The Bhutanese students, who enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Peradeniya on September 15, 2026, to pursue the MBBS degree program, were top-ranked students in the university entrance examinations in Bhutan. They were sent here under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the University of Peradeniya. Dean Faculty of Medicine, Co-ordinaries of Bhutanese student programme Prof. Indu Nanayakkara & Ms. Asha Wijenayake, Senior Assistant Registrar of the Faculty Mrs. Dilini Herath, and several members of the academic and Non academic staff participated in the event.