Dental Schools in Australia

University of Sydney

• The University of Sydney launched the first dental school in Australia in 1901. The university's Faculty of Dentistry is also the first dental school to offer formal, full-time postgraduate dentistry degrees and accredited bachelor degrees for dental hygienists and therapists. One of the five largest dental schools in the country, the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Sydney provides two undergraduate programs and one master's program. Students take courses in the Sydney Dental Hospital, Surry Hills campus, Westmead Centre for Oral Health and Westmead Hospital.

  University of Sydney
  Faculty of Dentistry
  2 Chalmers St.
  Surry Hills, NSW 2010
  +61-02-9351-8334
  dentistry.usyd.edu.au

University of Queensland

• The School of Dentistry at the University of Queensland is located in the center of Brisbane City. Dentistry students also study at other facilities on the university's main St. Lucia campus and in research laboratories at the university's Centre for Clinical Research at Herston and The Prince Charles Hospital. The school offers a five-year undergraduate course, a plus-one-year postgraduate degree for research, and several doctorate programs. According to the university's website, the School of Dentistry developed its programs to "ensure a smooth transition from university studies to the world of professional practice." The school's main facility treats more 56,000 patients per year.

  University of Queensland
  School of Dentistry
  200 Turbot St.
  Brisbane, QLD 4000
  +61-07-3365-8106
  uq.edu.au/dentistry

Griffith University

• Griffith University's School of Dentistry and Oral Health represents Australia's first new dental school in approximately 60 years. Included with the new construction, the school offers Australia's first dental technology program at a university. Students experience on-the-job training while working in the school's dental clinic and commercial laboratory. The school also places its students in a variety of settings to further education (including aged care facilities, state schools and rural clinics). The school partners with the adjacent Gold Coast Hospital. Students can pursue one of two undergraduate programs for dentistry or specialize with programs for oral health therapy, dental technology, dental prosthetics or several higher-level programs.

  Griffith University
  School of Dentistry and Oral Health
  Gold Coast Campus
  16 -- 30 High St.
  Southport, QLD 4215
  +61-07-5678-0793
  griffith.edu.au/health/school-dentistry-oral-health

University of Melbourne

• The Melbourne Dental School traces its roots back to 1884 and the formation of the Odontological Society of Victoria. From this society, the Australian College of Dentistry developed. The college partnered with the University of Melbourne in 1904 to create the foundation for the school today. The Melbourne Dental School's posted mission is to be a world-class, research-based school, with leadership in the Asia-Pacific region. Known for its research operations, the school opened its Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science and the Victorian Centre for Oral Health Science between 2003 and 2004. The school offers three undergraduate programs and five postgraduate degrees.

  University of Melbourne
  Melbourne Dental School
  720 Swanson St.
  Melbourne, VIC 3010
  +61-03-9341-0216
  dent.unimelb.edu.au