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Message from the Dean

Thank you for visiting the Undergraduate Course website!

The HKU Faculty of Dentistry was established almost a quarter century ago encompassing the finest European traditions of dental education. Since then the Faculty has had an international staff mix from more than a dozen countries leading to a unique, melting pot of ideas that has molded the theory and practice of dentistry currently practiced by our students. The student body too is multifaceted, international, a good proportion with first degrees. However, what is currently most acclaimed both in the region and internationally is our competency-based, student-centered, problem-based learning (PBL) programme that has produced a new genre of skilled, empathic graduates well versed in the practice of modern oral and maxillofacial sciences.

If you are reading this message, then it is very likely that you are considering enrolment in our undergraduate programme; a programme that is second to none in terms of the unique education we offer. I do hope that you will find our programme desirable and the information provided adequate. If not, please do not hesitate to contact either myself (lakshman@hku.hk) or one of my colleagues cited in these webpages.

As the Dean of this great institution, I will be waiting to extend you the warmest welcome, when you arrive here, and assure you of a wonderful learning environment that would fulfill all your educational and personal goals.

Good luck in your search!

Hoping to meet with you soon.


Lakshman P. Samaranayake
BDS, DDS, FRCPath., FHKAM(Pathol), FHKAM(Dent Surg), MIBiol, FHKCPath, FCDSHK
Dean of Dentistry
Chair Professor of Oral Microbiology
Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong
Director, Prince Philip Dental Hospital

 

  
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