Master Dental Public Health (MDPH)

About the course

• MDPH - 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time or 3 years part-time distance learning
• Diploma in DPH - 2 years part-time distance learning
• Certificate in DPH - 1 year part-time distance learning
  

Develop your understanding of dental public health and the major oral health problems faced by a community.

You'll learn how to critically analyse dental public health problems and develop practical solutions to protect and promote oral health.

Entry requirements

The course is suitable if you have a dental or other health-related background. You need a recognised dental degree, a 2:1 honours degree, or a relevant professional qualification with at least one year's experience.

English language requirements for overseas students

Overall IELTS grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Core modules

• Introduction to Public Health
• Dental Public Health: foundations and theory
• Health Promotion
• Dental Public Health: application and critique
• Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
• Current Concepts in Dentistry
• Sociology of Health and Illness
• Introduction to Statistics
• Dissertation

Teaching

• Lectures
• Small group work
• Independent study
• Applied research dissertation

Parts of the course are taught with students from a range of other programmes. This creates a rich and lively environment for your learning.

Assessment

• Formal examinations
• Coursework assignments
• Dissertation

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you have a question about the course, contact:

Mrs Alison Patrick
E: dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 271 7885

Flexible study options

MDPH with attendance
The MDPH with attendance takes one year full time. You can also choose not to do a dissertation and complete the Certificate in DPH or Diploma in DPH instead.

MDPH by distance learning
The MDPH by distance learning takes three years part-time. If you have less time to commit to your studies or are new to academic study then you can do the postgraduate certificate (one year part-time) or postgraduate diploma (two years part-time) instead, with the option to return at a later date to upgrade your qualification.

Your career

Dental professionals choose Sheffield because of our reputation for excellence. Many of our graduates go on to specialist dental practice, hospital practice or academic posts.

World-leading dental school

Our teaching is supported by internationally recognised research.

Our oral and dental research is organised into two themes: Person Centred and Basic and Applied. Each theme has three research groups: Bioengineering and Health Technologies, Person Centred and Population Oral Health Research, and Integrated Bioscience. These groups work together to push boundaries and achieve excellence.

We offer a range of clinical and non-clinical courses, designed to help you develop your career in the way that you want.

Facilities

We're connected to Sheffield’s Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You'll complete your clinical training in the hospital.

Our links with the hospital give you access to modern clinical facilities and equipment. There are 150 dental units with facilities for treatment under sedation, a well-equipped dental radiography department, oral pathology laboratories and a hospital dental production laboratory.

We also have purpose-built research and service laboratories and equipment. There’s a core facility for cell and tissue culture and labs for microbiology, electron microscopy, histology, histochemistry and immuno-cytochemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, proteomics and materials science.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form