Dental Hygiene 2023-2024
180 Higher Education Credits, 3 years.
To be accepted as an exchange student at Karolinska Institutet you must be enrolled at a higher education institution that has a written exchange agreement with Karolinska Institutet for the specific study programme of interest. Exchange students should be selected and nominated by their home institution, however the final decision on admission is made by Karolinska Institutet.
Find your course or rotation syllabus
To find the syllabus for the course or rotation you are interested in, follow the link to the course syllabus archive above.
You need to enter the course codes to access the syllabuses and they can be found right before the name of the courses or rotations listed on this page, under "Options in English" and "Options in Swedish".
Options in English
For exchange students without very good command of the Swedish language, the Dental Hygiene Programme offers options in English as presented below. For information on how to apply and application deadlines, please use the links to the left.
All courses are full-time courses and require at least 40 hours of work per week. A student can only attend one course at a time. One study week is equivalent to 1.5 ECTS credits. The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student´s fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.
Courses offered during the spring semester 2024
Fourth semester of the Study Programme in Dental Hygiene
- 1TY011 Oral Health – Theory 3, Health communication, 3 ECTS credit
- 1TY012 Clinical course: Adult dental care – Health Communication 7.5 ECTS credits
Sixth semester of the Study Programme in Dental Hygiene
- 1TY021 Clinical course (Module: Adult dental care - prevention and treatment) 3 ECTS credits
Options in Swedish
Exchange students with a good command of Swedish or another Scandinavian language are welcome to apply for these options for exchange students.
All courses are full-time courses and require at least 40 hours of work per week. A student can only attend one course at a time. One study week is equivalent to 1.5 ECTS credits. The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student´s fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.
General requirements have to be met in order to apply for the courses:
- A very good command of Swedish or another Scandinavian language or a very good command of English (equal to a TOEFL score of 550)
- 60 ECTS credits (1 year of study) at the home university
Courses offered during the spring semester 2024
Fourth semester of the Study Programme in Dental Hygiene
- 1TY011 Oral Health – Theory 3, 3 ECTS credit
- 1TY012 Oral Health - Clinic 4: Module: Adult Dentistry – Health Communication, 7.5 ECTS credits
Sixth semester of the Study Programme in Dental Hygiene
- 1TY021 Oral Health - Clinic 6: Module: Adult Dentistry - Prevention and Treatment, 3 ECTS credits
More information about the study programmes:
Study programme in Dental Hygiene (mostly in Swedish)
Application
Application deadlines
- November 1 (for the spring semester 2024 mid-January to the beginning of June)
Who can apply? When you have been nominated by your home university for exchange studies at Karolinska Institutet, you can apply.
Will I be admitted? There are only a limited number of places on curricular courses and projects. You apply in competition and a study place cannot be guaranteed. Please choose more than one alternative when filling in the application form, since that will increase you chances of being admitted.
How do I apply? You can start to prepare the documents needed for your application, but the link to the application will be published sometime in mid-March.
Personal Data Act. The information you enter will be stored in a database and treated according to EC Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC), or the EU Regulation 2016/679 and its implementing complementing national laws.
Required documents:
- A verified transcript of credits and grades, i.e. list of courses passed at your home university
- A verified copy of your passport, where your photo and details are visible. The copy MUST be certified by your home institution, i.e. signed and stamped by somebody who works there, who can certify that it is a copy of your passport. A copy of an ID-card is not sufficient.
- CV in English
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
| Curriculum Dental Hygiene 2023-2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester | Course | ECTS Credits |
| 1 | Oral Health - Theory 1 | 12.5 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 1 | 7.5 | |
| Medical and Odontological Subjects 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | Oral Health - Theory 2 | 9.5 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 2 | 7.5 | |
| Oral Health - Science 1 | 4 | |
| Medical and Odontological Subjects 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Oral Health - Theory 3 | 10,5 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 3 | 7.5 | |
| Medical and Odontological Subjects 3 | 6.5 | |
| Social and Behavioural Science 1 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Oral Health - Theory 4 | 7 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 4 | 10.5 | |
| Oral Health - Science 2 | 3 | |
| Medical and Odontological Subjects 4 | 5 | |
| Social and Behavioural Science 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Oral Health - Theory 5 | 12,5 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 5 | 8 | |
| Oral Health - Science 3 | 6,5 | |
| 5 and 6 | Tobacco Prevention and Tobacco Cessation | 4,5 (3 credits semester 5 and 1,5 credits semester 6) |
| 6 | Oral Health - Theory 6 | 2 |
| Oral Health - Clinic 6 | 6 | |
| Degree Project in Oral Health | 15 | |
| Organisation and Leadership | 5,5 |
Giulia Grillo Mikrut
Administrative officerMore information about the programme
A dental hygienist carries out regular oral examinations, makes diagnoses and treats diseases such as caries and periodontitis. He or she also analyses, examines and documents the need for oral health interventions, takes saliva and bacteria samples, removes tartar and other dental coatings, cleans and polishes the teeth and takes x-rays. A dental hygienist can also give pain relief during treatment.
The study programme includes odontological subjects as well as the social and behavioural sciences. It covers the importance of oral health and its affect on general health. Karolinska Institutet´s study programme in dental hygiene provides specialist competence in areas such as tobacco-use cessation, dental phobia, and child and elderly dental care.
Students practise communicating with other professional healthcare groups and work with outreach information. Some courses are studied jointly with dentistry and dental technology students.
After graduation
Dental hygienists work in the public (national dental service) or private sector, either for an employer or for themselves in their own practices. Graduates can opt for further education, such as free-standing courses that lead to a master's degree.