Your student mentor (personal tutor) is the first person that you should ideally reach out to if you have any issues.
You can find out who your student mentor is on the Learning Management System.
You could contact a student counsellor.
It would be preferable if you could contact the student counsellors assigned to your batch. However, sometimes you may prefer to contact another student counsellor.
The list of student counsellors of the Faculty of Medicine is given below.
Permanent Student Counsellor
| Batch | Counsellor | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| AL 2021 | 
Dr W.A.D.Lakmali Amarasiri, |
lakmali@physiol.cmb.ac.lk |
Temporary Student Counsellors – MBBS Programme
| Batch | Counsellor | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| AL 2021 | 
Prof. Piyanjali de Zoysa, |
ptdz@psych.cmb.ac.lk |
Prof. Indika M. Karunathilake, |
indika@medarc.cmb.ac.lk | |
| AL 2020 AL 2019 |
Dr. Maduka de Lanerolle Dias, |
maduka@bmb.cmb.ac.lk |
Dr. Yamuna Rajapakse, |
yamuna@anat.cmb.ac.lk | |
| AL 2018 AL 2017 |
Dr. N.S.M. Nilanthi P. Senanayake, |
nilanthi@micro.cmb.ac.lk |
Dr. Kumarangi Vithanage, |
kumarangie@physiol.cmb.ac.lk | |
| AL 2016 | 
Prof A. Dinithi A. Fernando, |
dinithif@physiol.cmb.ac.lk |
Prof. Dakshitha.P. Wickramasinghe , |
dakshithaw@srg.cmb.ac.lk | |
| Overseas Students |
Prof A. Dinithi A. Fernando, |
dinithif@physiol.cmb.ac.lk |
Dr. Santhushya Fernando, |
santhushya@med.cmb.ac.lk | |
Dr Vipula Bataduwaarachchi, |
vipula@pharm.cmb.ac.lk |
Temporary Student Counsellor – Physiotherapy Programme
| Batch | Counsellor | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| All Years | 
Dr. D.G.S.K.L. Jayawardana, |
subashinikl@med.cmb.ac.lk |
The main university has a counselling system as well. You may contact the Student Counsellor’s Office of the University of Colombo for further information regarding other available counsellors.
Click on the link below to find out how to contact the university Student Counsellor’s office.
You can inform your student mentor and through him/her apply to the financial assistance scheme. You can find relevant information under Student Life-Services on the faculty website.
The faculty has a mechanism in place to allocate hostels for students. You can find relevant information under Student Life – Support System on the faculty website
You can inform your student mentor/ student counsellor.
There is a mechanism to mediate/ conduct an inquiry regarding such peer-to-peer harassment.
You can refer to the UCFM Guidelines for managing harassment here.
You can inform your student mentor/ student counsellor.
There is a mechanism to mediate/ conduct an inquiry regarding sexual harassment.
The guidelines for managing a sexual harassment will be uploaded here soon.
Until such time you could request your student mentor/ batch student counsellor to help you access it.
All the academic staff members of the Department of Psychiatry of our faculty will be available to talk to you.
Click below to access contact details of the Department of Psychiatry on the UCFM website.