This is a research-based graduate programme for students who have completed a BS, cand.odont or cand.med et chir. degree.
The programme is 120 ECTS and is organised as one and a half years or two years of full-time study, depending on specialisation.
The programme is made up of:
The programme is divided into two specialisations, based on the applicant’s background:
It is important to select courses that will be relevant to the final project.
This programme aims to prepare students for academic debates and research in areas related to odontology. Graduates will be well equipped for doctoral studies.
This programme does not confer professional recognition. Students will have to go abroad to access specialist training in clinical dentistry.
Completing a Master's degree allows you to apply for doctoral studies.
Students who are admitted to the MSc programme must have completed a BSc degree, the cand.odont degree of the Faculty of Odontology at the University of Iceland or an equivalent degree or examination. The average mark required for a BSc degree or equivalent should generally not be under 6.5 (on a scale of 0-10). It is permitted to disregard the minimum mark rule if a student has, e.g., demonstrated his/her academic aptitude and/or qualifications in independent research.
120 ECTS credits have to be completed for the qualification, 60 ECTS must be in courses and 60 ECTS research project. A student that has finished 360 ECTS cand. odont degree will get 30 ECTS accredited to the MSc programme.
Further information on supporting documents can be found here
Check below to see how the programme is structured.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
The course (2 ECTS) is especially aimed at students who have completed at least three years of undergraduate studies in clinical disciplines within the field of health sciences. It is a prerequisite for the clinical course Interdisciplinary clinical cooperation: The HealthSquare (2 ECTS) (health care service for university students). The course is based on the theories of interprofessional education and various teaching strategies will be used in order to encourage active participation of students. Students will work together in interdisciplinary groups. The course is mainly focused on interdisciplinary theories, professionalism, interdisciplinary cooperation, team work and ethical decisions in health care.
Assessment (pass / fail) is based on project work, activity in project work and exams that take place in electronic form in the teaching cycle.
Teaching arrangements:
Students are divided into interdisciplinary study groups at the beginning of the semester that plan and execute their own meeting times and hand in their final assignments before the end of October.
Items for discussions are:
Quality management in health services, including concepts like accreditation, certification, quality standards and quality manuals.
Safety management, including safety of the work environment, and data safety
Environmental management according to ISO 14000
Knowledge management and information systems
Change management
Project management
Financial management
Human resource management
Basic concepts in bioinformatics will be covered and the main databases for DNA/RNA and amino acid sequences introduced. Different methods of bioinformatics will be discussed such as sequence comparison and searches in protein and DNA/RNA databases. An introduction will be given to sequence comparison and evolutionary biology. An emphasis will be put on students knowing and being able to use the main protein/DNA databases. Also, there will be an introduction to computer programs used in bioinformatics work.
Teaching will take place with lectures and practical problem solving. The course is designed to be practical; assignments must be finished throughout the semester and will thus require the active participation of the student.
Lectures: Theoretical basis of common molecular-biology techniques and their application in research. Course material provided by teachers. Laboratory practice in molecular biology techniques: Model organisms: E.coli, S. cerevisiae, C. reinhardtii, A. thaliana, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, M. musculus. Laboratory notebooks and standard operating procedures (SOP's), using online tools. Culture and storage of bacteria, yeasts and other eukaryotic organisms and cells. DNA and RNA isolation and quantification (Southern and Northern blotting, PCR, RT-PCR, qRT-PCR), restriction enzymes, DNA sequencing techniques and data analysis. Gene cloning and manipulation in bacteria yeasts and other eukaryotes. Protein expression and analysis. How to raise antibodies and use them. Western blotting, immunostaining, radioactive techniques. Microscopy in molecular biology. Methods used in recent research papers will be discussed. Essay and oral presentation discussing a selected technique. Problem based learning group assignment for graduate students: Experimental design and grant writing exercise with oral presentation of a research project.
Lectures: Mendelian genetics, organization of the human genome, structure of chromosomes, chromosomal changes and syndromes, gene mapping via association and whole genome sequencing methods, genetic analysis, genetic screening, genetics of simple and complex traits, genes and environment, cancer genetics, gene therapy, human and primate evolution, ethical issues concerning human genetics, informed consent and private information. Students are expected to have prior knowledge of the principles genetics.
Practical: Analyses of genetic data, study of chromosomal labelling, analyses of genetic associations and transcriptomes.
This course deals with the biological changes that are the basis of disease processes and the role played by genes and/or environment. The course is particularly intended for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine who do not have a medical background. Each topic will be introduced by a lecture on a selected theme. Recent research papers on each topic for discussion will be distributed at the beginning of the course and it is expected that the whole group will be prepared to participate in the discussion.
Ten double sessions: lecture and discussion.
The course is conducted in English.
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This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project.The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
The course aims at introducing students to economical issues as well as managerial accounting affecting health services. The same issues affect all factors whether the institutions in question are large or small and no matter if publicly or privately held. The appearance of these factors will be studied and how to affect them in a positive way. Concepts addressed:
Tutor and student will together choose a subject in dental science that is connected to the research project of the student but is not part of it. Tutor and student will choose scientific papers (research papers, review papers and book chapters) on the subject. Student and tutor will meet at least once every 2 weeks and discuss the papers that have been read. The course will complete with an oral or written exam where one of the faculty member of Faculty of Odontology will be censor. Faculty members at the Faculty of Odontology are advisors for this course.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
The course is a continuation of the course "Field Course in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I)". This part of the course consists of detailed development of the business model related to a particular business opportunity. This work takes place in groups, where cross-disciplinary collaboration, between individuals with a background in business and individuals with a background in a particular technical or professional field related to the relevant opportunity, is emphasized. Projects can originate in an independent business idea or in collaboration with companies that partner with the course. In both cases, the emphasis will be on product or service develepment, built on technical or professional expertise, where the business case of the opportunity and its verification is in the foreground.
To introduce stem cell research to graduate students in the biomedical sciences, provide an overview of how stem cells can be applied for therapeutic use and to advance our understanding of tissue architecture and disease progression.
In this course we will discuss different stem cell systems and dissect the current knowledge of how these cells maintain self-renewal and/or proceed to differentiation. During the course students will gain insight into both embryonic and somatic stem cell research including hematopoietic, mesenchymal and various epithelial stem cell populations. Furthermore, we will discuss the therapeutic importance of various stem cells and discuss the link between stem cells and diseases such as cancer.
In each lecture one principal investigator (PI) will introduce a particular aspect of the stem cell field (35 min.). Afterwards, one student will present a research article related to that field and discuss how that particular study was conducted. In their presentations, the students need to: 1) Introduce the background of the research article and the history of the concept being investigated. The key here is to understand the reason for why the work was done and why it is important. 2) Describe the aim of the study and the experimental design (methods and material). 3) Discuss the major results/findings (figures and tables). 4) Summarize the context of the work and discuss major conclusions made by the authors. Present your own view, what is good and what is bad in the experimental design and results. Finally discuss future experiments that need to be or should be conducted. After the presentation all students will participate in active discussion. In addition to this, the students must select a couple of articles on a stem cell topic of their immediate interest and write a short report in english (4-6 pages). At the end of the course a seminar is scheduled where each student presents his/her report in short talk (7-10 min.).
The course will cover the biological basis of the development of cancer and its characteristics. Each topic will be reviewed first in a lecture and then discussed on the basis of a recent original research paper. Each will be introduced by one student and then discussed by the group. The papers will be distributed at the beginning of the course.
Topics: Introduction, carcinogens, oncogenes/tumour suppressor genes, TP53, stages of carcinogenesis, pre-malignangt lesions, cancer stem cells, animal models, chromosomal instability, genomic instability, evolution of cancer, epigenetics.
Course schedule: The course will consist of 12 double lessons, with a lecture in the first lesson and discussion of a paper in the second lesson.
Compulsory course. The aim of the course is to provide post graduate students with practical and generic skills required in research. Items covered in the course are descriptive statistics, effect statistics, validity and reliability, inferential statistics, common parametric and nonparametric statistical tests and multiple regression analysis. The students are introduced to computer statistical analysis in practical computer classes.
The course addresses the different categories of psychological disorders and specifically the symptoms of depression and anxiety and their prevalence in Iceland. How best to work with patients who are anxious and or depressed. We strive to put the student in the patient’s shoes so that the student may more easily be able to appreciate the circumstances and also that he may more easily be able to address the needs of the elderly and handicapped. The description and the measurement of pain is introduced and information on the effect of pain on the individual.
The lectures consider: conjecture; scientific laws; analysis; definitions; differentiation; proof and scientific methods. The course also covers ethical concepts as applied to scientific research and health care. Lectures are held in the spring semester.
This is a course that is jointly tought to all students attending 4., 5. and 6. year. A number of disciplines and a variety of subjects that are relevant to dentistry, are presented. The course is in the form of lectures and exercises in class, held by scholars in the field in question.
The lecture schedule is announced each year at the start of spring semester.
Responsibility: Eva Guðrún Sveinsdóttir, lector.
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Tutor and student will together choose a subject in dental science that is connected to the research project of the student but is not part of it. Tutor and student will choose scientific papers (research papers, review papers and book chapters) on the subject. Student and tutor will meet at least once every 2 weeks and discuss the papers that have been read. The course will complete with an oral or written exam where one of the faculty member of Faculty of Odontology will be censor. Faculty members at the Faculty of Odontology are advisors for this course.
Pharmaceutical sciences is a versatile field that integrates diverse disciplines such as organic chemistry, biology and biochemistry to understand how we can develope new drugs that can improve current therapies or be first in line as a treatment. Thus, studies on their physicochemical properties, their formulation into suitable drug and their action inside the human body is needed. In this course we aim to provide the overview of this field in a comprehensive way. This course is aimed towards students with no background in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
The course (2 ECTS) is especially aimed at students who have completed at least three years of undergraduate studies in clinical disciplines within the field of health sciences. It is a prerequisite for the clinical course Interdisciplinary clinical cooperation: The HealthSquare (2 ECTS) (health care service for university students). The course is based on the theories of interprofessional education and various teaching strategies will be used in order to encourage active participation of students. Students will work together in interdisciplinary groups. The course is mainly focused on interdisciplinary theories, professionalism, interdisciplinary cooperation, team work and ethical decisions in health care.
Assessment (pass / fail) is based on project work, activity in project work and exams that take place in electronic form in the teaching cycle.
Teaching arrangements:
Students are divided into interdisciplinary study groups at the beginning of the semester that plan and execute their own meeting times and hand in their final assignments before the end of October.
Items for discussions are:
Quality management in health services, including concepts like accreditation, certification, quality standards and quality manuals.
Safety management, including safety of the work environment, and data safety
Environmental management according to ISO 14000
Knowledge management and information systems
Change management
Project management
Financial management
Human resource management
Basic concepts in bioinformatics will be covered and the main databases for DNA/RNA and amino acid sequences introduced. Different methods of bioinformatics will be discussed such as sequence comparison and searches in protein and DNA/RNA databases. An introduction will be given to sequence comparison and evolutionary biology. An emphasis will be put on students knowing and being able to use the main protein/DNA databases. Also, there will be an introduction to computer programs used in bioinformatics work.
Teaching will take place with lectures and practical problem solving. The course is designed to be practical; assignments must be finished throughout the semester and will thus require the active participation of the student.
Lectures: Theoretical basis of common molecular-biology techniques and their application in research. Course material provided by teachers. Laboratory practice in molecular biology techniques: Model organisms: E.coli, S. cerevisiae, C. reinhardtii, A. thaliana, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, M. musculus. Laboratory notebooks and standard operating procedures (SOP's), using online tools. Culture and storage of bacteria, yeasts and other eukaryotic organisms and cells. DNA and RNA isolation and quantification (Southern and Northern blotting, PCR, RT-PCR, qRT-PCR), restriction enzymes, DNA sequencing techniques and data analysis. Gene cloning and manipulation in bacteria yeasts and other eukaryotes. Protein expression and analysis. How to raise antibodies and use them. Western blotting, immunostaining, radioactive techniques. Microscopy in molecular biology. Methods used in recent research papers will be discussed. Essay and oral presentation discussing a selected technique. Problem based learning group assignment for graduate students: Experimental design and grant writing exercise with oral presentation of a research project.
Lectures: Mendelian genetics, organization of the human genome, structure of chromosomes, chromosomal changes and syndromes, gene mapping via association and whole genome sequencing methods, genetic analysis, genetic screening, genetics of simple and complex traits, genes and environment, cancer genetics, gene therapy, human and primate evolution, ethical issues concerning human genetics, informed consent and private information. Students are expected to have prior knowledge of the principles genetics.
Practical: Analyses of genetic data, study of chromosomal labelling, analyses of genetic associations and transcriptomes.
This course deals with the biological changes that are the basis of disease processes and the role played by genes and/or environment. The course is particularly intended for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine who do not have a medical background. Each topic will be introduced by a lecture on a selected theme. Recent research papers on each topic for discussion will be distributed at the beginning of the course and it is expected that the whole group will be prepared to participate in the discussion.
Ten double sessions: lecture and discussion.
The course is conducted in English.
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This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project.The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
This course is taught as four independent modules, that the student should choose from based on their prior education and training and to best meet everyone´s educational goals. Successful completion of each module is awarded with 2 ECTS credits. M.Sc. student should at minimum choose three (6 ECTS) and Ph.D. students should at a minimum choose two modules (4 ECTS), and one of the modules chosen needs to be either module number 2 or 3. The student is responsible to notify the course administrator about how many credits they intend to take and what modules before registration ends. Each module contains 3-4 lectures and a project. A pass for each module is granted for 75% attendance (or watching lecture online) and the timely return of an assignment. The modules are:
Introduction to the scientific method
The course aims at introducing students to economical issues as well as managerial accounting affecting health services. The same issues affect all factors whether the institutions in question are large or small and no matter if publicly or privately held. The appearance of these factors will be studied and how to affect them in a positive way. Concepts addressed:
Tutor and student will together choose a subject in dental science that is connected to the research project of the student but is not part of it. Tutor and student will choose scientific papers (research papers, review papers and book chapters) on the subject. Student and tutor will meet at least once every 2 weeks and discuss the papers that have been read. The course will complete with an oral or written exam where one of the faculty member of Faculty of Odontology will be censor. Faculty members at the Faculty of Odontology are advisors for this course.
Seminars where students in post-graduate research training present their projects and teachers and invited speakers give guest lectures. Each seminar consists of a lecture from a guest speaker, who also chairs that seminar. This is followed by student presentations. Each presentation is followed by discussions and the seminar ends with a panel discussion. The seminars are intended to give the students training in the following: 1. Lecture presentation of their own project. 2. Response to open questions during discussion. 3. Preparation of material for discussion. 4. Participation in general academic discussion. The seminars are open to everyone and teachers are encouraged to attend.
The course is a continuation of the course "Field Course in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I)". This part of the course consists of detailed development of the business model related to a particular business opportunity. This work takes place in groups, where cross-disciplinary collaboration, between individuals with a background in business and individuals with a background in a particular technical or professional field related to the relevant opportunity, is emphasized. Projects can originate in an independent business idea or in collaboration with companies that partner with the course. In both cases, the emphasis will be on product or service develepment, built on technical or professional expertise, where the business case of the opportunity and its verification is in the foreground.
To introduce stem cell research to graduate students in the biomedical sciences, provide an overview of how stem cells can be applied for therapeutic use and to advance our understanding of tissue architecture and disease progression.
In this course we will discuss different stem cell systems and dissect the current knowledge of how these cells maintain self-renewal and/or proceed to differentiation. During the course students will gain insight into both embryonic and somatic stem cell research including hematopoietic, mesenchymal and various epithelial stem cell populations. Furthermore, we will discuss the therapeutic importance of various stem cells and discuss the link between stem cells and diseases such as cancer.
In each lecture one principal investigator (PI) will introduce a particular aspect of the stem cell field (35 min.). Afterwards, one student will present a research article related to that field and discuss how that particular study was conducted. In their presentations, the students need to: 1) Introduce the background of the research article and the history of the concept being investigated. The key here is to understand the reason for why the work was done and why it is important. 2) Describe the aim of the study and the experimental design (methods and material). 3) Discuss the major results/findings (figures and tables). 4) Summarize the context of the work and discuss major conclusions made by the authors. Present your own view, what is good and what is bad in the experimental design and results. Finally discuss future experiments that need to be or should be conducted. After the presentation all students will participate in active discussion. In addition to this, the students must select a couple of articles on a stem cell topic of their immediate interest and write a short report in english (4-6 pages). At the end of the course a seminar is scheduled where each student presents his/her report in short talk (7-10 min.).
The course will cover the biological basis of the development of cancer and its characteristics. Each topic will be reviewed first in a lecture and then discussed on the basis of a recent original research paper. Each will be introduced by one student and then discussed by the group. The papers will be distributed at the beginning of the course.
Topics: Introduction, carcinogens, oncogenes/tumour suppressor genes, TP53, stages of carcinogenesis, pre-malignangt lesions, cancer stem cells, animal models, chromosomal instability, genomic instability, evolution of cancer, epigenetics.
Course schedule: The course will consist of 12 double lessons, with a lecture in the first lesson and discussion of a paper in the second lesson.
Compulsory course. The aim of the course is to provide post graduate students with practical and generic skills required in research. Items covered in the course are descriptive statistics, effect statistics, validity and reliability, inferential statistics, common parametric and nonparametric statistical tests and multiple regression analysis. The students are introduced to computer statistical analysis in practical computer classes.
The course addresses the different categories of psychological disorders and specifically the symptoms of depression and anxiety and their prevalence in Iceland. How best to work with patients who are anxious and or depressed. We strive to put the student in the patient’s shoes so that the student may more easily be able to appreciate the circumstances and also that he may more easily be able to address the needs of the elderly and handicapped. The description and the measurement of pain is introduced and information on the effect of pain on the individual.
The lectures consider: conjecture; scientific laws; analysis; definitions; differentiation; proof and scientific methods. The course also covers ethical concepts as applied to scientific research and health care. Lectures are held in the spring semester.
This is a course that is jointly tought to all students attending 4., 5. and 6. year. A number of disciplines and a variety of subjects that are relevant to dentistry, are presented. The course is in the form of lectures and exercises in class, held by scholars in the field in question.
The lecture schedule is announced each year at the start of spring semester.
Responsibility: Eva Guðrún Sveinsdóttir, lector.
..
Tutor and student will together choose a subject in dental science that is connected to the research project of the student but is not part of it. Tutor and student will choose scientific papers (research papers, review papers and book chapters) on the subject. Student and tutor will meet at least once every 2 weeks and discuss the papers that have been read. The course will complete with an oral or written exam where one of the faculty member of Faculty of Odontology will be censor. Faculty members at the Faculty of Odontology are advisors for this course.
Pharmaceutical sciences is a versatile field that integrates diverse disciplines such as organic chemistry, biology and biochemistry to understand how we can develope new drugs that can improve current therapies or be first in line as a treatment. Thus, studies on their physicochemical properties, their formulation into suitable drug and their action inside the human body is needed. In this course we aim to provide the overview of this field in a comprehensive way. This course is aimed towards students with no background in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.
