Overview
The Master of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (MDS-OMFS), programme is intended to train oral health officers to master the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of oral and maxillofacial disease and related orofacial problems as well as a give sound scientific foundation to enable them teach undergraduate and postgraduate students and to carry out original research. This will ensure the calibre of graduates who will sustain the discipline through practice, research and continuing education.
Structure
The Master of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery shall take a minimum of four and a maximum of eight academic years of full time training and shall consist of course work, clinical duties and original research work leading to a dissertation. The research project will start in the second year and shall be examined in the final year.
Admission Requirements
The common regulations for the Master Degrees in all Schools of the University of Nairobi shall apply.
Candidates shall be holders of a Bachelor of Dental Surgery Degree of the University of Nairobi, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised institution approved by the University of Nairobi Senate. The degree must be registrable by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board.
Candidates shall have at least one year of working experience in clinical dental surgery after internship training.
Careers
Graduates can take up careers as dentists in public or private health institutions, oral healthcare product managers in dentally allied manufacturing companies or teaching at universities and colleges.
Fees and Funding
| Year 1 | TOTALS |
| TUITION | 648,000.00 |
| CAUTION - (ONCE) | 5,000.00 |
| EXAMINATION (PER UNIT @1000) | 5,000.00 |
| MEDICAL FEE (PER YEAR) | 6,500.00 |
| ICT SERVICES - (PER YEAR) | 7,000.00 |
| ID CARD ( PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| LIBRARY (PER YEAR) | 5,000.00 |
| REGISTRATION (PER SEMESTER@2250) | 4,500.00 |
| ACTIVITY-( PER YEAR) | 2,000.00 |
| STUDENT ORGANISATION(PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| Totals | 685,000.00 |
| Year 2 | |
| TUITION | 648,000.00 |
| EXAMINATION (PER UNIT @1000) | 5,000.00 |
| MEDICAL FEE (PER YEAR) | 6,500.00 |
| ICT SERVICES - (PER YEAR) | 7,000.00 |
| ID CARD ( PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| LIBRARY (PER YEAR) | 5,000.00 |
| REGISTRATION (PER SEMESTER@2250) | 4,500.00 |
| ACTIVITY-( PER YEAR) | 2,000.00 |
| STUDENT ORGANISATION(PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| Totals | 680,000.00 |
| Year 3 | |
| TUITION | 648,000.00 |
| EXAMINATION (PER UNIT @1000) | 5,000.00 |
| MEDICAL FEE (PER YEAR) | 6,500.00 |
| ICT SERVICES - (PER YEAR) | 7,000.00 |
| ID CARD ( PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| LIBRARY (PER YEAR) | 5,000.00 |
| REGISTRATION (PER SEMESTER@2250) | 4,500.00 |
| ACTIVITY-( PER YEAR) | 2,000.00 |
| STUDENT ORGANISATION(PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| Totals | 680,000.00 |
| Year 4 | |
| TUITION | 648,000.00 |
| EXAMINATION (PER UNIT @1000) | 5,000.00 |
| MEDICAL FEE (PER YEAR) | 6,500.00 |
| ICT SERVICES - (PER YEAR) | 7,000.00 |
| ID CARD ( PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| LIBRARY (PER YEAR) | 5,000.00 |
| REGISTRATION (PER SEMESTER@2250) | 4,500.00 |
| ACTIVITY-( PER YEAR) | 2,000.00 |
| STUDENT ORGANISATION(PER YEAR) | 1,000.00 |
| THESIS EXAMINATION | 30,000.00 |
| Totals | 710,000.00 |
| Grand Total | 2,755,000.00 |
Exam Regulations
Examination Regulations
Common regulations governing all masters programmes in the University of Nairobi shall apply.
Examination for each course shall be held at the end of the academic year in which the course is taught.
6.3 Each course shall be examined by continuous assessment test and a final examination
Each examination shall be graded out of 100 and the pass mark for each course shall be 50%.
The continuous assessment tests shall be based on written examinations, seminars, tutorials, clinical/practical, work assignments and viva voce examinations (where applicable) in the course of each year, and shall constitute 40% of the total marks.
The final examination shall be based on written papers, clinical examination, practicals, and viva voce examinations (where applicable) and shall constitute 60% of the total marks.
In course units where clinical examinations are administered, the clinical examination shall carry 50% of the marks awarded while written examination and viva voce shall carry 40% and 10% of the marks respectively. In course units where clinical examinations are not administered, written examination shall carry 80% and viva voce shall carry 20% of the marks awarded. In course units where neither clinical examination nor viva voce are administered, written examination shall carry 100% of the marks awarded.
A candidate who fails in up to three subjects in part I examination, up to two subjects in part II examination, and one subject in parts III and IV examinations shall, on the recommendation of the faculty board and approval by the Senate, be allowed to re-sit the failed papers at a time to be determined by the Faculty Board. If the candidate attains a pass standard in the re-sit examinations, he/she will be deemed to have passed the respective university examination for the year.
A candidate who either fails the re-sat subject examination or is not permitted to re-sit the examination due to his/her failure in more subjects than allowed in 6.1.8 above shall on the recommendation of the Faculty Board and approval of the Senate, be allowed to retake the failed course(s).
The pass mark obtained after resit examination shall be recorded as fifty percent while after retake the full mark shall be recorded.
A candidate who fails in the second retake or re-sit or fails to complete the course within the prescribed time shall, on the recommendation of the Faculty board and approval by the senate be discontinued.
