The Department of Economics and Statistics was established in 2016 by the government Gazette Extraordinary No.1964/11 of 26th April 2016. It contained an amendment to the order of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka and established a New Department of Economics and Statistics at the Faculty of Arts and Culture.
The Vision of the department is to be a center of excellence for the creation and dissemination of knowledge in economics and statistics and the Mission is The Department of Economics and Statistics is to train students at the undergraduate level in the methods, ideas of economics, and statistics, and to conduct both basic and applied research in economics and statistics that pushes forward the frontier of knowledge in the field for their further study and employment opportunity in the dynamic world.
The Department of Economics and Statistics is presently offering Economics and Statistics for General Degree Students and BA in Economics for special degree students. Moreover, many courses which are offered by the department are formulated to find the solutions to the regional, national, and international economic issues with theoretical knowledge and empirical applications.
The programs introduce students to the intellectual capacity, theoretical ideas, and empirical skills that are necessary for conducting advanced research, teaching, and working on issues in the present world. Further, each Special degree student gets the opportunity to do independent research and write a dissertation, and the general subject students, expand and widen their understanding of Economics and Statistics. Especially, every year our students get internship opportunities at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Also, many job opportunities were opened for the students who had a special degree in Economics and they were employed in many government or non-government organizations. The Department has also introduced interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses in Basic Mathematics and Statistics.
In the future, the Economics and Statistics Degree program will start at the inception of the Faculty of Arts and Culture, to be commenced Bachelor of Arts Honors in Tourism and Hospitality. The Department has also introduced a new course of studies and interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary subjects to expand the scope of the discipline.
