FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

The academic environment of the FAS consists of physical and human resources with several departments, laboratory facilities and other academic infrastructure. It has 5 departments:

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

CENTRES & UNITS

Science Research Centre

Science Education Centre

The proposed Science Education Centre, FAS (SECFAS) links the faculty and education community to achieve expected services and make easy to handle all related activities. The SECFAS provides the best institutional opportunity to actualizing and maintaining productive connections between community and the university. The SECFAS will be a powerful mechanism for engaging students, faculty, and staff across faculty with the university, the state, their disciplines and professions, and their own learning and career development processes.
Aim: Promoting and assisting science education, and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the south eastern region of Sri Lanka.
Objectives:
- To facilitate science teachers to use effective methods to teach science.
- To enrich the school curriculum by providing valuable hands-on learning experiences.
- To conduct seminar and practical sessions for teachers and students.
- To organize motivational programs such as science camps, quiz competition, etc.
- To publish science monographs, books, etc.
- To carryout possible programs requested by educational sectors in this region as well other part of the country.

Industrial Training Cell

Industrial Training Cell (ITC) of the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) was established in 2018, with prime objective of producing science graduates who are skilled in variety of industrial activities specified by the Sri Lankan industries by exposing them to the actual working environments. The ITC organizes industrial training for the students, who have registered for the course of Intensive Industrial Training (IIE 32262) by linking with the relevant industries. This course is offered as an elective course in the second semester of level III for the general degree students. The main objective of the course is to enhance the employability of the FAS general degree holders. The training will be provided for a period of minimum 8- weeks and monitored by the ITC. All the details of the course of IIE 32052 (e.g. eligibility, placement, assessment method etc.) are available in ‘Guidelines for Intensive Industrial Training’ issued by the ITC.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

The IQAC of the faculty is one unit, coming under the perview of Quality Assurance Council (QAC) of the university. The Dean is the chairman of IQAC and the faculty coordinator for QAC functions as the secretary. The other members are the heads of the departments, few selected senior academics and two student representatives. The major fuction of the IQAC is to contribute to the quality enhancement of the academic programmes of the faculty. For which it collects stdudents feedback after each course, peer review of the lecturers, collects reports from examiners (after moderation of question papers and second marking of answer scripts). It also contributes to the Institutional reviews and Program reviews, done by UGC.

Centre for Soil and Water Research (CSWR)

This is the first centre/unit established at FAS (and even in the entire south eastern region of Sri Lanka) in 2004 with external supports (especially INGOs) by Mr. MF Nawas and Mr. EMJM Rizvi, to start a research culture at the faculty, when there were hardly any facilities available for research. There were some others, both non-academics and even students supported at the beginning. Soon after Tsunami, the CSWR was actively involved in community services, analysisng affected water wells, providing services to INGS, who had engaged in humanitarian services. Although, its fuctions are very much limited in the recent past due to various unavaoidable reasons, with increasing academics at FAS with sound research exposure, and a large number of honours degree and post-graduate degree students, it resumes its activities again. At present, the CSWR is located at the Department of Chemical Sciences (Laboratories).

HEAD OF THE FACULTY & DEPARTMENTS

DEAN-FAS

Dr. MH Haroon

Dean-Faculty of Applied Sciences

Office: Administration Block

Mobile: +94 772091105

Email: haroonmh@seu.ac.lk

STUDENTS & STUDY PROGRAMMES AT FAS

Research & Publications

ANNUAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2024

CENTRES AND UNITS AT FAS

The Postgraduate Unit of FAS, SEUSL is one of the key Functional Units of FAS, which reviews and regulate matters relating to postgraduate study programs. It deals with selection of candidates, admission and progress monitoring of the registered students.

SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE (SRCFAS)

SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTRE (SECFAS)

Science Education Centre, FAS (SECFAS) links the faculty and education community, and provides the best institutional opportunity to actualizing and maintaining productive connections between community and the university by engaging students, faculty, and staff across the university, state, with their disciplines and professions.

CENTRE FOR SOIL AND WATER RESERACH (CSWR)

This is the first centre established at FAS in 2004 with external supports (NGOs) by Mr. MF Nawas and Mr. EMJM Rizvi, and located at the Department of Chemical Sciences. Soon after Tsunami, the CSWR was actively involved in community services, analysisng affected water wells, providing services to INGS, who had engaged in humanitarian services.

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

The IQAC of the faculty is coming under the perview of Quality Assurance Council (QAC) of the university. The major fuction of the IQAC is to contribute to the quality enhancement of the academic programmes of the faculty. It also contributes to the Institutional reviews and Program reviews, done by UGC.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CELL (ITC)

Industrial Training Cell (ITC) of the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) was established in 2018, with prime objective of producing science graduates who are skilled in variety of industrial activities specified by the Sri Lankan industries by exposing them to the actual working environments.

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

ANNUAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SESSION (Submission Date Extended: 20th September, 2024.