Basic Information
Total number of credit hours/points of the program
120 credit hours
Number of academic years/levels (expected program duration)
3 years/6 levels
Departments Participating in teaching the program
Pediatric Dentistry Department
Program Aims: -
This program in Pediatric Dentistry is developed to provide dentists with the skills and knowledge to efficiently deliver comprehensive oral health care for children and adolescents.
At the end of this program, the graduate student will gain:
- Professional knowledge relevant to practice of Pediatric Dentistry
- The challenge of continual advancements in Pediatric Dentistry
- Exposure to continuous education for professional development
- Methods of application methodologies of scientific research and the use of its various tools.
Program Components:
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| Requirement Category/Type | Number of Courses |
Number of Credit Hours |
Percentage from the total number of hours | |
| University Requirements | – | – | – | |
| Faculty/College Requirements (if applicable) | – | – | – | |
| Program Requirements | 35 | 120 | 100 | |
| Requirements of the majors/ divisions/ tracks/ specializations in the final year (if any) | —- | —– | ||
| Other requirements | Field Training | |||
| Graduation Project | ||||
| Mandatory training year | ||||
| Other (to be mentioned) | Thesis | 40 | 30% | |
| Total Compulsory Courses | 35 | 120 | 100 | |
| Elective Courses | – | – | – | |
| Total | 35 | 120 | 100% | |
The awarding of the Master’s degree is contingent upon the successful completion of the following three requirements:
- Research Requirement
- Each student must complete a research project aligned with the Faculty and Department research plan as a prerequisite for obtaining the Master’s degree.
- Students are eligible to register their thesis project after successful completion of the second semester.
- A scientific paper derived from the thesis must be published in a peer-reviewed international journal with an impact factor.
- The public defense of the thesis may not take place earlier than 12 months following the approval of the Faculty Council for thesis registration.
- Coursework Requirement
- Each program comprises a defined set of courses, with a minimum requirement of 80 credit hours over six semesters.
- The maximum number of credit hours that a student may register in any Fall or Spring semester is 21 credit hours.
- All courses must be successfully completed in order to qualify for the award of the Master’s degree.
- The courses are designed in alignment with the selected internal (NARS)/external reference standards (benchmarking) of the program.
- Practical Training and Scientific Activities Requirement
- Practical training and scientific activities constitute an integral component of the Master’s degree.
- Each Department is responsible for preparing its training program and assigning credit hours to each activity.
- A minimum threshold for each activity is established to ensure the achievement of the intended learning outcomes of the various study programs.
- Students must document all training activities in a Logbook, which is verified and approved by the Head of Department and the Faculty Administration.
- Students will not be permitted to sit for examinations until they have fulfilled the minimum required practical and scientific activities.
