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The Hon. (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 17 December 2024 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Wayamba University Faculties Details (Q.106/2024)

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Wayamba University was established with four faculties under the Gazette of 17 August 1999: Applied Sciences, Business Studies and Finance, Agriculture and Plantation Management, and Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition. It now has six faculties, with Medicine and Technology added, but no proposal has been submitted to establish an Engineering Faculty, so the University Grants Commission has not approved one.

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¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the answers are as follows:

¶ 02 (a)(i) As per Gazette of 17 August 1999, four faculties were established at inception. (ii) 1. Faculty of Applied Sciences 2. Faculty of Business Studies and Finance 3. Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management 4. Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition

¶ 03 (iii) Six faculties have now been established. The two new ones are the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Technology.

¶ 04 (iv) No proposal has yet been submitted to establish an Engineering Faculty at Wayamba University; therefore, the University Grants Commission has not granted approval for such a faculty.

¶ 05 (v) Answer (iv) applies.

¶ 06 (b) Not applicable.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ·No. 1734685396083959 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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