Pacific Smiles Dental Surgery Scholarships

These scholarships have been established by the Pacific Smiles Group who operates the Pacific Smiles Dental Care centres throughout Australia. The Pacific Smiles Group is committed to delivering outstanding patient care and customer service through a growing network of quality Dental Centres. Pacific Smiles Group also owns and operates a Registered Training Organisation accredited to deliver the nationally recognised Certificate III in Dental Assisting and a variety of other dental training courses.

Two scholarships are available to students who are in their fifth year of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program at the University of Adelaide.

Each scholarship will provide $6,000 for one year to assist with education costs.

Applications are open to Australian citizens, permanent residents of Australia and New Zealand citizens undertaking the program on a full time basis. For the purposes of the scholarship, students undertaking 75% of a full course load are considered to be enrolled on a full time basis.

Selection for this scholarship will be made according to academic merit which will be determined according to applicants' cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) for the preceding years. Students must also have demonstrated appropriate clinical competencies in their previous years of study.

The Scholarship must be taken up in the year in which it is offered; acceptance of the Scholarship offer cannot be deferred. If a student declines the Scholarship offer, the Scholarship will be offered to the next eligible student.

Applications closed Friday 8 March 2013.