HISTORY
School
YEAR | EVENT |
1977 April | Preparation Room for Foundation of Okayama University Dental School was set up. |
1979 October | Okayama University Dental School, Faculty of Dentistry was founded. |
1980 April | Inaugural class admitted. |
1981 December | Building for Dental School and University Hospital of Dentistry was completed. |
1982 April | Specialized Course of Faculty of Dentistry started. |
1984 April | 18 Departments was established. |
1988 April | Graduate School of Dentistry (PhD Course) was established. |
2001 April | Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry (PhD Course) was established. |
2002 April | Dental School Bachelor Course inaugural class admitted (4-year course). |
2003 April | Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry (Master Course) was added. |
2004 April | Transition to National University Corporation Okayama University |
2005 April | Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences was established. |
2014 August | International Baccalaureate Entrance Examination started. |
2015 April | Center for Promotion of Dental Education and International Collaboration was established. |
2015 Novemver | Dental School Bachelor Course was renewed to be a 5-year course. |
Hospital
YEAR | EVENT |
1980 April | Preparation Room for Foundation of Okayama University Hospital of Dentistry was set up. |
1982 April | University Hospital of Dentistry was founded and started operation. |
1993 April | 11 Clinical Departments were established. |
2001 April | Department of Special Care Dentistry and Regional Medical Support Office were established. |
2002 February | Clinic for Oral Implant and Clinic for Temporomandibular Disorder and Orofacial Pain were established. |
2002 December | Center for Post-graduate Clinical Training was established. |
2003 April | Clinic for Cosmetic Dentistry was established. |
2003 October | University Hospital of Dentistry and University Hospital of Medicine were integrated to be University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry. |
2004 April | Transition to National University Corporation Okayama University |
2009 April | University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry was renamed as Okayama University Hospital. |
2010 December | Center for the Special Needs Dentistry and Division of Hospital Dentistry were established. |
2013 April | Okayama University Hospital selected as one of the Core Clinical Research Hospital. |