Uva Wellassa University is a university in Badulla, Sri Lanka. The Uva Wellassa University is the 14th National University to be established in Sri Lanka. It is the first all entrepreneurial university in Sri Lanka. It differs from other Sri Lankan universities, as it is designed to provide essential skills and broad general education for all students while providing the conceptual and methodological background and the training necessary to obtain practical solutions for value addition to the national resources base of Sri Lanka. It states its vision as "To become the renowned centre of knowledge and expertise for value addition to the Sri Lankan resources base by the year 2015." Excel in research and learning with strong emphasis on value addition to the local resources base and produce well-rounded leaders in economic activity capable of using scientific & technological approaches to development within undergraduate, postgraduate, specialty, corporate as well as continuing education markets.