Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital, Hassan

In Karnataka, Hassan, the Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital are the pioneers in dental education since 1991. This affiliated college, which is recognised by the Dental Council of India, offers various dental programmes to all intending dental professionals. Located on a large piece of land of 5 acres, the college offers favourable learning conditions and training facilities.

The student intake is 122, and the faculty strength is 82, which implies each student will get special care at Sri Hasanamba Dental College, and the College Damen will provide quality education. The institution teaches 7 courses at 2 levels of degrees to produce dentists with a diverse drive to penetrate different fields of dentistry, making the institution a one-stop centre for dentistry.

Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, established in 1991, is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and approved by the Dental Council of India (DCI), offering 7 courses across undergraduate and postgraduate levels with quality training in dentistry.

Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital aims to offer a perfect platform for learning and the achievement of the student’s overall potential. A fully stocked library serves as an information centre so that the students can get access to the many positions of dental literature and research.

The institution’s emphasis on the all-round development of students is reflected in its sporting amenities to enhance physical and teamwork skills among the students. For the needy differently abled students and the students from distant places, there is a hostel accommodation available separately for boys and girls.

The college also provides a facility for a health centre, which has having basic first aid facility to take care of the students. In order to be in par with the new changing world, Sri Hasanamba Dental College has developed very good IT facilities. The campus boasts a modern facility of an auditorium with all efficient multimedia equipment for presentation, seminars and other college activities.

A cafeteria meets students and staff's requirements and a gym facility caters for their physical health needs. Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital provides various dental courses. This institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and all courses are full-time courses. The BDS, which stands for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery, is the flagship programme admitting 40 students as approved by KNU.

At the postgraduate level, the college offers various master of Dental Surgery courses that have clear specialisation, and each course admits 2-3 students. Some of these speciality programmes include oral medicine and radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery , conservative dentistry and endodontics, periodontology, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics and prosthodontics and crown and bridge.

For the total approved intake, the college has registered 122 students, and this demonstrates the college’s policy of ensuring that it offers quality education, which is achievable through controlling the number of students per class. The admission procedure is done with the help of merit and is embedded with the procedure set by the statutory authorities.

As for the BDS programme, admission is done according to the scores achieved in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ( NEET ). Likewise, for the MDS programmes, the college accepts NEET MDS scores as part of the admission criterion. In other words, national-level entrance exams make sure that a fair and efficient selection is being made.

Tution-wise wise to keep in sync with these academic calendars; many times, the admission dates themselves are determined according to the national level tests. Prospective students are encouraged to follow the web link of this college and the web link of the respective entrance tests for the latest information regarding the application schedule, etc.

Unfortunately, it is not known what specific scholarship information is available, but students are welcome to seek out other local government and private scholarships that may be relevant for dental studies.