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Dental schools total: Malaysia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Malaysia had 13 dental schools in 2024, according to Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Basis: other.

Comparability A Confidence high

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Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia. (2026). Dental schools total: Malaysia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-schools-total/2024/

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Record

Value
13 schools
Unit
schools
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
Basis
other
Scope
other
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status
Current revision

Source quote

INSTITUTION UM UKM USM AIMST PIDC UiTM IIUM USIM MAHSA IMU MMMC/ MUCM SEGi Lincoln TOTAL

Locator: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, p.2 table 1C 'New Registrants from Local Institutions, 2014-2024' (institution rows) and Notes

Local definition

Local institutions whose dental graduates registered with the MDC 2014-2024 (all 13 had registrants in 2024)

Source

Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Registry entry: my-mdc-statistic-2024.

Notes

Derived: count of institution rows in table 1C = 13: 6 public (UM, UKM, USM, UiTM, IIUM, USIM) + 7 private (AIMST, PIDC, MAHSA, IMU, MUCM, SEGi, Lincoln). Every one has registrants in 2024. Cross-check: MQA Malaysian Qualifications Register (search NEC 0911, 2026-11-04) lists first-degree BDS/DDS programmes at the same 13 institutions (see my.dental_schools_total.2026).

Metric definition

Number of dental schools / faculties granting a first dental degree (DDS/DMD/BDS equivalent) All markets for this metric.

History

Dental schools total in Malaysia: current records by yearDental schools total in Malaysia: current records by year. schools; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: FDI The dental workforce in Malaysia; Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed…; MQA Malaysian Qualifications Register. Dental Market Radar.Dental schools total in Malaysia: current records by yearschools; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break2010: 13132024: 132026: 131320102026Sources: FDI The dental workforce in Malaysia; Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024,listed…; MQA Malaysian Qualifications Register. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (other). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental schools total, Malaysia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202613 schoolsotherComparability BMalaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)
202413 schoolsotherComparability AStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
201013 schoolsotherComparability AThe dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)

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