University of Jaffna (JAF) 

IAU-020202

Sri Lanka

top General Information

Address

Street:PO Box 57, Thirunelvely

City:Jaffna

Province:Northern Province

Post Code:40000

WWW:http://www.jfn.ac.lk

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1974 as Jaffna Campus of University of Sri Lanka, acquired present status and title 1979.

Academic Year

August to May

Admission Requirements

On the basis of the rank order on average 'Z' scores in the General Certificate of Education (Advanced level) (GCE/A/L)

Language(s)

Tamil;English

top Officers

Head : Ratnam Vigneswaran

Job title:Vice-Chancellor

Years of office:2017-


Senior Administrative Officer : Visvanathan Kandeepan

Job title:Registrar

top Divisions

Campus : Vavuniya

Fields of study:Accountancy, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Mathematics


Centre : English Language Teaching

Fields of study:English


Faculty : Agriculture

Fields of study:Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Agronomy, Applied Chemistry, Zoology


Faculty : Applied Sciences

Fields of study:Biological and Life Sciences, Physics

More details:Vavuniya Campus


Faculty : Arts

Fields of study:Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, English, Fine Arts, Geography (Human), History, Indic Languages, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Sanskrit, Sociology


Faculty : Business Studies

Fields of study:Accountancy, Business and Commerce, Economics, Finance, Management

More details:Vavuniya Campus


Faculty : Graduate Studies

Fields of study:Cultural Studies, Education, South and Southeast Asian Languages


Faculty : Management Studies and Commerce

Fields of study:Accountancy, Business and Commerce, Finance, Human Resources, Management, Marketing


Faculty : Medicine

Fields of study:Anatomy, Biochemistry, Community Health, Forensic Medicine and Dentistry, Medicine, Microbiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Surgery


Faculty : Science

Fields of study:Botany, Chemistry, Fishery, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Physics, Statistics, Zoology


Unit : Health Studies

Fields of study:Health Sciences


Unit : Physical Education

Fields of study:Physical Education


Unit : Siddha Medicine

Fields of study:Traditional Eastern Medicine

More details:Vavuniya Campus


Unit : Sports Science

Fields of study:Sports

top Degrees

Bachelor's Degree

Fields of study:Accountancy, Agriculture, Dance, Design, Finance, Fine Arts, Human Resources, Law, Management, Marketing, Medical Technology, Medicine, Music, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy


Master's Degree (by coursework)

Fields of study:Cultural Studies, Education, South and Southeast Asian Languages


Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma

Fields of study:Education, Library Science


Master of Philosophy

Fields of study:Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Education, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Linguistics, Management, Mathematics, Music, Nursing, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Sanskrit, Traditional Eastern Medicine, Zoology


Doctorate

Fields of study:Agricultural Engineering, Economics, Education, Geography, Library Science, Linguistics, Management, Philosophy, Political Sciences

Updated on 25-05-2018