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Student Life

Student life is not all work and no play. An essential part of the undergraduate experience is embracing the rich variety of experiences that student life can offer.

The university has many clubs and societies and more information on these can be found on https://www.ucc.ie/en/societies/

UCC Dental Society

Dental students are very active socially especially through the UCC Dental Society https://www.ucc.ie/en/societies/ 

UCC Dental Society or Dentsoc organizes a variety of events for dental and dental hygiene students at UCC. They work together to create memorable occasions, while also helping students to deal with the stresses of being in the dentistry program through a range of academic and social events and providing resources for students.

Contact us at dental@uccsocieties.ie and on Instagram @ucc_dentsoc

The highlight of the year is the Dental Ball which is held every autumn in one of the many fine hotels in Cork.

Support Services

UCC offers a wide range of supports for students and staff, further details can be found on the below website links. 

UCC Student Supports 

https://www.ucc.ie/en/studentexperience/supports/Links to an external site.

Supporting UCC students, Support Tree

https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/support/studentexperience/SupportTreeInfographic.pdfLinks to an external site. 

UCC Staff Wellbeing and Development 

https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/wellbeingdevelopment/training/resourcesforstaffsupportingstudents/Links to an external site.

Mentoring

University life and study can be a challenge. The pressures of study; patient care; financial support and achieving an appropriate work-life balance can compound this. The teaching staff in the University Dental School & Hospital is very conscious of this and a mentoring programme has been established to support undergraduate dental students. Mentoring is a learning and supportive relationship were the Mentor (staff) will  maintain an active awareness of issues relating to the students well-being, progress, governance and optimal learning. Each student is assigned a personal Mentor for their period of study in the School of Dentistry.

Awards & Prizes

There are numerous awards, prizes and bursaries open to dental students who are studying at UCC.  Some of these are internal and awarded by UCC and others are awarded by external bodies.  Please see below information regarding these awards.

UCC Awards 

Quercus Scholarship is open to all students studying at UCC aswell as new entrants appling to study at UCC. 

 

SURE AWARD - Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 

One awards is available annually for dentistry students in from BDS 1 - BDS IV and the application date is normally around February/March of each year 

The award covers an 8 week period in the summer recess and a stipend of 180 per week plus an allowance for consumables (each award will not exceed €2000) 

  

External Awards 

Leo Heslin Medal - https://facultyofdentistry.ie/prizes/leo-heslin-medal-winners

Costello Medal - information to follow 

Seamus Keating Prize - https://facultyofdentistry.ie/prizes/seamus-keating-prize-winners

Dr Aidan Meade Annual Award - https://jida.ie/the-dr-aiden-meade-annual-award/

William Fenlon Medal - https://facultyofdentistry.ie/prizes/william-fenlon-medal-winners

Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship - https://www.nui.ie/awards/UndergraduateScholarships/

 

 

 

 

 

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