-Centre for Distance & Continuing Education-

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka is located at Mihintale about 20 km to the East of Anuradhapura, ancient Capital City of Sri Lanka. The University has Six Faculties, namely the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Management Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and Faculty of Technology. Faculty of Agriculture is located at Puliyankulama, and Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences is located at Saliyapura while the other facilities, units and centers are on the main campus, Mihintale. The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Ministry of Higher Education have prepared certain guidelines in order to provide learning opportunities to a wider spectrum of students through external programs, with the intention of producing skilled, knowledgeable and employable Graduates, Diplomats and Certificate holders. Universities were requested to establish a separate administrative structure to handle activities of external academic programs effectively and efficiently, this reducing the workload normally handled by the academic departments and faculties. Different faculties of this university offer a number of external degree programs and extension courses at certificate and diploma levels. The Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE) of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka is an independent administrative body established on 24 th  October 2011 to handle activities of the external academic programs. The Centre for Distance and Continuing Education is presently located in the Main Administrative building of the main Campus in Mihintale.