Eastman Dental Institute (Clinical Experience) MPhil/PhD

UCL (University College London)

This four-year, full-time clinical experience MPhil/PhD is suitable for clinicians from all fields of dentistry. Hosted at the world-leading Eastman Dental Institute, this programme will enable you to develop and refine your clinical skills whilst deepening your scientific knowledge and participating in translational research. This PhD programme provides you with the opportunity to carry out doctoral research in the field of oral health, microbial diseases, or biomaterials tissue engineering.Your laboratory or clinically based research-intensive programme will be led by international specialists who will supervise your research. You will be linked with a clinical unit relevant to your dental or oral health specialisation, and offered the chance to sustain limited clinical activity, depending on the demands of your hosting unit.The UCL Eastman Dental Institute is the largest postgraduate dental school in Europe and has a reputation as one of the world's leading academic centres for dentistry. The institute's strategy is to undertake high-quality research that advances knowledge of the causes, treatment, and prevention of orofacial and related disease, and to translate such findings into improved care and policy.