Type | Public |
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Established | 2011 |
Dean | Deborah C. German, M.D. (de facto) |
Location | Orlando, Florida, United States |
Campus |
Suburban 75 acres (.2 km2) |
Website | Official Site |
Coordinates: 28°23′15″N 81°16′00″W / 28.38757°N 81.26656°W
The University of Central Florida College of Dental Medicine is a planned academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. Approved by the UCF Board of Trustees in May 2011, the college still needs to seek approval from the Florida Board of Governors and accreditation from the American Dental Association. The university hopes to open the college by 2020.
When completed, the college will include a public dental school and be housed on the UCF Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona Medical City, a neighborhood of Orlando.
In early May 2011, UCF announced that the Board of Trustees would consider a motion to create a new College of Dental Medicine. This followed a private donation of $10 million to the university for the purpose of creating a dental school. On May 26, 2011, the Board voted to approve the new college. The current dean of the UCF College of Medicine, Dr. Deborah C. German, will lead the effort to create the college.