University of Jaffna
University of Jaffna, P.O. Box 57, Thirunelvely, Jaffna, Sri Lanka,
Jaffna
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The University of Jaffna is a public university in the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Established in 1974 as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, it became an independent, autonomous university in 1979. The university, like all public universities in Sri Lanka, receives the bulk of its funding from the University Grants Commission (UGC), part of the Ministry of Higher Education in Colombo. The UGC and the central government therefore exert a great deal of control over the university.The university has two campuses - the main campus in Thirunelvely in Jaffna and a second campus in Vavuniya. It also has facilities in Kilinochchi, Kaithady and Maruthanarmadam near Chunnakam. The university currently has nine faculties (Agriculture, Applied Science, Arts, Business Studies, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Management Studies & Commerce, Medicine and Science) and nine other academic centers. The university offers numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses which award a variety of degrees including BA, BBA, BBM, BCom, BFA,BICT, B.Pharm, BSc, BSc(Agr), LLB, MA, MEd, MBBS and MSc.