Overview
Three-year clinical specialist doctorate combining oral and maxillofacial pathology with oral medicine, preceded by the one-year Master of Oral Science.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 1-year Master of Oral Science followed by a 3-year clinical doctorate
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England accreditation of UM's eight dental specialty doctoral programmes (conferred 2026)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Dental degree; entry via the Master of Oral Science (see UM Master's/Doctoral Degree Rules 2024 and Postgraduate Handbook)
- International applicants
- Faculty states its postgraduate programmes are offered to local and international communities; student pass information for international students provided
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Via UM Faculty of Dentistry Postgraduate Management Office / UM postgraduate admission
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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