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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 5 years flexible
UCL’s Dental Public Health MSc programme has an outstanding national and international reputation. Students will be taught by members of the internationally renowned UCL Dental Public Health Research Group, which is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Oral Health Inequalities and Public Health, led by Professor Richard Watt.
Dental Public Health applies public health principles and philosophy to oral diseases. It is the science and practice of preventing oral diseases, promoting oral health, and improving quality of life through population-based approaches.
We offer a challenging and innovative programme of study. The programme provides students with a thorough grounding in the factors determining oral health, as well as evidence-based ways of promoting oral health and reducing oral health inequalities. Apart from studying the philosophy and principles of dental public health, students are equipped with knowledge and transferable skills in epidemiology, statistics, research methods and the planning and evaluation of oral health promotion interventions and dental health care systems. The programme is designed to engage and inspire, and to encourage maximum participation and involvement. Large parts of the programme are delivered via small group teaching, where students are actively encouraged to ask questions and challenge prevailing paradigms.
Our programme has been running since 1983, making it the first and oldest Dental Public Health MSc in the UK. It has trained hundreds of international students, who have subsequently worked in senior positions around the world.
The programme is based in the Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, which is part of UCL’s Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, a friendly, thriving, and multidisciplinary environment.
Quote by Prof. Sir Michael Marmot (Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and Past President of the World Medical Association):
“The UCL Dental Public Health Master’s has an outstanding reputation. At international conferences around the world, I have met many dentists who have studied at UCL and been very impressed by their commitment to public health.”
All applicants must normally hold an approved dental or medical qualification.
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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.
Our former students have become chief dental officers, dental public health academics and planners in their own countries. Many of our completing students go on to work within governing bodies, healthcare institutions and local dentist practices. Some go on to academic careers and commence research degrees within their specified areas of interest at various higher education institutes around the world. Within the UK, several of our past students are now lecturers in dental public health or consultants in dental public health.
Employability
Graduates will have gained a range of specific practical and transferable skills, such as:
Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change.
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