ADSA is proudly introducing University Spotlight to give you a sneak peek into the lives of your fellow peers from other states. Learn the unique quirks of each school and from the collages, gain an insight into their everyday shenanigans. We will be shining the University Spotlight on each dental school in Australia. You may be surprised by how similar yet different our Dental Schools are.
Starting us off, tucked in the corner of Queensland just north of the Gold Coast, is University of Queensland!
Did you know?
- The University of Queensland School of Dentistry is the oldest dental school in Queensland, older than JCU and Griffith dental schools combined .
- The degrees on offer by the School are:
- Undergraduate: Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours)
- Postgraduate: Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
- Research Higher Degrees: Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy
- The UQ Oral Health Centre has over 150 dental chairs – that means 150 patients could be receiving treatment at the same time!
- Our Head of School, Professor Pauline Ford, was the first female head of a dental school in Australia.
- There are approximately 370 undergraduate BDSc (Hons) students enrolled at UQ.
- If we had 4 slices of pizza each, you would need 185 pizzas to feed us all.
- But if we had 2 sausage sizzles each, you would need 740 sausages!
- Dental students at UQ practice taking x-rays on Dexter the mannequin, who even has his own patient files on the computer.
