In Sri Lanka this the only University which has a Department of Sanskrit & Eastern Studies in the Sinhala medium. The Department of Sanskrit is situated at K20 of the Building complex of the Faculty of Humanities. The Department provides facilities for students to obtain B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., degrees. In addition to this,    there are certificate and diploma courses for foreign students. As well as there is no perquisite for these two courses.