Offered in collaboration with the NYU College of Dentistry, the five-year dual degree DDS/MPH program facilitates the integration of oral health promotion and disease prevention into public health policy at the international level. At completion of this full-time program, you will have earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and a Master of Public Health (MPH), starting you off in a prime position for advanced career options in either field.An interdisciplinary program, the strength of this dual degree DDS/MPH lies in the breadth of instruction from across NYU's world-renowned graduate schools, with topics as wide-ranging as regional and national differences in oral health delivery, oral health policy and research, and social and cultural factors influencing health behavior.The DDS/MPH follows a curriculum that allows students to complete both degrees in five years. Students first fulfill their DDS requirements in the first and second years of the program. Adjustments are then made to the DDS clinical training schedule to enable students to balance MPH degree coursework with clinical instruction in the third through fifth year. In their final year, students also undertake an global public health assignment in the form of a Global Health Capstone.