Education
The UTHealth School of Dentistry is located in the Texas Medical Center, a comprehensive medical complex and one of the world's largest, with 48 non-profit institutions dedicated to the highest quality in patient care, research and education. The dental school consists of 323,000 square feet in a self-contained six floor building, including a clinical simulation and learning center, lecture rooms, auditorium, television studio, faculty offices, administrative offices, clinical treatment areas and a library.
Approximately 80 undergraduate students are admitted to the dental school each year and approximately 40 to the Dental Hygiene Program. The school year consists of two 18-week semesters and one eight-week summer session.