University of Florida College of Dentistry

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University of Florida
College of Dentistry
University of Florida Vertical Signature.svg
Type Public dental school
Established1972
Parent institution
University of Florida
Endowment Increase2.svg$2.379 billion (2021)
(university-wide) [1]
Dean Isabel Garcia
Academic staff
133
Students365 DMD Students [2]
Location, ,
United States
Website dental.ufl.edu

The University of Florida College of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Florida. The college is located in the Dental Sciences Building on the southeastern edge of the university's Gainesville, Florida main campus. The college is one of the six academic colleges and schools that comprise the university's J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center. The college is the only publicly funded dental school in the state of Florida. As of 2019, there were 365 DMD students enrolled in the college, and the college employed 133 faculty members and 148 residents/interns/fellows. [3]

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Research

For fiscal year 2024, the college received over $14.4 million in total research grants. [4]

Rankings

In the 2017 QS World University Rankings the college ranked 47th overall amongst all dentistry colleges across the globe. [5]

QS World Rankings (2017) [6]

Global Dentistry Ranking47
The college is part of the Health Science Center. J Hillis Miller HSC.jpg
The college is part of the Health Science Center.

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