Established in 1984, the School of Stomatology of Fujian Medical University was formerly named as the Stomatology Department and reformed to become a school directly subordinated to the university in October, 2000, with a complete educational system of bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s degrees. Now the school has a stomatology lab, an experiment centre, 12 clinical practice bases and 5 teaching and research divisions including oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, odontoplasty and basic science of stomatology. Stomatology is a leading academic specialty in Fujian Province, and prosthodontics and periodontics. Famous for their excellent teaching groups, they are selected as quality courses in both Fujian Province and our university. The school has won the second and third prizes of Fujian Science and Technology Progress Award, and the second prize of Education Achievement Award of Province. The teaching staff is highly qualified, among whom there are 3 teachers receiving the Government Special Allowance from the State Council, 5 candidates of the ‘Fujian Millions of Talents Project’, 2 Doctoral Supervisors, 19 stomatology Master Supervisors, 4 subject leaders of Fujian Medical University, and 7 young key teachers. Many experts in this school are members of National Guiding Committee of University Stomatology Education and the professional committees of Chinese Stomatology Association in various disciplines.
The School of Stomatology enrolls more than 90 undergraduates, nearly 30 doctoral and master's degree candidates per year. The average yearly percentage of undergraduates from our school who are admitted to Fujian Medical University and other key stomatology institutions of higher learning in China for master’s degree is 30.5%. The graduates who pass the National Medical Practitioner Qualification Test are more than 95%, ranking at the top among all the senior stomatology schools in China.
The School of Stomatology pays much attention to foreign exchange and cooperation, and invites famous foreign stomatology experts and professors as visiting professors for this subject. We also highlight the learning and application of the latest achievements to enhance the education and academic research of our school. We are striving to be one of the leading stomatology schools in China.