Admission Eligibility
All applicants must be registered students of a recognized medical school.
Applications should be made on the prescribed form together with a supporting letter from Dean/Elective Co-ordinator or a competent authority of your facility.
Address the letter to ‘Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna’. Access the online application and follow instructions.
Please note that the supporting letter is mandatory to process your application.
Elective Appointments
Applications for elective appointments in any discipline within the curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna.
Elective appointments currently available for application are mentioned.
Elective postings are on a weekly basis commencing on a Monday. The exact dates for any particular elective posting should be supplied with the application form.
Admission to a relevant appointment depends on whether the Head of the Department concerned is able to provide the necessary facilities or supervision during the requested period.
Fees
Nonrefundable registration fee – 50 USD in order to cover the cost of processing your application and to submit the documents to the relevant offices.
Tuition fee – 75 USD should be payed per week. (Eg: for 4 weeks 75×4 = 300 USD).
Both these payments have to pay at least four weeks prior to arrival. (The applicant should bear the commission of bank transactions)We accept online payment as the only payment option from 10th April 2025. Physical payment is not accepted.
How to make a online payment
You will receive a secure online payment link via email to facilitate the transaction. It is mandatory to complete the full payment—including the registration fee, tuition fee, and applicable bank charges (3%)—in a single transaction prior to your arrival to the country.
*Once you make payment (tuition fee) for the decided period of the training.If you leave prior, the payment you made is non-refundable.
Visa
Entry Visa
Obtain tourist visa online using the Electronic Travel Authorization(ETA) system. Visit (http://www.eta.gov.lk) for more information.
Tourist Visa category is very easy to extend visa(can do online) and low visa fees.
Extension fee (Please check the https://www.immigration.gov.lk/web/ for latest charges)
Documents needed for visa extension
1. Extension visit visa application (Available in the web site)
2. Passport
Climate and clothing
Dress code
Students should wear scrub (pijama) with name tag. This should be the responsibility of each student to keep ready in advance to use at the commencement of the clinical training.
Wear your respective University Identity Card.
Galle is in the Wet Zone. The climate is tropical and humid. Two monsoons (May/August and October/January) and occasional inter-monsoonal showers bring wet weather. Late December to February is cool at night. Clothing should be light, cotton. An umbrella and raincoat will come useful.
Meeting time
At Office – 8.30 am to 12.30 pm.
Recreation
Galle is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka famous for its golden sandy beaches with warm and gentle seas. It attracts a large number of tourists during the winter months in Europe usually October to March/April. Scuba diving, wreck diving, surfing and coral reefs with myriads of colourful tropical fish attract many visitors.
Last update 22/11/2024