Cabinet nod to enroll fee paying students for degree of Medicine course at the General Sir John Kotalawala Defense University

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Defense to admit undergraduate students to the Faculty of Medicine of General Sir John Kotalawala Defense University to study medicine and surgery on a fee levying basis.

The General Sir John Kotalawala Defense University was made a University by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy (amendment) Act No 27 of 1988. The Faculty of Medicine of this University was established in the year 2011 to train cadet officers as medical professionals as per the service requirements of the armed services and award degrees in Medicine and Surgery. Accordingly, the opportunity for local students to pursue a medical degree at that university is currently available only by joining the armed forces or the police as a cadet officer. Qualified foreign students have the opportunity to study those courses only on the basis of payment. Further expanding that opportunity, from the academic year 2024, qualified local applicants are also planned to be admitted for the medical degree course on the basis of payment.

In addition to the “Z” Score followed by the University Grant Commission for the recruitment of students for other national universities in Sri Lanka, criteria with some additional qualifications has been prepared.