acts as the prime minister to the current government. The revitalization of the university continued until the insurgency in 1971. The political atmosphere at the time heavily affected the education of university students. Following the insurgency, the university premises was taken over by the army and converted into a detention camp for suspected insurgents during the brief period of 1971–1972. During this period, the university managed to conduct lectures at different locations, so the students were not completely deprived of the education they deserved. In 1972, all universities were transformed to a campus status under the University of Ceylon Act 1 of 1972. According to the act all universities were made campuses of the single university: ‘University of Sri Lanka’. In 1978 university status was restored with the next cycle of change in management of higher education. The university's full-time student population is over 18,000, enrolled in the faculties of Applied Sciences, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Commerce, Medical Sciences, and Technology. List of chancellors and vice chancellors The following is a list of chancellors and vice-chancellors: Faculties The university first commenced its academic activities with five faculties: Buddhist studies, Philosophy, Languages, Arts, Ayurveda and Science. The five faculties worked under 22 departments. Today the university has eleven main faculties: Applied Sciences, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Commerce, Medical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences, Dental Sciences,Computing, Urban & Aquatic Bio resources, and Technology. The university has built its reputation around the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce. In 1962, the Department of Science was elevated to a Faculty of Applied Sciences, and G. C. N. Jayesuriya became the first dean of the faculty. The current dean of the faculty is Sudantha Liyanage, from the Department of Chemistry. The Department of Medical Education and Health Sciences (DME&HS) was established to improve and sustain the quality of the learning/teaching processes in the faculty and to conduct certificate, diploma of degree courses in Health Sciences. Although Medical Education units are in the university system, the DME&HS is the 'first and only one' department established under the system to develop, implement and review activities related to improving the efficiency of learning/teaching related to Medical and Health Sciences. The DME&HS is successfully facilitating collaborative work in implementing medical and para-medical (Allied Health Sciences) programmes including Nursing, Pharmacy and Medical and Laboratory Science degrees. The Postgraduate Institute