The main campus is in a site that touches the lower slopes of the lush mountains of Hanthana.
The Arts faculty spans a large area and is of a great scenic beauty.
[3] The faculty of Medicine is on the other side of the road of the entrance of the Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, which is a major tourist attraction of the country.
A large part of the Hanthana range is owned by the university and remains afforested.
The upper-Hanthana lodge which was a tourist guest house, is now owned by the university and facilitates the faculty.
A subcampus was established in 1968 at Mahailuppallama, North Central province for the Faculty of Agriculture.
The university owns a farm near Dodangolla-Kundasale, about 25 km from the main campus.