International Foundation Year in Health, Medical and Life Sciences Leading to Bachelor of Dental Surgery Study Group - Cardiff University International Study Centre, UK

International Foundation Year in Health, Medical and Life Sciences
The International Foundation Year prepares you for university with English language and study skills practice, as well as subject-specific teaching. When you complete the programme, you will progress to the first year of your undergraduate degree. This pathway allows you to progress to degrees in subjects including biochemistry, dental surgery, and medicine. You choose a route depending on which undergraduate degree you plan to study. There are two routes: Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and Psychology. Which route you choose impacts the modules you will study.

Leading to: Dental Surgery BDS
Dentists work with patients and the general public to prevent and treat dental and oral disease, correct dental irregularities and treat dental and facial injuries. Dentists lead the dental team and have the skills and confidence to diagnose and treat problems and provide good advice to patients. They have high levels of manual dexterity to carry out intricate surgical and dental procedures and have excellent knowledge of human anatomy and oral diseases, as well as first-class clinical skills.

Our programme offers an exciting blend of teaching so you will learn the scientific and pathological processes underlying oral and dental disease at the same time as you acquire the clinical and practical skills to manage patients appropriately.

You will be taught by a dedicated team of dental professionals, and work under the supervision of consultants and primary care supervisors. Many senior staff at our School are internationally renowned in their areas of expertise,  as reflected in the School’s recent performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

You will be studying at the University Dental Hospital based at The University Hospital of Wales which is the largest teaching hospital in the country. Because we are based in a working hospital you are instantly surrounded by both public, professionals and researchers. There are 100,000 patient contacts per year – 75% of them directly related to clinical management of patients by our students.

State-of-the-art dental clinics are available throughout our School which facilitate chair-side teaching in a professional and caring environment. Our clinical laboratories feature the latest CAD-CAM technology and three-dimensional printing facilities for the construction of intra-oral prostheses. You will also benefit from a £2.2M refurbishment of our pre-clinical (phantom head) teaching facilities.

After graduation, clinicians who register with the General Dental Council will be able to work in various areas of the dental sector including general dental care, community dental care, dental public health, hospital dental care and within the armed forces.