10 September 2012

University in plans to offer Dental Degree in Egypt

The University of Dundee has announced plans to deliver an Orthodontics masters degree programme in Egypt, beginning early in 2013.

The MSc in Orthodontics will be a part-time programme for dentists wishing to specialise in this discipline. Working closely with the Arab Society for Continuous Dental Education (ASCDE), lecturers from Dundee will travel to Cairo on a regular basis to teach the planned three year programme.

The University and the ASCDE have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding underpinning the collaboration.

ASCDE will promote the course to dentists throughout Egypt and the neighbouring Arab Region.

Parallel with the University's taught programme, participating dentists will also undertake orthodontics skill training at ASCDE's clinical facilities where patients receive free treatment under the supervision of its own teaching staff.

The programme will be led by David Bearn, Professor of Orthodontics and Head of Learning and Teaching for the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing.

"It is understood that this is Egypt's first collaboration with a foreign university to deliver a masters degree in Orthodontics - which is a resounding endorsement of the teaching excellence at the University of Dundee," said Professor Bearn.

The executive director of ASCDE, Dr Mahmoud Kohail, added, "This collaboration is the result of a two-year determined preparation by ASCDE and is an exceptional opportunity to continue ASCDE's commitment to resetting the standards of post-graduate dental education and renovating the field of dentistry in Egypt."

The University of Dundee Dental School is one of the UK's top dental schools, performing consistently well in league tables for both research and teaching.

The Dental School has a reputation as a supportive and nurturing environment which enables students, both undergraduate and postgraduate to have the opportunity to fulfil their aspirations to achieve excellence clinically and academically.

For more on Dentistry at the University of Dundee see: www.dundee.ac.uk/dentalschool/.

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