Dental School

Okayama Dental Study Abroad Program for Undergraduate Students (ODAPUS)

The Okayama Dental Study-Abroad Program for Undergraduate Students (ODAPUS) broadens perspectives for people who can broadly understand the field of dentistry. Study in the program aims to help students incorporate the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to be able to understand other cultures. This short-term study abroad program enables third-year students to audit lectures in a university abroad for around three months. Under a system unique to Okayama University, elective coursework is recognized in fulfillment of the curriculum provided that the student acquires a certificate of attendance from the instructor in charge at the university abroad. This program has been in effect since 2001.

International Exchange Between the Schools of Okayama University Dental School and College of Dentistry,　Seoul National University

International exchange between the schools of dentistry at Okayama University and Seoul University is a cooperative agreement that has been in effect since 2003. Through this exchange program, dental students from Seoul University come to Okayama during the summer vacation, and the following year, students are dispatched to Seoul University. The program's seminars and other interactive activities are meant to encourage future dreams and deepen mutual understanding in people in the dental and medical professions. There was one period where the program was suspended, but the program is expected to resume in 2009.

　　　　 　　　　
　　Left　 ： Arriving at Okayama Part from Seoul
　　Right ： Instructors also conduct exchanges through the symposium (photo taken in Seoul)

　　 　　

　　Left　 ： Japanese and Korean students alike go sightseeing to Kurashiki on one of their days off.
　　Center： Exchange has been intensified through Okayama’s School of Dentistry
　　Right ： Seoul University School of Dentistry