At present, the Eastern University, Sri Lanka has a main campus at Vantharumoolai, Trincomalee Campus at Trincomalee, and the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies (SVIAS) at Kalladi, with the facilities of Library Network, Centre for Information and Communication Technology and Sports.

The project was started by purchasing land near Nilaveli, Trincomalee and was abandoned later due to lack of funds.

The Batticaloa University College was established to fill a long-felt need for the development of a higher education institution in the Eastern Province.

K. W. Devanayagam, who at the time was Member of Parliament for Kalkudah electorate and Minister of Justice, took a personal interest in the establishment of the Batticaloa University College.

The buildings had been badly damaged by a cyclone of 1978 and were repaired and progressively restructured to suit the purposes of a new University College.

The Swami Vipulananda College of Music and Dance (SVCMD) was established in 1981 by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Hindu Culture.

Then the SVCMD was renamed as Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies and established by the Gazette Notification of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (No.

The initial programme conducted by the university in Human Health Sciences before the establishment of this faculty was the post basic diploma in Nursing.

After the establishment of the faculty at Batticaloa in the silver jubilee year (2006) of the university, the first batch of students for Medicine were enrolled.

In January 2011, the Minister of Higher Education came to the conclusion that the affairs of the Eastern University had been seriously squandered due to mismanagement and appointed a Competent Authority replacing the Council[4] of EUSL.

The Competent Authority so appointed was Ranjith Arthenayake, who had been the vice-chancellor of the Open University of Sri Lanka[5] from 1994 to 2000.

Kobindarajah obtained his Ph.D. in South Africa and then, due to political pressure arising from his personal beliefs/activities, he immigrated to Canada and eventually became a naturalized Canadian citizen.

It is noted that Jeyasingham's ardent use of official facilities and funds for personal purposes has been cited by many concerned well-wishers of the university.

In January 2019, F. C. Ragel (a physicist attached to the Faculty of Science) – officially took over as the new vice chancellor replacing the former incumbent Dr. Jeyasingham.

Faculty of Health-Care Sciences situated 15 km from Vantharumooali in Batticaloa which is offering MBBS and BSc Nursing degrees.

Swami Vipulanantha Institute of Aesthetic Studies (SWIAS) had 923 undergraduate students with 227 new admissions and 45 graduate output.

The total number of students who were enrolled in the external degree programs in the Eastern University was 1207, with 11 graduated in 2011.

The Departments of Botany and Zoology have a good collection of locally available and imported species in the herbarium and museum, to make the teaching more meaningful and fruitful.

The Faculty of Science was allocated a portion of the restructured Vantharumoolai Madya Maha Vidyalaya buildings.

The Zoology block of the Science complex is completed, and consists of modern lecture halls and laboratories to accommodate additional intake of students.

The blocks for the Department of Physics, Botany, Mathematics and administration for the Faculty (Dean Office) will be constructed in the near future.

The establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture[15] in 1981 was a response to the long felt need for the sustained development of the region with respect to higher education.

The Faculty of Commerce and Management was established in 1988 and offers programs designed to provide students with a sound understanding of the functions of Business and their inter-relationships.

It requires students to apply the analytical skills developed in the study of general education to the real business situation.

At present, the Faculty of Arts & Culture consists of nine departments, namely, Department of Arabic, Fine Arts, Geography, Islamic Studies, Languages, Social Sciences, History, Comparative Religion & Social Harmony and Education & Childcare with additional three disciplines, namely, Economics, Christianity & Hindu Civilization.

He was made a member of the University Grants Commission and was entrusted the duty of designing and developing the said faculty.

The first batch of students for MBBS programme was enrolled in 2006 in the Faculty of Health Care Sciences and the same has graduated with flying colours in 2013.

Presently there are four batches of students are following this study this course comprises theory practical & clinical training.

The Swami Vipulananda College of Music and Dance (SVCMD) was established in 1981 by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Hindu Culture.

Then the SVCMD was renamed as Swami Vipulanantha Institute of Aesthetic Studies (SVIAS) and established by the Gazette Notification of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (No.