International cooperation
The Faculty’s management is actively seeking to assure the quality of international exchange programmes for basic and specialist training. This is being done by establishing contact at dean level and by undertaking in-depth visits to assess how both parties can best benefit from such cooperation.
The Faculty has been involved in shaping the terms for European dental education by prioritising active participation in the DentEd EU project and in ADEE activities.
In the case of participating in international meetings and agreements on research exchanges, most of the international cooperative research efforts are conducted at department level by individual researchers. For example, a joint PhD council has been established in cooperation with the Forsyth Institute.
Here you can read more about the Faculty of Dentistry partners at bachelor,- master and postgraduate level. The international cooperation initiated by the Department of Biomaterials, Institute for clinical dentistry, and the Institute for oral biology is described at the department`s web-pages.
UTFORSK -project: UTF-2018-two-year/10062 (South-Africa)
Erasmus+ Global Mobility: Project 1st August 2020-31st July 2023 (South- Africa)
National cooperation
The Faculty shall be a premise provider to the development of research and education the field of dental health, and holds regular meetings with the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Directorate of Health, which regulates specialist education and implements special measures to promote clinical research.
The Faculty shall strengthen cooperation with the public dental health service. This can be achieved by, for example cooperating with the authorities over competence building and the establishment of regional centres of dental competence. The Faculty’s social responsibility for training candidates for both the public and private sectors shall be the main focus of its activities so that the needs of the population for prevention and treatment of diseases and infections of the oral cavity and maxilla can be safeguarded.
The Faculty also works closely with the Norwegian Dental Association and makes significant contributions to systematic continuing education in the form of a range of course modules.