Hindu Studies was established on 6 June 2019 47 Professor S Srimuralitharan Senior Lecturer Gr I Department of Hindu Civilization Faculty of Arts was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Hindu Studies 48 Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce Edit Deans of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 49 Dean Took office Left officeM Nadarajasundaram 29 May 1999 30 May 2005K Thevarajah 1 June 2005 12 September 2011T Velnampy 15 September 2011The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce was established in May 1999 from parts of the Faculty of Arts 49 Professor M Nadarajasundaram Head of the Department of Management Studies was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 49 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Business Administration B B A Bachelor of Business Management B B M and Bachelor of Commerce B Com degrees 50 Initially the faculty had two departments Commerce and Management Studies 49 In 2010 the Department of Commerce was split into four departments Accounting Financial Management Human Resource Management and Marketing 49 The Department of Commerce was re established in 2012 49 The faculty is currently divided into six departments 50 Department of Accounting Department of Commerce Department of Financial Management Department of Human Resource Management Department of Management Studies Department of MarketingThe faculty s current dean and assistant registrar are T Velnampy and K Vijitha respectively 51 The faculty had 1 406 undergraduate students and 48 academic staff 40 permanent 8 temporary in 2016 3 42 Faculty of Medicine Edit Deans of the Faculty of Medicine 52 Dean Took office Left officeA A Hoover May 1978 June 1981R Kanagasuntheram July 1981 December 1983C Sivagnanasundram January 1984 August 1988K Balasubramaniam August 1988 July 1994S V Parameswaran August 1994 July 1997R Rajendraprasad August 1997 July 2000V Arasaratnam August 2000 August 2003K Sivapalan August 2003 September 2012S Balakumar September 2012 September 2015S Raviraj September 2015 until nowThe Faculty of Medicine was established in August 1978 with its base at the Ayurvedic Hospital in Kaithady 14 52 A A Hoover Professor of Biochemistry was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Medicine 52 The faculty was ceremonially opened on 8 October 1978 by Nissanka Wijeyeratne Minister of Education and Higher Education 52 The Provincial Hospital at Jaffna was declared the teaching hospital for the faculty 52 Construction of a new building for the faculty at the Thirunelveli site began in 1979 52 The faculty left Kaithady and moved into the new building at Thirunelveli in 1981 14 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery M B B S Bachelor of Pharmacy B Pharm Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Bachelor of Science in Nursing B Sc N degrees 53 The faculty is currently divided into twelve departments 53 Department of Anatomy Department of Biochemistry Department of Community Medicine Department of Forensic Medicine Department of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Paediatrics Department of Pathology Department of Pharmacology Department of Physiology Department of Psychiatry Department of SurgeryIn addition the Allied Health Sciences Unit offers courses in medical laboratory sciences nursing occupational therapy pharmacy physiotherapy and radiography 54 The faculty s current dean and senior assistant registrar are S Raviraj and A R Ramesh 55 The faculty had 882 undergraduate students and 59 academic staff 54 permanent 5 temporary in 2016 3 42 Faculty of Science Edit Deans of the Faculty of Science 56 Dean Took office Left officeP Kanagasabapathy October 1974 January 1977K Kunaratnam January 1977 May 1978V Tharmaratnam June 1978 December 1984K Kunaratnam January 1985 March 1988V K Ganesalingam April 1988 February 1991S Mageswaran March 1991 October 1996V K Ganesalingam November 1996 November 1999R Kumaravadivel November 1999 July 2010K Kandasamy July 2010 July 2013S Srisatkunarajah July 2013 July 2016R Vigneswaran July 2016 April 2017J P Jeyadevan April 2017The Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka started functioning in October 1974 with two faculties Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science 14 57 The Faculty of Science was based at Jaffna College in Vaddukoddai 14 57 P Kanagasabapathy Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Peradeniya Campus of the University of Sri Lanka was appointed the first dean of the Faculty of Science 14 57 The faculty initially had only one department Mathematics and Statistics 14 The Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics were started in April 1975 58 59 The facilities at Jaffna College proved to be inadequate and construction of a new building for the faculty at the Thirunelveli site began in 1975 57 The faculty left Jaffna College and moved into the Natural Science Block at Thirunelveli in June 1978 14 57 Three Physics Block was completed in September 1980 Mathematics and Statistics Block in 1985 and Chemistry Block in 1988 57 The Department of Computer Science was started in 1991 60 The Department of Fisheries was added in June 2009 61 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Science B Sc degrees 62 The faculty is currently divided into seven departments 62 Department of Botany Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Science Department of Mathematics and Statistics Department of Physics Department of Fisheries Department of ZoologyThe faculty s current Dean and Assistant Registrar are Prof J P Jeyadevan and Mrs S Gowsala 63 The faculty had 1161 undergraduate students 154 academic staff 77 permanent 77 temporary and 81 non academic staff in 2018 3 42 Faculty of Technology Edit Deans of the Faculty of Technology 16 Dean Took office Left officeK Kanthasamy 2016S SrisatkunarajahThe Faculty of Technology was established in 2016 16 The faculty is expected to admit its first students towards the end of 2016 16 It will be located near the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering in Kilinochchi 16 The faculty offers courses in engineering technology and bio technology 16 The faculty is currently divided into three departments 64 Department of Bio Systems Technology Department of Engineering Technology Department of Inter Disciplinary StudiesThe faculty s current dean is S Srisatkunarajah 65 Faculty of Technological Studies Edit Deans of the Faculty of Technological Studies Dean Took office Left officeS S Suthaharan July 2020The Faculty of Technological Studies was recently established as a third Faculty in the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna in January 2020 24 The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Information Communication Technology Honours BICT Hons degree 25 The faculty is currently consisting of one department 25 Department of Information and Communication TechnologyThe faculty s current Dean is S S Suthaharan 66 The faculty had 343 undergraduate students and 12 academic staff 6 permanent 6 temporary in 2019 3 27 Noted people EditFurther information List of University of Jaffna peopleReferences Edit a b Chapter 6 Finance PDF Sri Lanka University Statistics 2016 Colombo Sri Lanka University Grants Commission p 124 Retrieved 22 October 2017 a b Chapter 6 Finance PDF Sri Lanka University Statistics 2016 Colombo Sri Lanka University Grants Commission p 132 Retrieved 22 October 2017 a b c d e f g h i j Chapter 5 Staff PDF Sri Lanka University Statistics 2016 Colombo Sri Lanka University Grants Commission p 104 Retrieved 22 October 2017 Chapter 5 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