Eastern University of Sri Lanka

The Eastern University of Sri Lanka is located in Vantarumoolai ,Batticaloa in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.The university has its another campus in Trincomalee.

* Faculties

* Faculty of Agriculture.
* Faculty of Art & Culture.
* Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce.
* Faculty of Science.
* Faculty of Health-Care Sciences.
* Faculty of Physical Education.

* The Trincomalee Campus

* Faculty of Applied Science.
* Faculty of Communication & Business Studies.

* Other Institutions.

* Swamy Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies.
* Nursing Unit.
* Centre for Information and Communication Technology.
* ELTU(English Language Teaching Unit)

History

The idea of having a Tamil University on the lines of Hebrew University of Israel in the Eastern Province was mooted in 1960 by a group of professors who were teaching at the University of Ceylon. The project was started by purchasing land near Nilaveli, Trincomalee and was abandoned later due to lack of funds. The present project was started by K.W. Devanayakam, the Home Minister of the UNP government with the collaboration of Prof FRSCP Kalpage, Minister of Higher Education during 1981. This university is located in a sandy area and it is not very fertile like the non-calcic brown soils found elsewhere in Batticaloa.
Silver Jubilee Administration block of EUSL

The Eastern University is situated in an area where relative peace is maintained by the warring parties in the Sri Lankan conflict. The UNP government turned the Vantharumoolai High School into a regional university with a view to make it cater to the needs of the local students. The primary instruction was in Tamil and English.

It has a very highly qualified teaching staff, trained abroad in several western countries. It catered for the farming population of the Eastern Province. Eastern Province is the breadbasket of Sri Lanka, producing a record rice production in the Ampara district and is a model for the rest of Sri Lanka and Asia.

The Eastern University has three faculties, namely the Arts Faculty, the Science Faculty, and the Agriculture Faculty. The main campus is situated in Vantharumoolai, near the town of Chenkalady.The campus has another premises in Trincomalee known as "Trincomalee premises of EUSL".

The present civil war in Sri Lanka has affected the growth and development of the university and the funds from the Central Government is very limited and meagre in comparison with other similar universities.