It is considered to be one of the leading medical faculties in Sri Lanka which requires the highest entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination.
In addition to the buildings located in the main campus, faculty operates a rural field practice area known as "Hindagala Community Health Project" covering 62 square kilometers and with a population of 20,000.
Faculty of Medicine is established in the University of Peradeniya in 1962 under the provisions made by the Ministry of Health.
And it was in his period, the plans for the building of a teaching hospital at the Peradeniya Campus were initiated.
The students of the faculty of Medicine receive their clinical training at 6 hospitals currently.