Vavunia University Vice-Chancellor Professor R. Mangaleswaran has requested the University Grants Commission to provide a faculty of medicine to the university.
The Vice-Chancellor has mentioned this at a ceremony held to mark the one year anniversary of the establishment of Vavunia University.
The professor has further pointed out that with the decision taken to upgrade the Vavunia General Hospital as a teaching hospital, the establishment of a Faculty of Medicine is a mandatory requirement for Vavunia University.
The University of Vavuniya has already been given a new Faculty of Environmental Sciences and the necessary funds have been allocated.