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
Oral medicine & Periodontology
Program Aims: -
This program in Periodontology is developed to provide dentists with the skills and knowledge to efficiently deliver a comprehensive management of periodontal disease
by providing opportunities to treat patients with modern periodontal techniques. including pre-prosthetic surgeries and oral implants
By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
- Professional comprehensive knowledge about the basic principles of Periodontology and dental implants .
- Identify the bidirectional relations between periodontal diseases & systemic health.
- Perform and evaluate different modalities of periodontal treatment & dental implants.
- Exposure to continuous education for professional development
- Develop a considerable degree of knowledge about 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/Points |
Percentage from the total number of hours/points | |
| University Requirements | —– | —– | ——- | |
| Faculty/College Requirements (if applicable) | ——- | ——- | ——- | |
| Program Requirements | 49 core courses + 4 research courses | 93 CH | 70% | |
| Requirements of the majors/ divisions/ tracks/ specializations in the final year (if any) | —— | ——- | ——- | |
| Other requirements | Field Training | |||
| Graduation Project | ||||
| Mandatory training year | ||||
| Thesis | 40 CH | 30% | ||
| Total Compulsory Courses | 49 | 93CH | 70% | |
| Elective Courses | —- | —– | —— | |
| Total | 49 | 93CH | ||
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 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.
