is the largest auditorium in any of the universities in Sri Lanka. Faculties The university has ten faculties: Agriculture, Engineering, Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Finance, Medicine, Science, Graduate studies, Technology and Allied Health Sciences. The university has responded to the needs of the country and established two new faculties — 'Management and Finance' and 'Fisheries and Marine Science' — the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. Thus, the university has as many faculties as the University of Peradeniya, the largest in Sri Lanka. The main campus is at Matara. The faculties of Engineering and Medicine are at Hapugala and Karapitiya, about 5 km from Galle city center. The Faculty of Agriculture is at Mapalana, 16 km north of Matara and 2 km south of Kamburupitiya. Research The University of Ruhuna undertakes research, mostly with other universities, government organisations, semi-governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations. The research is funded by both Sri Lankan and foreign entities. Publications The University of Ruhuna established during the same year launched Rohana, a multidisciplinary journal devoted to publishing research articles related to applied & natural sciences, management & social sciences, and medical sciences in 1985. The first issue of the journal Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension (TARE) was launched by the University of Ruhuna in 1998, which was followed by the government publication the Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture in 1999, providing additional venues for publishing articles on agriculture. The Journal of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences commenced in 1998, providing an additional venue for research output in the area of humanities and social sciences. The University of Ruhuna publishes some of the key academic journals in the country. Journal of the University of Ruhuna Ruhuna Journal of Management and Finance Ruhuna Journal of Science Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension (TARE) Rohana Ruhuna Journal of Medicine Rohana is a multidisciplinary refereed journal devoted to publishing high-quality research articles related to the applied and natural sciences, management and social sciences, and medical sciences. It commenced publication in 1985. Library The university has 5 libraries. The Ruhuna University Library is the central research library, which holds over 0.2 million volumes. It is a legal deposit library, therefore it is entitled to request a free copy of every book published in Sri Lanka. In addition to the University Library and its dependents, almost every faculty