Dentistry in Ural State Medical University
Specialist’s program
Faculty of Dentistry
Sergei Zholudev, Dean
+7 (343) 214-86-54
stdekanat@usma.ru
Accreditation. State accreditation. International public accreditation.
Awards and achievements. The program has been ranked among the best educational programs of innovative Russia since 2011. A high level of student competence was confirmed during the independent evaluation of the quality of students’ knowledge carried
out by the Informexpertise Independent Non-Profit Organization in 2019. The award from the International Association of Dental Students (IADS) for the best international clinical and research student exchange in Europe in 2020-2021.
Teaching staff. The academic degree holders ratio is around 80%, the lecturers’ average age is 47. Every year the faculty holds international lectures by leading professors of international universities.
The educational process ensures the academic mobility of students in the European area. The information resources and study materials for students are available in the E-learning and M-learning. The field-specific departments use simulators such as phantoms and dummies integrated into a single unit with a dental treatment unit. They serve as students’ manual skills training simulators. There are also computer programs for tooth color determination and preparation, structural modeling, periodontal diagnostics, computer tomography, virtual jaw displacement, prognosis of surgical-orthodontic treatment outcomes with 3D visualization, biocompatibility testing of filling and construction materials and mouth personal hygiene products. The university regularly holds intramural, regional (the Ural Scientific and Educational Medical Cluster), all-Russian professional skills competitions.
Research. The university established the research and education center of fundamental dentistry for integrated materials science research on hard tooth tissues, mineralogical dentistry and regenerative periodontology in cooperation with the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Science in 2013.
Competitive advantages. Students undertake internships at the university dental outpatient clinic with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, including 67 dental chairs, 60 phantom and 120 computer places, 5 endodontic microscopes and 8 Carl Zeiss technoscopes. The innovative center of the Faculty of Dentistry + the youth project accelerator. The CРE program “Clinician Scientist” is taught in English.
Employers and employment. Over 98% of graduates are employed. The university’s dental clinic and the university’s cooperation with top partner clinics such as the Dentistry autonomous non-commercial organization, Dental Clinic № 12, OSP, VITAL EVV,
MEGADENTA-CLINIC, and others opens up the opportunities for students to find a job in their degree field and improve their manual skills in a clinical setting. Students can combine their study and work, starting from the third year of study.