New Engineering Faculty at the Oluvil University
Reported by
Eng. Aslam Saja
BSc.Eng (Hons), MSc.Eng,
AMIESL.
Lecturer,
Faculty of Engineering,
South Eastern University of
Sri Lanka.
Fifth Engineering Faculty in Sri
Lanka was declared open by his Excellency the President
of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse on 5th February 2013 at the South Eastern
University of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, in the Eastern Province.
First intake of 100 students have been enrolled from various
parts of the country from 2011 advance level batch and academic activities have
already commenced since 27th of May 2013.
The Faculty has 5 Departments offering field specialisations
in Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical and Software Engineering. The
curriculum was developed according to the Washington accord and satisfying the IESL
accreditation requirements, with the consultation of group of Senior Professors
and Senior Academics in the field of Engineering. In future, it is planned to further
expand the studies to more Engineering disciplines related to regional and
national development.
It should be highlighted that the Vice Chancellor Dr. S.M.
Ismail has been very instrumental in establishing the new Engineering faculty
at the South Eastern University.