The Faculty of Indigenous Medicine is the premier indigenous medical school in the country located in the Yakkala town with easy access to the Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Teaching Hospital.
The Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine was ceremoniously inaugurated and bestowed upon the nation on the 1st of March 2021, upgrading the Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute as the 16th national University in Sri Lanka. The Faculty of Indigenous Medicine was established under this new University to offer an excellent educational environment for learning, teaching and research in the fields of Ayurveda medicine, in line with the long-standing traditions we have ever maintained since the establishment of our founder institute in 1929.
The Faculty has the expertise, technology and resources to produce a well-rounded medical graduate, who is capable of meeting the current demands of the healthcare system. Its dedicated, high talent academic and support staff is genuinely committed to provide their best to the student the community to ensure that the end-product is academically sound and has the right aptitudes to be a caring medical professional.
The following Academic Departments have been established under this Faculty:
• Department of Ayurveda Basic Principles
• Department of Cikitsa
• Department of Drvyaguna vignana
• Department of Kaumarabhruthya and Streeroga
• Department of Shalyashalakya
• Department of Languages
• Department of Rogavijnana
• Department of Desheeya Cikitsa