SRM Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

About SRM Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

SRM dental college was started in the year 1996 – 1997 and has been reputed to maintain excellent standards of dental education since inception. It is currently affiliated to SRM University of health sciences which the first institute in India to acquire the status of was deemed university in the year 2002.

The college is located in the heart of the city and is sprawling over a large area of over 5.18 acres with a built up area of 4,74,582 sqft. The campus is lush green throughout the year and environment friendly.

The college aims at imparting excellent knowledge and skills to the students at undergraduate and post graduate levels and promotes the application of current technology and concepts in the practice of dentistry. The institute promotes research and has Post Doctoral programmed in all fields of dentistry. It is a centre for academic excellence and has been ranked as one of the 15 best dental colleges in India. The college is recognized by the Dental Council of India, NAAC A++ accredited and is an ISO 9001:2015 certified institution.

The institution has a self governing body with a distinct academic cell and Research Cell that work under the able guidance of the Dean and the Vice Principal. An Anti ragging committee is continually on vigilance for the safety of the students to prevent any untoward incidents.
SRM Dental College has state of art infrastructure with 40 labs, 10 classrooms and 486 dental chairs in various clinical departments providing the students best learning opportunities.

The faculty is experienced and highly-qualified with extremely good teaching skills that promote student learning and welfare.

The SRM Dental college has a Quality Policy and implements Quality Systems to become a World Class Institution. It strives to impart quality education and skill sets to the students.

The annual intake of students in the institution is 100 for UG course and 54 students for PG program. The college boasts a hospital set up of both dental out patients and general medical and surgical in & out patients, including a 100 bedded hospital with the latest facilities.

The faculty of the college consists of experienced and highly qualified teachers in various speciality of dentistry. The college has excellent infrastructure and abundant patient inflow in the OP, with 486 dental chairs, state of art equipments and smart class rooms, and well equipped laboratories.

As a Post Graduate institution, the college excels in carrying out numerous research activities. To encourage research activities in the Institution and to impose quality and standards to the research work done, the college has a Scientific Committee, with its members as eminent people from various fields. In order to review the ethical issues which might arise in research proposals in the health and biomedical fields, an Ethical Committee has been functioning in the college. To improve the understanding between students, their parents and the various departments and the college, an Academic Cell has been serving to mediate between them. The college has an anti-ragging policy in accordance with the ACT No. 7 of 1997 passed by the Tamil Nadu Government in the Legislative Assembly that prohibits ragging within or outside the institution and makes ragging punishable under Law.

Vision
To emerge as a world class University in creating and disseminating knowledge; providing students a unique learning experience in dentistry with allied sciences that will best empower students for the betterment of mankind

Mission
Inspire student community by fostering freedom, creativity and self sufficiency. Ascend greater heights in promoting the nurturing research. Achieve global excellence through international standards and alliances.