The institution encourages students to conduct research through internal and external funding. Besides this, the UoP also provides research incentives for students to attend conferences and present papers/posters.

The students have a variety of options to choose from after a dental degree. Students can join government sector (Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka) or Private Sector as Dental Surgeons, pursue higher studies, can do research in collaboration with the FDS, can join the faculty academic staff and get into teaching and research, pursue private practice, join any government organisation in dental field, or join the armed forces as dental surgeons. Besides, there is a huge demand for dental doctors overseas.

FDS, UoP is a semi government institute governed by University Grant Commission, Sri Lanka. FDS was founded in 1987 and it is the only higher education institute which provide Bachelor of Dental Surgery.

Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya is one of the best colleges in the south Asian region. The faculty has state of the art infrastructural facilities at par with international standards with a competence based curriculum. University of Peradeniya also has Medical, Engineering, Agriculture, Allied Health, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Science, Arts, and Management and attracts students from across the globe, which ensures that you get better exposure and learning experience. In addition, UoP is located in a very beautiful landscape between Mahaweli river which is the longest in Sri Lanka and Hantana mountain range. It is the largest residential university in Sri Lanka and probably in south Asia with all residential and other facilities. Therefore, you can get a unique experience in university education.