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Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia. It is considered to be the top most medical faculty in the country which requires the highest entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination.
The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) of the University of Colombo is the graduate school that provides specialist training and board certification of medical doctors in Sri Lanka. The only type of its kind, it is similar to the prestigious Royal Medical Colleges of the United Kingdom .
The College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka (CGPSL) is the professional association for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/Family Physicians) in Sri Lanka. Formed in 1969, it was incorporated in 1974 with the incorporation law No. 26 being passed in the Parliament of Sri Lanka .
The Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo is located in Wewala, Horana. Established in 1996 it conducts courses in the field of performing arts and mass media. It was established by a notification of the Sri Lanka government gazette (Extraordinary ) No 928/1 dated June 20, 1996.
Teaching Hospital Kandy has strong links to the University of Peradeniya, [5] conducts undergraduate training programmes for the university students studying at the Medicine and Postgraduate Institute of Medicine(PGIM) which is a national institute attached to the University of Colombo. PGIM appoints post-graduate trainees, registrars and ...
With this enactment, the Siddha section was transferred and affiliated to the University of Jaffna. The Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the University of Colombo was established by an order of Gazette Extraordinary No 2319/22 – Wednesday, February 13, 2023, as the 10th Faculty of the University effective on 1 March 2023.
He has supervised and trained numerous specialist medical trainees and research students. He is the founder member of the Hypertensive society in Sri Lanka and many other medical societies in Sri Lanka. He introduced virtual learning to medical faculty Colombo, obtaining funding and developing virtual learning material for student and lecturers.
The university is a state university, with most of its funding coming from the central government via the University Grants Commission (UGC). Therefore, as with all other state universities in Sri Lanka, the UGC recommends its vice-chancellor for appointment by the President of Sri Lanka and makes appointments of its administrative staff.