RAK Medical and Health Sciences University is First Medical University in the UAE to Obtain Five Stars in QS Stars Rating College of Pharmacy at RAK Medical and Health Sciences University has obtained dual national and international accreditation for its Bachelor of Pharmacy program from the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) All Programs are accredited by Ministry of Education, UAE. All our programs are recognized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
RAKCODS BDS program has a total of 201 Credits Hours.
The curriculum has 82.58% applied courses as per the details provided in the Study Plan. Combined clinical practicum and clinical simulation hours are included in academic credit with the following details:
To be eligible for graduation, the student must satisfy each of the following requirements:
| SEMESTER I | SEMESTER II | ||||||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Year Exams | ||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | ||||||
| ENG 101 | English | 3 | 0 | ENG 101 | HSE 101 | Health Science Communication Skills in English | 3 | 0 | HSE 101 |
| ARB 101 | Health Science Communication Skills in Arabic | 3 | 0 | ARB 101 | ICM 101 | Islamic Culture in Medicine | 3 | 0 | ICM 101 |
| ITI 101 | Information Technology and Innovation | 2 | 1 | ITI 101 | EMS 101 | Emirates Society | 3 | 0 | EMS 101 |
| DAH 126 | Anatomy - Head & Neck and Cell Biology | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DAH 126 | Anatomy - Head & Neck and Cell Biology | 2 | 1 | DAH 126 |
| DPH 126 | Physiology | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DPH 126 | Physiology | 2 | 1 | DPH 126 |
| DOB 126 | Oral Biology and Tooth Morphology | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOB 126 | Oral Biology and Tooth Morphology | 2 | 1 | DOB 126 |
| Semester Total | 14 | 4 | Semester Total | 15 | 3 | ||||
| SEMESTER III | SEMESTER IV | ||||||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Year Exams | ||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | ||||||
| DBC 226 | Biochemistry | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DBC 226 | Biochemistry | 2 | 1 | DBC 226 |
| DPT 224 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 2 | 0 | Continuous Course | DPT 224 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 2 | 0 | DPT 224 |
| DPA 224 | Pathology | 2 | 0 | Continuous Course | DPA 224 | Pathology | 1 | 1 | DPA 224 |
| DOD 225 | Pre-Clinical Operative Dentistry & Biomaterials | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOD 225 | Pre-Clinical Operative Dentistry & Biomaterials | 1 | 1 | DOD 225 |
| DMB 212 | Microbiology | 1 | 1 | DMB 212 | DGM 213 | General Medicine | 2 | 1 | DGM 213 |
| DIC 212 | Infection Control | 2 | 0 | DIC 212 | DGS 212 | General Surgery | 2 | 0 | DGS 212 |
| DED 211 | Ethics in Dental Practice | 1 | 0 | DED 211 | DPM 211 | Practice Management | 1 | 0 | DPM 211 |
| DEB 212 | Evidence Based Dentistry | 2 | 0 | DEB 222 | DPR 213 | Pre-Clinical Periodontics | 2 | 1 | DPR 213 |
| DCO 211 | Clinical Orientation | 0 | 1 | DCO 211 | |||||
| Semester Total | 14 | 4 | Semester Total | 13 | 5 | ||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | |
| Th | Pr | |||
| BRM 101 | Biostatistics & Research Methodology | 3 | 0 | BRM 101 |
| SEMESTER V | SEMESTER VI | ||||||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Year Exams | ||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | ||||||
| DCD 326 | Community Dentistry | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DCD 326 | Community Dentistry | 2 | 1 | DCD 326 |
| DPP 328 | Pre-Clinical Prosthodontics & Biomaterials | 2 | 2 | Continuous Course | DPP 328 | Pre-Clinical Prosthodontics | 2 | 2 | DPP 328 |
| DOS 326 | Pre-Clinical Oral Surgery | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOS 326 | Pre-Clinical Oral Surgery | 2 | 1 | DOS 326 |
| DOP 326 | Oral Pathology | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOP 326 | Oral Pathology | 2 | 1 | DOP 326 |
| DOR 324 | Oral Radiology | 1 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOR 324 | Oral Radiology | 1 | 1 | DOR 324 |
| DPR 326 | Clinical Periodontics | 1 | 2 | Continuous Course | DPR 326 | Clinical Periodontics | 1 | 2 | DPR 326 |
| Semester Total | 10 | 8 | Semester Total | 10 | 8 | ||||
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Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
End Sem. Exams |
Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
End Year Exams |
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|
Th |
Pr |
Th |
Cl |
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DEN 312 |
Pre-Clinical Endodontics |
1 |
1 |
DEN 312 |
DOM 314 |
Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis |
2 |
2 |
DOM 314 |
| SEMESTER VII | SEMESTER VIII | ||||||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Year Exams | ||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | ||||||
| DOD 426 | Clinical Operative Dentistry | 1 | 2 | Continuous Course | DOD 426 | Clinical Operative Dentistry | 1 | 2 | DOD 426 |
| DPC 428 | Clinical Prosthodontics (Partial & Complete Denture) | 1 | 3 | Continuous Course | DPC 428 | Clinical Prosthodontics (Fixed Prosthesis) | 1 | 3 | DPC 428 |
| DEN 427 | Clinical Endodontics | 1 | 2 | Continuous Course | DEN 427 | Clinical Endodontics | 1 | 3 | DEN 427 |
| DOS 427 | Clinical Oral Surgery | 1 | 2 | Continuous Course | DOS 427 | Clinical Oral Surgery & Implantology | 2 | 2 | DOS 427 |
| DPD 428 | Clinical Pediatric Dentistry | 2 | 3 | Continuous Course | DPD 428 | Clinical Pediatric Dentistry | 1 | 2 | DPD 428 |
| Semester Total | 6 | 12 | Semester Total | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | |||
| Th | Cl | Th | Cl | |||||||
| DHG 413 | Hospital & Geriatric Dentistry | 2 | 1 | DHG 413 | DTP 413 | Treatment Planning & POL | 3 | 0 | DTP 413 | |
| SEMESTER V | SEMESTER VI | ||||||||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Sem. Exams | Code | Title | Credit Hours | End Year Exams | ||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | ||||||
| DOR 526 | Clinical Orthodontics | 2 | 1 | Continuous Course | DOR 526 | Clinical Orthodontics | 2 | 1 | DOR 526 |
| DCD 5228 | Comprehensive Clinical Dentistry-I | 0 | 14 | Continuous Course | DCD 5228 | Comprehensive Clinical Dentistry -I | 0 | 14 | DCD 5228 |
| DRP 522 | Research Project | 1 | 0 | Continuous Course | DRP 522 | Research Project | 1 | 0 | DRP 522 |
| Semester Total | 3 | 15 | Semester Total | 3 | 15 | ||||
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Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
End Sem. Exams |
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Th |
Cl |
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DCD 516 |
Comprehensive Clinical Dentistry-II |
0 |
6 |
DCD 516 |
Theory (Th): One contact hour is equal to one credit hour
Practical (Pr) and Clinical (Cl): One credit hour is equal to two contact hours
RAKCODS have offered following 4 Elective courses during the summer semester of year 4 and 5:
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