1. What is the course duration?
The medical programme is a fulltime course conducted over a period of five years.
2. What are the rules of the medical course?
- The number of attempts at the 2nd MBBS examination is limited to four and passing the 2nd MBBS examination is compulsory to proceed with the course.
- The maximum period of study in the Faculty is 10 years.
- All clinical appointments should be completed before the commencement of Professorial appointments.
General rules and regulations
Student Identity Card
Students must obtain their identity cards on admission to this University from the student Registration Branch, housed in the Senate building at Mihintale. The student identity card must be carried by the student during all times when within faculty premises. If lost, it must be immediately reported to Dean’s office with a police certificate to that effect. An additional fee will be charged for replacement of the identity card.
Student Registration
In accordance with the rules of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, students are required to register at the commencement of the academic programme, and at the beginning of each academic year thereafter. Registration will be coordinated by the Students Service Unit, FMAS.
Dress
Dress should be clean, neat and simple. Shorts, miniskirts (above knee level) and rubber slippers should not be worn within the faculty premises. The students are not allowed to cover the face when participating in any teaching /learning and examination related activities.
Dissatisfaction and Discontent
Student disagreement, dissatisfaction and discontent had been dealt with through dialogue and not through strikes from the beginning of the faculty. We believe that strikes are not weapons to be used by medical students and doctors.
Alcohol and Smoking
Consumption of alcohol and smoking on faculty premises and in hostels is strictly forbidden. Serious disciplinary actions shall be taken for such misbehaviours.
Tidiness and cleanliness of the faculty
Please keep the Faculty clean and tidy. Litter should be thrown into litterbins. Students are not permitted to paste posters on walls. They may be displayed on a frame. Toilets and student discussion areas should be kept clean.
Punctuality and Attendance
- Students must make every effort not to be late for classes. Students who are late by more than 10 minutes for a class will be marked absent.
- Eighty percent (80%) attendance is required at practicals, Small Group Discussions, Tutorials and Problem Based Learning sessions in order to sit for the next continuous assessment or final assessment.Hundred percent (100%) attendance is mandatory for the successful completion of clinical appointments.
Ragging
Ragging (navaka vadaya) in any form is considered a grave offence. The faculty has declared that it has zero tolerance for ragging. The student if proved to have engaged in any form of ragging will have to face serious disciplinary actions such as suspension or expulsion. The offences listed in the Prohibition of Ragging and Other Forms of Violence in Educational Institutions Act No.20 of 1998 are:
a. Forcible occupation and damage to property of an educational institution
b. Ragging
c. Hostage taking
d. Wrongful restraint
e. Unlawful confinement
Any incident of ragging should be reported to the Dean, Faculty Proctor or Student Counselors immediately. In addition, students are encouraged to use the online complaints and redress mechanism or ragging, that has been developed and centrally managed by the UGC with the aim of establishing a violence free environment in universities where students and staff can work with security and dignity (http://www.ugc.ac.lk/rag/).
Rules and regulations for examination
Refer http://www.rjt.ac.lk/med/index.php/examination-regulations
3. What are the lecture hours?
8 .00 AM to 4.00 PM
4. What is the medium of instruction?
Medium of instruction is English.
5. What is the dress code?
Dress should be clean, neat and simple. Shorts, miniskirts (above knee level) and rubber slippers should not be worn within the faculty premises. The students are not allowed to cover the face when participating in any teaching /learning and examination related activities.
