Vision
To be an internationally-recognized leading dental institution with an outstanding impact on oral health through excellence in education, patient-centered care, community-based research and public health services.
Mission
The Faculty of Dentistry is committed to provide its students with high quality dental education and advanced training through the integration of contemporary science-based knowledge and innovative technology into the delivery of patient care. In order to achieve the primary goal of improving the oral health of the diverse population, the Faculty will continue to respond effectively to changes in education, health care delivery and research to ensure a supply of committed professional graduates who are able to provide optimum oral health care service.
Core Values
The Faculty of Dentistry at BAU holds the following core values:
- Integrity: To adhere to ethics, honesty, accuracy, fairness and professionalism in
all daily activities.
- Respect: To treat each other with civility and dignity.
- Creativity: To enhance critical thinking and innovativeness for personal skills
development.
- Leadership: To develop leadership and management skills at various levels and
continue to learn and share ideas.
- Excellence: To recruit and retain qualified academic professionals, maintain
outstanding academic and clinical experience, and provide innovative interprofessional
education. Moreover, to develop critical thinkers and lifelong
learners and developing leadership in oral health care and community service.
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Diversity: To promote tolerance of differences and respect the diversity of its
academic and administrative staff, students, and patients with equity and
fairness.
- Accountability: To be committed to maintain the loyalty and good will of our
community.
- Social Responsibility: To contribute to the society’s needs, services, intellectual,
cultural, spiritual and economic progress.
Strategic Objectives
- To prepare graduates with a strong foundation of evidence-based dental
education, comprehensive clinical practice, cultural competency and values that
satisfy the needs of the national, regional and international job-market through
the continuous reform of curricula.
- To provide and promote the delivery of optimal patient-centered oral healthcare
and community service with emphasis on prevention in a variety of settings to
fulfill the needs of a diverse population.
- To contribute significantly to the advancement of high quality research.
- To act as a source of life-long learning and provide continual professional
development.
- To strengthen academic cooperation and relations at the national and
international levels.