The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා අග්නිදිග විශ්වවිද්යාලය, Tamil: தென்கிழக்குப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், இலங்கை) (abbreviated SEUSL) is a public university in Oluvil in Sri Lanka. Established in 1995 as a university college, it became a full fledged university in 1996. 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's campus is in Oluvil near Akkaraipattu. It also has faculty in Samanthurai near Kalmunai. The university currently has four faculties (Applied Sciences, Arts & Culture, Islamic Studies & Arabic Language and Management & Commerce). The university offers numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses which award degrees such as BA, BBA, BCom, BSc and MBA.
The university had 2,237 students and 338 employees in 2010. It is the thirteenth largest university in Sri Lanka in terms of student numbers. In 2009/10 the university admitted 836 undergraduates. The university had a recurrent budget of Rs. 277 million and a capital budget of Rs. 121 million in 2010. Its income in 2010 was Rs. 397 million of which 99% was grant from the government in Colombo.
The chancellor and vice-chancellor of the university are professor Achi. M. Ishaq and Dr. S. M. Mohamed Ismail. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
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