MSc Dental Technology

About the course

1 year full-time

This course focuses on the use of highly advanced appliances and treatments. After training in research methods, you'll carry out a research project of your own and learn how to apply your findings in practice.

This course is still subject to approval. We expect it to start in 2014. Contact us for more information.

Entry requirements

A degree in dental technology or a relevant subject such as biomedical science or bioengineering. You should have at least two years' post-qualification experience and be able to demonstrate advanced technical expertise in the field.

If you don't have a degree, we will accept an equivalent recognised professional qualification in dental technology.

English language requirements for overseas students

Overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Content

• Dental Materials Science
• Scientific Writing and Health Informatics
• Dental Laboratory Governance
• Structural and Physical Properties of Dental and Biomaterials
• Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
• Biomaterials II (Advances in Biomaterials)
• Removable Prosthetics
• Fixed Prosthodontics
• Orthodontics I and II
• Dental Technology
• Research Project

Teaching

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Practical classes
  
  

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you have a question about the course, contact:

Dr David Patrick
E: dentalpgtadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 271 7884

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.

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.

You'll also have access to a wide range of facilities in our Faculty of Engineering.

How to apply

We expect this course to start in 2014. Information about how to apply will be put on this page.

You can contact us using the details opposite if you have any questions.

Postgraduate Online Application Form