Dentistry (D.D.S. / B.D.S)
Chapter One - Registration and Entrance Prerequisites Article 1) The prerequisites for entering the D.D.S are as follows: 1-1- Having physical and psychological health according to the approved criteria of Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). 1-2-Being allowed to study based on the current rules of IRI and having the high school diploma of IRI whether from Iran or foreign countries approved by Ministry of Education (regarding the new system of education) or in accordance with the divine education approved terms of great council of Cultural Revolution. Note 1: If a student does not embed mental and physical health for the D.D.S, s/he will not be allowed to continue studying in this course based on the viewpoint of medical council of university’s international campus. Note 2: Handing high school diploma at the time of registration is obligatory by the end of first semester and handing the original diploma of high school degree is obligatory maximum by one year after the registration. Article 2: Admitted students are bound to refer to the related university or college for registration at certain times assigned by the international campus of the university. Not referring for registration by the first semester after admission it will be considered as withdrawal from university. Article 3) A student is bound to refer to the department of education for continuing studies and taking units in every semester at assigned times by university. Not doing so for one semester without excused reason will be considered as withdrawal from university and the student will be excluded. Note 1: In exceptional cases which the student considers his/her withdrawal excused, the written reasons of that should be delivered to the department of education maximum by one month before the end of that very semester. If the educational council of university accepts the genuineness of the provided excuses, that semester will be accounted as the allowed period of studying and a leave of absence will be issued for that semester. Chapter Two - Educational System Article 4) The D.D.S is based on unit-selecting system. Article 5) In unit-selecting system the scale of a course will be based on the number of units in that course and passing or failing in a course will be limited to that very course. Article 6) Every course unit is a scale for that course the terms of which are respectively 17 hours for theoretical units, 51 hours for workshop units, 68 hours for internship units, 34 hours for scientific (laboratorial), and 51 hours for training units for each semester (or summer term). All of these will be taught according to the approved program of great council of scheduling. Article 7) The program for the D.D.S is as follows: Stage 1: general courses and basic sciences and 10 specialized units of dentistry Stage 2: specialized courses of dentistry Article 8) Each educational year is made up of two semesters and one summer term if bearing the necessary prerequisites. Each semester is made up of 17 educational weeks and summer term is made up of 6 educational weeks based on the terms mentioned in article 6. Note 1: The duration of final examination time of each semester or summer term will not be counted in those 17 and 6 weeks respectively. Note 2: In critical and exceptional cases, such as natural disasters or when the professor is sick and so on, the students of that course(s) are allowed to take the course in less than 17 weeks and the syllabus will be taught in shorter period according to the related college’s suggestion. This will happen only if the sum of instruction time does not grow less than the terms mentioned in article 7 of this set of regulations and participating in all the classes according to the timing is also obligatory. Article 9) In clinical period, each semester bears some clinical-training courses. Number of sections in clinical periods in each semester will be determined by the educational council of the university based on the needed time period for education. Article 10) All schools and universities of medicine are bound to carry the educational plan and syllabus assigned by the great council of scheduling. Note 1: Ordering courses according to the prerequisites, assigning methodology, assessing students based on modern educational ways, will be upon the schools of medicine. This should be done by noticing universities’ status and changing the syllabus of course and introducing new things for courses. Obviously, the sources for formal examination of basic sciences will be determined by the related ministry. Note 2: All schools and colleges of medicine, with or without differentiated council, and organizations related to the Ministry of Health will be permitted to proceed to offer new units in their curriculum instead of none core units which have permission. The limit for offering new units instead of none core units in universities with differentiated council is 20% of all the course units in each curriculum and in universities without differentiated council is 10% provided that they have three rounds of graduated students in related major. Article 11) At the end of stage one there will be held a formal examination of basic sciences and passing this examination will be a prerequisite for entering the next stage. Note 1: Passing all the courses of stage one (basic sciences course and general course) and obtaining the average of 12 in this stage will be prerequisites for participating in the formal examination of basic sciences. Yet, in the circumstances when the student has only one general course s/he can participate in the formal examination of basic sciences and if s/he is admitted in the formal examination, that left course will be taken in the next stage. Obviously, the score of this course will affect the average of the next stage scores. Note 2: If scores obtained in some courses passed by the student are not announced by the time of formal examination, the student will participate in the examination under conditions. If the student fails in that course after the announcement of formal examination’s score or passes the course but the average does not reach 12, the result of formal examination will be considered null and void. The participated exam will not be considered as one of the allowed times in which a student can take the formal examination but the student will not be allowed to participate in the next formal examination even under conditions unless s/he passes the failed course and obtain the necessary average score. Article 12) Participation in the formal examination of basic sciences is allowed up to three times. If the student does not obtain passing score in this examination s/he will be excluded from continuing the D.D.S. Note 1: Unexcused absence in the formal examination of basic sciences will be considered as one of the allowed times for participating in this exam. Note 2: A student who is excluded from continuing studies in the medicine course due to failure in the final examination of basic sciences can change his/her course of study into integrated or disintegrated B.Sc. level. This is also for students who are excluded from continuing studies in PhD courses based on the Course Changing Instruction of MD, dental sciences and pharmacy. This bill was approved in the twenty second session of great council of scheduling medical sciences dated at July 19th, 2003. Article 13) Internship will be offered in the last final educational year. Note: Location for internship and obtaining necessary skills and general attitude about patients and doing related curing is either in training centers and health sections. There should be at least one faculty member from each educational department working simultaneously next to each other. Chapter Three - Course Units and Education Period Article 14) Minimum number of passed units for graduation from the D.D.S is in accordance with the approved program of that course in the great council of scheduling in international campus. Article 15) In all semesters of D.D.S, each student should take minimum of 12 and maximum of 20 units per semester. Note 1: Students can disobey the condition of “minimum 12 units” in the last semester of each of the training sections. Note 2: If the total average score of a student is at least 17 in a semester she/he can take up to 24 units with the counseling of the advisor and agreement of the college. Note 3: If the student has been left with maximum 24 units to pass a section, s/he can take all those units provided that s/he was not conditional in the previous semester. This should all be done with the agreement of the college. Note 4: Students are not permitted to take more than 6 units in summer term. Article 16) In cases which the educational department of the college finds necessary some prerequisite courses will be offered for better readiness of students. Note 1: Determining the course, number of units, terms, teaching methodology and time for prerequisite courses will be upon the educational council of university’s international campus. The educational departments will suggest these courses. Note 2: Educational Assessment Organization will give the admitted students’ score records to the related universities after the announcement of entrance examination results. This record will include the raw scores obtained in each of the exam sections. Note 3: One semester will be added to the allotted time of education for those students who have passed at least 8 units of the prerequisite courses. Article 17) The maximum allotted time for studying in the D.D.S is 9 years. The first 3.5 years is for stage one and the remaining 5.5 years are for stage two. Note 1: Students who cannot pass the formal examination of basic sciences in the first 3.5 years of dentistry are to be excluded from continuing studies. Such a student can change his/her course of study into integrated or disintegrated B.Sc. level according to the terms mentioned in Note 2 of Article 13. Note 2: The duration of education can be extended to maximum 12 more months for a student who could not finish the second stage within 5.5 years from the beginning of this stage. This will be possible if the allowed time of education has not been expired. Chapter Four - Presence and Absence Article 18) Presence of the student is obligatory in all the sessions related to the courses, internship and training periods. Not being present in every session will be considered as absence. Article 19) The absence hours of a student should not exceed 4/17 in theoretical, 2/17 in practical and laboratorial and 1/10 in internship and internship in the field sessions. Otherwise, the score for that course or section will be considered as zero. Note 1: Allowed absences in Article 20 are accepted provided that students bring in documents for that and the related professor approves it. Acting against absences (either excused or not) will be the decision of the professor and agreement of the college. Article 20) If the number of absences exceeds the determined limit in Article 20 but the educational council of university considers them excused, that course will be dropped. In this situation following “the minimum 12 units” for each semester will not be obligatory but that very semester will be considered as a whole semester in the educational history of the student. Article 21) Unexcused absences in the final examination of each course or section will be considered as zero and excused absences will be a cause for that course or section to be dropped. Determining the genuineness of excused absences in the final examinations will be upon the educational council of the university. Chapter Five - Adding and Dropping Article 22) A student can drop or add maximum two courses in every semester of D.D.S until two weeks after the beginning of the semester. A student can either change two of the added courses with two other ones or drop two courses and take two others provided that the number of taken units does not exceed the amount mentioned in article 16. Note 1: Absences during the first two weeks due to adding and dropping period or any other reasons are not permitted and if committed will be considered as the allowed number of absences (mentioned in article 19) and the terms of that article will be executed. Note 2: Adding and dropping will not be possible in summer term. Article 23) In emergency situations the student can drop only one of his/her courses 5 weeks before the end of semester with the agreement of department of education. Provided that firstly student’s absents do not exceed that of mentioned in Article 19 secondly the remained units should not be less than12. Article 24) Dropping all the taken courses in a semester is possible before the beginning of final examinations only if the educational council of university determines that the student is not able to continue education in that semester. In this case, a leave of absence will be issued for that student. Counting this leave of absence among the allowed time of education for that student will be upon the educational council of the university. Note: Dropping all the taken courses of summer term is only possible maximum by the beginning of the final examinations of that course and this is followed by the approval of the educational department and university’s international campus. Chapter Six - Assessing the Student’s Educational Development Article 25) Educational assessment of every student is progressed based on the class participation and activities and doing well in the educational activities. Besides, final examination results will also be involved. Moreover, the related professor will also be a source of progress for every student. Note: Written examination for each theoretical and workshop course is obligatory. Article 26) Assessing the educational progress of students in internship and internship in the field courses will be done by observing the following terms: 26-1- Obeying Islamic and professional ethics and providing appropriate relations with the patients, visitors and employees 26-2- Participating regularly in all the classes and related sections 26-3- Paying attention to the given tasks of the related unit and having sense of conscientiousness 26-4- Expanding skills and benefiting from the internship and internship in the field units 26-5- Participating in the final examination and obtaining necessary score Article 27) Criteria of educational assessments which are based on the terms of Articles 26 and 27 will be announced by scores. Score of each student in each course or section will range between zero to twenty. Article 28) Minimum passing score for courses of stage one and two will be 10 and the minimum total average of these stages will be 12. Note 1: Students who do not obtain the minimum passing score for either of the courses are bound to retake those courses in the earliest set time. However, all the scores including passed or failed will be put in the score record and will be calculated in the average score. Note: Each of the theoretical and practical courses have separate scores, but the score for theoretical-practical courses which are considered as one united course will be the average of the two theoretical and practical sections separately based on their course index. The minimum passing score is 10. Not obtaining the needed score according to terms of Article 29 and 10 for each course will be a cause for both sections of the course to be retaken. Article 29) Professor(s) is/are bound to announce the final score of students in that course maximum by 10 days after the final examination day and that should be declared to the college’s department of education. Note: After the announcement of final scores by the department of education each student can submit his/her written objection to the same department for further inspection maximum by 3days after the announcement. Article 30) Department of education of the college or related organ in any university is bound to officially hand in the final scores maximum by two weeks after the examination day of each semester and after objections have been reconsidered and possible lapses have been overcame. Note: Scores will not be changed after they have been handed in to the department of education office. Article 31) At the end of each semester total average score in that semester and the total average score of the whole course up to that semester will be calculated and at the end of each course the total average score of the student will be put in the score record. Note1: To calculate the average score, the number of units in that course or section will be multiplied by that course’s score and the sum of multiplied results will be divided into total unit numbers that the student has achieved passing or failing score. Note 2: Summer term will not be accounted as a semester since the scores obtained in the summer term will only affect the total average of the whole related stage. Article 32) The average scores of the student should not grow less than 12 in any of the semesters of stage one and two. Otherwise, registration for the next semester will be under conditions. Note 1: In cases which the number of units offered by the university is less than 12, that semester will not be accounted as the educational years of the student. But if the average grow below the stated amount that semester will be accounted as a conditional one. In cases which the number of units grows less than 12 due to the students’ problems in any of the educational pharmaceutical stages, that semester will be accounted as the educational years of the student and if the average grows low that semester will be considered a conditional one. Note 2: University is bound to inform the student and his/her parents about the conditional status of the student in written form and one copy of that should be kept in the student’s records. Article 33) A student who registers under conditions, even in the last semester of each of pharmacy training, is not allowed to take more than 14 units in that semester. Note: In special cases, deciding on whether or not to provide the conditional student with more than 14 units in the last semester of each of dentistry stages to the qualified student based on Article 33 will be upon the educational council of university. In either scenario, this number should never exceed 20. Article 34) A student who fails for three consecutive semesters or four alternate semesters will be excluded from continuing studying. . If the average of passed units is at least 10, that student can change the course of study to one of integrated or disintegrated B.Sc. degree according to the instructions mentioned in Note 2 of Article 12. Article 35) The total average of student in the end the first stage should not grow less than 12 and the total average score of student in the end of the second stage should not grow less than 14. Students who obtain lower scores than the aforementioned limits can retake those courses which were below 12 or 14 provided that their allowed time of education in that stage is not expired. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to proceed to the next stage or even graduate. Obviously, the scores for the retaken courses will be put in the score record of the student and will be calculated in the total average scores. Note 1: If a student obtains lower than 12 or 14 (based on the limit) in some courses that student can retake those courses to compensate for the low average in any of D.D.S. If the average does not reach the limit after counting passed, failed or repetitive scores, the scale would be the passing score for the previous time and the student can enter the next stage. If the total average of the stage does not reach the limit, the student will be considered as failed for those sections or course and should retake them even if passing scores were obtained. Note 2: If a student does not want or like to use the aforementioned opportunity or uses the opportunity but fails in compensating his/her total average and his/her total average is at least 10 can change his/her course of study to other levels of education (regarding Associates degree and integrated or disintegrated B.Sc. based on terms of Note 2 of Article 12). Note 3: The prerequisites of taking comprehensive remedial units are following the needed units of D.D.S and also obtaining at least 12 for the total average (regardless of scores of stage one). Chapter Seven - Educational Leave and Withdrawal from Study Article 36) Students can benefit from educational leave after passing one semester during the training stages of pharmacy course up to two consecutive or alternative semesters. Note 1: Accepting the educational leave request in the first semester will be upon educational council of university’s campus. Note 2: The period for educational leave will be considered among the maximum allotted time of every student’s education. Article 37) The request for educational leave should be in written and it should be handed at least two weeks before the beginning of registration for each semester. The written request, therefore, should be delivered to the department of education by the student. Note 1: If the aforementioned request is delivered out of the set time, making decisions will be upon the education council of university. Note 2: The educational department of university is bound to announce its approval or disapproval about the leave request of the student in written before the end of registration period and after investigating the related university. Note 3: The aftermath brought after the educational leave is upon the student. Article 38) Pregnant students can benefit from one semester off without being accounted as their educational years by observing other regulations and laws. Article 39) Students whose excused medical reasons have been approved by the council of medicine and council of education can benefit from maximum one semester off without being accounted as their educational years. Article 40) Students who are eager to withdraw from study should hand their withdrawal request to the department of education of university in person. In this situation such students are allowed to retake their request only once and up to maximum one month before the end of that semester. After the expiration date, the mandate for his/her withdrawal from study will be issued and the student will not be permitted to continue studies in that field thereafter. Chapter Eight - Changing Major Article 41) Student of Doctor of pharmacy can change his/her major by having the approval of university and bearing the following conditions: 58-1- Based on the educational regulations there should be no boundaries for continuing studies 58-2- The student should have passed minimum one sixth and maximum one third of the whole number of units in that major 58-3- The student should have to be able to pass the required units in the new major based on the maximum allowed time of education. Note 1: Changing major for students who are excluded from studying in the Doctor of pharmacy will be according to the instructions mentioned in Note 2 of Article 12. Note 2: Changing major to those which have special criteria for admitting students should be processed by observing those criteria. Note 3: A student can change his/her major only once during his/her educational period except those who are mentioned in Note 1 of this very Article. Article 42) Changing major must be done in the equal levels of education. Otherwise the student can only descend from higher levels to lower levels following terms mentioned in Article 61. Article 43) If the request for changing major is approved the student is bound to register and take units for the new course in the first semester. After the registration the student will not be permitted to return to the previous major. Note 1: Students should obey the rules of the previous course until s/he registers in the new major. Note 2: Not proceeding to register in the new major in the set time will be accounted as withdrawal from changing major and s/he will not be allowed to change major until the end of that course. Article 44) If a student does not register in the new major in set time the chance of changing major will be taken away and it would be considered as withdrawal from changing major. Article 45) Units which have been passed in the previous major will be equalized in the department of education of the new major. The only units that will be accepted are those which have at least 80% of content equation and the score for them should not grow less than 12. Note 1: Approved units will be put in the score record of the student and will be calculated in the total average but score of the unapproved units will be left in the score record without affecting the average. In this case, if the total average of unapproved units is below 12 then the educational council of the university will decide to consider one conditional semester in the student’s score record for the new major. Note 2: If the number of unapproved units of a student is so high that will hinder the possibility of passing the necessary units of the new major in set time then the request for changing course will be rejected. Article 46) The applicant for major changing should hand his/her request along with the necessary documents to the department of education of university minimum by 6 weeks before the beginning of the semester. Article 47) If the student faces an accident or some illness that the medical council of university and educational department approve that the student cannot continue in the Doctor of pharmacy or cannot use the result of that, then the student will not be permitted to continue the Doctor of pharmacy and can change to another major. That entrance examination’s obtained score of that course should be the closest to that of left major. Note: In cases which the student faces psychological and behavioral disorders or physical illnesses and maimed organs in a way that s/he will no longer be able to continue studying in any of the related majors then that student can change to another major after the agreement of the target university and the medical and educational department of university. Chapter Nine - Accepting Units Article 48) Equalizing and accepting courses which have been passed by the admitted in other universities or educational levels will be allowed with the following conditions: 48-1- The former university and its degrees should be confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education or Ministry of Science and Research 48-2- Educational process which the student had gone through should be in accordance with the appointed schedule of great council of Ministry of Health and Medical Education or the Ministry of Sciences and Research. 48-3- The content of the passed units should share at least 80% of the units of the new major. The score for each course should not grow less than 12. Note 1: Equalizing the specialized courses will be possible in equal levels or from higher levels to lower levels. Note 2: Equalizing and accepting courses will be progressed by the educational department of the acceptor university. Article 49) The approved units’ score will not be calculated in the average of the semester but they will be calculated in the total average of that student. Article 50) One semester will be decreased from the student’s maximum allotted time of education for every 20 approved units. Chapter Ten - Dissertation Article 51) Dissertation is one of the sections of the D.D.S in which the student is obliged to do research about a related subject to the course under the directions of supervisor. Article 52) Students of D.D.S should choose and submit their dissertation’s subject within 1 year after 140 units have been passed. Note: If the dissertation’s subject is not submitted in set time the student will not be permitted to take units. Article 53) supervisor will be determined by the suggestion of student, approval of supervisor and the related department of education and the research council of the related college. Note 1: The minimum academic rank for a supervisor is assistant professor. In special cases, with the approval of research council of the college, lecturer faculty members can also be used as supervisor. Note 2: In special cases, to perform intersectional researches a student can have more than one supervisor following the approval of research council of the college. Article 54) One of the faculty members or specialists and noted researchers will be determined as the advisor with the supervisor’s suggestion after the approval of the research council of the university, if necessary. Note: The maximum number of D.D.S dissertations which are led simultaneously by each of the supervisors will be calculated by dividing the total number of entry students in each academic year into the total number of faculty members of the related college multiplied by 2. Colleges in which the number of faculty members is high and the number of ascribed dissertations to the faculty members is low with the aforementioned formula, each of the faculty members can lead maximum 3 dissertations of students with the same entry year simultaneously following the approval of the research council of the college. Article 55) Choosing the subject of dissertation must be done by the guidance of the supervisor. Article 56) Dissertation’s subject must not be repetitive. This means that there should be no dissertation in the related university with similar or different topic but similar content within the past 5 years. Note: In special cases and with the supervision of research council, choosing an identical topic will be of no problem in subjects which may need more research within less than the aforementioned time. Article 57) Each student should choose one subject for dissertation. Note: Choosing the topic of dissertation by a group of students (maximum 3) will be permitted after the approval of supervisor and research council of the related college. To do so, following steps should be accomplished: a: size and importance of research subject should be proportionate to the number of students. b: segmenting the subject of dissertation should be in a way that each of the related students be able to do a separate part of that. Article 58) To submit the subject of dissertation the following steps should be taken: a: Choosing the dissertation’s subject with the guidance of supervisor b: Inspecting whether or not the dissertation’s subject is repetitive by the research administration of the college c: Finalizing the suggested plan for the subject of the dissertation by the related department of education. d: Giving the suggested plan of dissertation from the department to the research administration of the college to be approved in the research council of the college. e: Providing the supervisor with the approved notification of the research council to start the dissertation Note: The time between submitting the dissertation’s subject and defending that should not grow less than one year. Article 59) Each dissertation should have the following parts: a: Abstract in Farsi and English (aim and background, method and instrumentation, results, and conclusion) b: Introduction (general information about research and goals of research) c: Context analysis d: Methodology (type of research, environment and instruments of research, size and sample and sampling technique, data collection technique, data analysis method, and types of statistical tests and process) e: Results (using statistical tests, tables, diagrams and result interpretation) f: Discussion and conclusion (investigating the results, comparing the results with those of other studies, analyzing the reason of different result with those of other studies, investigating the defects and limitations of research, final conclusion and suggestions for further studies) g: Resources Article 60) Composing the dissertation in English is of no boundaries but it is necessary to have abstract not just in English but also in Farsi. Article 61) The jury who is responsible for making the final decision about dissertations is made of the following members: 1- Supervisor 2- Advisor (if included) 3- Representative of the research council of college 4- Representative of the department of education related to the dissertation 5- A member of faculty members or specialists and noted researchers chosen by the related department of education Note: Academic rank of supervisor and faculty members should be at least assistant professor. In special cases after the approval of research council of college, the rank can be lecturer. About specialists, researches, and noted experts bearing PhD is obligatory. Article 62) The jury’s evaluation of the dissertation is in a numerical scale from zero to twenty. According to the obtained scores they will be categorized into 4 scales as follows: Excellent dissertation scores of 19 to 20 Very good dissertation scores of 17 to 18/99 Good dissertation scores of 14 to 16/99 Unacceptable dissertation scores of less than 14 Note: Only those dissertations can obtain “excellent” which were investigative (done by research) or were printed or took the privilege of copy in one of the authentic scientific journals of Iran or foreign countries. Obviously, providing the jury with article or privilege of being copied in a journal should be before defending the dissertation and scoring session. Article 63) All the students are bound to defend their dissertation in the last semester and if a student could not defend his/her dissertation within the set schedule of educational year or could not obtain passing score that student will be expelled even though s/he had passed all the units. Article 64) Number of units of the final semester and score of dissertations will be put in the score record. The student can disobey the “maximum allowed unit’s number” rule in the final semester. Article 65) A student is considered graduated when all the units are passed including dissertation (any of them earliest) Article 66) All the rights gained from dissertations belong to university. Article 67) A copy of every dissertation’s summary should be sent to the deputy of research and technology of the related ministry for utilization and informing other centers. Chapter Eleven - Graduation Article 70) Students who have passed all the units and training courses of the D.D.S and have successfully defended their dissertation will be considered graduated based on the rules of this piece of regulations. |
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