Oral and Dental Health

He/she welcomes the patient, prepares the working area and helps both the dentist and patient during treatment. The aim of the program is to educate respected, qualified students that can work in public and private dental clinics with contemporary and international knowledge in the field of dental health.

Registration and Admission Requirements

Students must have successfully graduated from high schools (or equals). The placements are done following the rules of Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK) respect to the scores obtained from the nation-Basic Competence Test (TYT). Student register to programmes on the days declared by the Rectorship Students should have earned a high school or an equivalent diploma and sufficient score on nation-Basic Competence Test (TYT). Admission is based on the scores, according to the rules determined by Higher Education Council. For international students who will be accepted according to the National or International Exams, Quota and conditions are announced on our University’s website.

Graduation Requirements

Students must successfully finish all courses and internships set by the program taking at least 120 ECTS credits in total, to be granted with the Bachelor's degree. Graduation eligibility is determined by academic average score. For this purpose, the sum of the weighted scores of all courses taken throughout the education is divided by the sum of ECTS values.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Students may apply for exemption from the courses they have taken in another higher education or equally accredited institution. Exemption requests are decided by the board of governors of the School, which considers the opinion of the lecturer responsible for that course.

Program Qualification

Theoretical, Factual

The student acquires theoretical and practical knowledge related to dental assisting at a basic level.

The student knows information about moral discipline and ethical rules related to dental assisting.

Employment Opportunities

Program graduates have job opportunities in dental clinics, dental health departments of hospitals, or public institutions.

Assessment and Evaluation

The success of a course is determined by the course grade. The course grade is obtained by evaluating the student's achievement in the semester and the general examination together with the midterm exams and midterm exams, applied studies, group work and similar studies. Students who fail to obtain a minimum score of 50 from the general examination will be considered as failures for all courses. In order to be successful, Dersten must have at least 60 points at the end of the term or 2.27 times the number of achievements.