About PENANG INTERNATIONAL DENTAL COLLEGE
The Penang International Dental College (PIDC) has been established to become a centre of excellence in training dental surgeons who shall be recognised in this region as highly competent in their skills, strong in character and compassionate to their fellow men. In order to attain this vision, PIDC shall invest in competent and experienced teaching staff and continuously upgrade infrastructure keeping in tandem with the progress and innovation in dental technology. The duration of the Bachelor of Dentistry course is five years and consists of a twinning programme of an initial two years of preclinical studies (Basic Sciences) at the Vinayaka Mission University (VMU) campus at Salem, in India and a three year clinical programme at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. There are now 145 students who are undergoing the Pre-clinical at Salem and 120 students at Butterworth who have reached the 3rd year and 4th year of the five year programme.
The clinical facility of PIDC is located at the Satellite Centre at the blue-glassed NB Tower in Butterworth which can be seen from as far as the island of Penang, the "Pearl of the Orient". This centre has been operational as a dental specialist centre as well as a teaching facility since April 2008. It has 75 dental chairs and the latest state-of- the-art equipment. It provides an academic ambience in hands-on training for students under the guidance, supervision and mentoring of experienced senior specialists and academicians.
The construction of a permanent campus will begin in 2009. It is envisaged to be a full fledged campus by the year 2011 at Butterworth overlooking the Georgetown skyline across the narrow channel. With spacious classrooms, hi tech laboratory and clinical facilities and a well stocked library, PIDC when fully completed will be poised to become the foremost institution of the Oral Health Care profession in South East Asia.
Source : http://www.pidc.edu.my
Penang International Dental College,
Level 19 -21, NB Tower,
5050, Jalan Bagan Luar,
12000 Butterworth,
Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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