The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) was first established as the South Eastern University College of Sri Lanka and commenced to function from 27th July 1995. It was then upgraded to the status of a fully-fledged university, SEUSL, from 15th May 1996. There are six faculties in SEUSL. The Faculties of Arts and Culture, Management and Commerce, Islamic Studies and Arabic, Engineering and Technology are located in the main campus at Oluvil while the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) established in 1997, is located at Sammanthurai.