Academic Programs
June 26, 2022 2023-08-25 19:45Academic Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Duration of Study
Credit hours
Bachelor’s Degree
Bachelor’s Requirements
Five years (10 Semesters) + Internship year
- (190 CH = 14 CH University Courses + 4 CH Elective Courses + 172 CH Faculty course)
- All courses are taught in English.
College of dentistry will award a Bachelor’s Degree of Dentistry (BDS) upon successful completion. Undergraduate courses provide comprehensive theoretical lectures as well as extensive technical and clinical training in the following dental specialties:
- Basic Dental Sciences Department.
- Prosthetic Dentistry Department.
- Conservative Dentistry Department.
- Oral Surgery Department.
- Orthodontics and Pedodontics Department.
- Oral medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis, and Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Department.
- Basic & clinical Medical Sciences Department.
The Bachelor of Dentistry consists of the following required courses based on NARS;
University Requirements (14 CH)
No. | Course Title | Credit hours |
1 | English Language (1) | 2 |
2 | English Language (2) | 2 |
3 | English Language (3) | 2 |
4 | Introduction to Computer Science (1) | 2 |
5 | Computer Science (2) | 2 |
6 | Historical Perspectives | 2 |
7 | Arabic Language | 2 |
Faculty Requirements (172 CH):
Department | Course |
CH |
Basic Dental Sciences | Dental Anatomy (1) | 3 |
Dental Anatomy (2) | 3 | |
Oral Biology (1) | 3 | |
Oral Biology (2) | 3 | |
Oral Physiology | 1 | |
Oral Pathology (1) | 3 | |
Oral Pathology (2) | 3 | |
Prosthetic Dentistry | Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics (1) Fixed PrPreclinical Removable Prosthodonticosthodontics | 3 |
Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics (2) | 3 | |
Dental Biomaterial (1) | 3 | |
Dental Biomaterial (2) | 3 | |
Clinical Removable Prosthodontics (1) | 3 | |
Clinical Removable Prosthodontics (2) | 3 | |
Clinical Removable Prosthodontics (3) | 3 | |
Clinical Removable Prosthodontics (4) | 3 | |
Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics (1) | 3 | |
Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics(2) | 3 | |
Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics (1) | 3 | |
Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics (2) | 3 | |
Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics (3) | 3 | |
Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics (4) | 3 | |
Occlusion | 1 | |
Conservative Dentistry | Preclinical Operative Dentistry (1) | 3 |
Preclinical Operative Dentistry (2) | 3 | |
Clinical Operative Dentistry (1) | 3 | |
Clinical Operative Dentistry (2) | 3 | |
Clinical Operative Dentistry (3) | 3 | |
Clinical Operative Dentistry (4) | 3 | |
Preclinical Endodontic (1) | 2 | |
Preclinical Endodontic (2) | 2 | |
Clinical Endodontic (1) | 3 | |
Clinical Endodontic (2) | 3 | |
Oral Surgery | Oral Surgery (1) | 3 |
Oral Surgery (2) | 3 | |
Oral Surgery (3) | 2 | |
Oral Surgery (4) | 2 | |
Implantology | 2 | |
Orthodontics and Pedodontics | Preventive Dental Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
Orthodontics (1) | 2 | |
Orthodontics (2) | 2 | |
Pedodontics (1) | 2 | |
Pedodontics (2) | 2 |
Oral medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis, and Oral Radiology | Oral Medicine (1) | 2 |
Oral Medicine (2) | 2 | |
Periodontics (1) | 2 | |
Periodontics (2) | 2 | |
Diagnosis | 3 | |
Oral& Maxillofacial Radiology (1) | 3 | |
Oral& Maxillofacial Radiology (2) | 3 | |
Basic &Clinical Medical Sciences
| Chemistry | 2 |
Physics | 2 | |
General Anatomy (1) | 2 | |
General Anatomy (2) | 3 | |
General Physiology (1) | 2 | |
General Physiology (2) | 2 | |
General Histology | 3 | |
Pharmacology (1) | 3 | |
Pharmacology (2) | 2 | |
Biochemistry (1) | 2 | |
Biochemistry (2) | 2 | |
General Pathology (1) | 2 | |
General Pathology (2) | 3 | |
Microbiology | 3 | |
Biostatistics | 1 | |
General Medicine, Skin and Venereal Diseases | 3 | |
General Surgery, ENT, and Ophthalmology | 3 | |
Infection Control | 1 | |
Dental Ethics & Human Rights | 1 |
Complementary Elective Courses (4 CH):
No. | Course | CH |
1. | Nutrition | 1 |
2. | Philosophic Thinking and Scientific Thinking | 1 |
3. | Business Administration | 1 |
4. | Exercise Physiology | 1 |
5. | Impact of Technology on Society | 1 |
6. | Communication Skills | 1 |
7. | Medical and Social Psychology | 1 |
8. | Dental Photography | 1 |
9. | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | 1 |