Best Educational Programs: DENTISTRY

ZHOLUDEV, Sergei Egorovich

Dean

 

Awards and achievements of the educational program. The program underwent state accreditation in 2013. It has been top ranked in the project Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia since 2012. The quality of the program is compliant with the standards and criteria of ENQA and confirmed with the Cro Cert certificate.

Ural State Medical University offers some more best Specialist's programs in the field of Healthcare:

PEDIATRICS

GENERAL MEDICINE

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Teaching staff. High professional capacity of the Ural research school of dentistry is well recognized both in Russia and abroad. Nearly 85% of the teaching staff hold academic degrees and titles. The average age of the teaching staff is 45 years.

University partners within the educational program. Leading medical dentistry institutions of Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk Region as well as dentistry faculties of Semmelweis University (Hungary), Copenhagen University (Denmark), Yerevan Medical University (Armenia), Belarusian State Medical University, and many others; grant programs from the leading dentistry companies including Dentsply-Sirona, 3M-ESPE; the Fundamental Dentistry research and educational center in cooperation with the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Ural Federal University.

Students and alumni’s achievements. For exceptional excellence in their studies students are awarded with scholarships of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation. They can pursue their master’s, medical residency and postgraduate degrees. The total of 100% of graduates are employed within the field in accordance with their background education. Many alumni hold top positions, defend Candidate’s and Doctor’s degrees. There include five Honored Doctors of the Russian Federation and four holders of awards granted by the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region.

Facilities and resources. The university has its own dental clinic with the most advanced equipment, with the capacity of 104 dental units, 58 teaching simulator dental units, and 140 computerized places. There are six academic buildings, five dormitories for 664 students, a library, canteens, sports facilities, and a skiing center.

Opportunities for students. Students are regularly involved in internships organized within the IFSMA and IADS programs, take part and win in national and international contests. Visiting lecturers from the Czech Republic, the Republic of South Africa, Italy, and other countries deliver series of classes. In cooperation with the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences the faculty organizes youth scientific forums with the participation of Academicians O.N. Chupakhin, V.N. Charushin, S.L. Votiakov. Workshops are held in the laboratories and shared knowledge centers of the Ural region. Employers submit their demands for specialists, which proves a high level of students’ theoretical training and practical skills. Beginning from 2016 the project “Student-Practitioner-Researcher” has been implemented.

Employment prospects. Dentist, dental therapist, prosthodontist, surgeon dentist, children’s dentist, orthodontist, oral surgeon.