University of Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry

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Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong
香港大學牙醫學院
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TypeFaculty
Established1982
Affiliation Prince Philip Dental Hospital
The University of Hong Kong
Dean Lijian Jin
Students731 (2024)
Undergraduates 486 (2024) [1]
Postgraduates 245 (2024) [2] [3]
Address
HKU Faculty of Dentistry, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

22°17′11″N114°08′39″E / 22.2864901°N 114.1442525°E / 22.2864901; 114.1442525
Website http://facdent.hku.hk/
University of Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry

The Faculty of Dentistry (Chinese :香港大學牙醫學院) is the dental school of the University of Hong Kong. It was established in 1982 and remains the only institution in Hong Kong to provide undergraduate and postgraduate dental degrees. The faculty is located in the Prince Philip Dental Hospital in Sai Ying Pun. It was ranked second in the world for dentistry in the 2025 QS rankings, behind the University of Michigan. [4] [5]

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Graduates from the faculty are allowed to be directly registered as dentists with the Dental Council of Hong Kong without needing to take a licensing exam. [6]

Bachelor degree

The faculty offers a six-year bachelor of dental surgery programme. The intake for each year is currently[ when? ] at 90. From the third year to the sixth year of the BDS programme, students undergo clinical learning at the Prince Philip Dental Hospital. Under the supervision of registered Hong Kong dentists, they provide dental care to patients who have been screened for the purpose of teaching and learning.

Graduates from this programme are allowed to directly register with the Dental Council of Hong Kong as a dentist without needing to take a licensing exam. From 1 April 2025 however, graduates are required to complete a one year internship before being allowed full registration as dentists. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Master's degree

The faculty offers a number of master's degree for students looking to specialise in certain dental specialities. [11] [12]

Offered degrees include: [11]

The length of master's degrees offered ranges from one to three years. Students who want to apply those programmes have to be awarded the bachelor degree in Dentistry or equivalent, and work as a general dental practitioner for at least one year.

Clinic

A clinic is operated by the faculty, namely the "HKU Institute for Advanced Dentistry", a multi-specialty dental practice established under The University of Hong Kong. It is located at Novum West on Queen's Road West. Services are provided by resident dentists and clinical professors from different dental specialties. [13] The clinic is accredited by the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong and aims to train dentists to become dental specialists handling with difficult and complex oral diseases which exceed the expected competency of a general dental practitioner.

Notable alumni

Alfred Hui  –Hong Kong singer[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Undergraduate Programme". Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong.
  2. ↑ "Taught Postgraduate Programmes". Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong.
  3. ↑ "Research Postgraduate Programmes". Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong.
  4. ↑ "About the Faculty - HKU Faculty of Dentistry". facdent.hku.hk. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "QS World University Rankings for Dentistry 2025". Quacquarelli Symonds . 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Dental Council of Hong Kong - Content". www.dchk.org.hk. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bachelor of Dental Surgery | Admissions Office, the Registry". admissions.hku.hk. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "【HKU Dental 全攻略】JUPAS 收分、出路及常見問題". www.notesity.hk (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Dental Council of Hong Kong - Content". www.dchk.org.hk. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "University of Hong Kong empowers future dentists". www.planmeca.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Taught Postgraduate Programmes - HKU Faculty of Dentistry". facdent.hku.hk. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "齒生有你: 港牙醫須經6年專科培訓". 東方日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "HKU Institute for Advanced Dentistry Multi-Specialty Clinic (IAD-MSC) | dentist | 2/F, Novum West, 460 Queen's Road West, Hong Kong". IAD-MSC. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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