University of Peradeniya:

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Vision of the Faculty:

"Be an internationally recognized leader in allied health education"

Mission of the Faculty "To provide nationally and internationally accredited undergraduate and postgraduate education and training through conduct of research and dissemination of knowledge to produce competent professionals having social sensitivity and humane qualities."

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS) is the youngest and the eighth Faculty of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and was established in 2007. Since the medical faculty was not in a position to expand its capacity to conducting these allied health degree programs under its umbrella, this faculty was inaugurated on the 16th January 2007 at the Old Dental Faculty premises, Augusta Hill, Peradeniya just 1 km away from the main campus.

This faculty is currently offering five, four year undergraduate degree programs in nursing and allied health sciences for the qualifications of BSc Nursing, BSc Physiotherapy BSc Medical Laboratory Science, B Pharm (Pharmacy) and BSc Radiography. The FAHS has five departments of study catering for each discipline.

The first batch admitted to this faculty (171 students) is now following above courses amidst the fast tracked infrastructure development process of the new faculty in parallel. The first batch is expecting to graduate in May 2011.

At present, there are 711 students following degree programs on various discipline mentioned above. And, the faculty has made collaboration with national and private hospital authorities to provide hospital based training to their students, accordingly, at present, students of this faculty are undergoing for this training program.

The curricula of the FAHS are designed to prepare a new generation of allied health workers whilst assisting the current workforce to adapt to new knowledge to face the new challenges in modern medical practice, where, doctors,nurses, medical laboratory scientists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, radiotherapists and radiographers work in a team for quality health care delivery. Their dedication, training, ability and attitudes form the basis of quality health care.