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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1896 |
| Dean | Dr. Marnie Oakley (Interim) |
Academic staff | 178[1] |
| Students | 439 (77 undergraduate, 322 first professional, and 40 specialty residents)[1] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Oakland (Main) |
| Website | dental.pitt.edu |
The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is the dental school of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of Pitt's six schools of the health sciences and one of several dental schools in Pennsylvania. It is closely affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The School of Dental Medicine accepted 3.6% of applicants for the class of 2016, a record low for the school's entire history.
It is located in Salk Hall on Pitt's campus. Each year, between 70 and 80 students graduate from Pitt's D.M.D. program.
Admission into the School of Dental Medicine is highly competitive. Eighty incoming students were accepted out of 2,200 applications submitted. Total mean college GPA of incoming students in 2017 was 3.74 (science 3.67); academic average DAT score was 21.6.
Dr. Marnie Oakley is the School of Dental Medicine's current interim dean as of 2022.
- ^ a b "University of Pittsburgh Fact Book 2009" (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. 2009. p. 27. Retrieved 2009-05-22.