The Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture

The PGIA was established in 1975 with the main objective of developing in-country capacity for postgraduate education in agriculture and to provide appropriately trained scientific personnel for a rapidly expanding agricultural sector of Sri Lanka. Over the past three decades it has achieved substantial progress and has emerged as a 'Centre of Excellence' in higher education in agricultural sciences in Sri Lanka.

The PGIA, in terms of the Ordinance No. 9 of 1979, functions as a semi-autonomous unit within the University of Peradeniya. The academic programs are developed and implemented by eleven Boards of Study.