Professional Master's Program in Dentistry

Internationalization

The SLMANDIC Professional Master’s Program’s internationalization strategy is based on three pillars:

1) Attracting international students to SLMANDIC’s graduate programs;
2) Student mobility to foreign countries;
3) Increasing flexibility in faculty mobility abroad, as mentioned in the previous points.

It is the institution’s commitment to ensure all the necessary infrastructure to achieve these objectives and to demonstrate its commitment to internationalization; SLMANDIC has established an Internationalization Committee responsible for systematizing international agreements and partnerships regarding education, faculty and student mobility, as well as coordinating activities focused on cooperation and exchange programs.

With a view to internationalization and increasing international scientific exchange among faculty and students, the SLMANDIC Professional Master’s Program has encouraged faculty exchanges with universities of research excellence and international recognition through paid postdoctoral fellowships. In addition, teaching courses and presenting scientific papers at international events are strongly encouraged within the institution. There is an internal regulation that provides financial resources to cover conference registration fees, airfare, and lodging for students and faculty. Check it out:

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Regulations for Faculty Participation in Events Regulations for Student Participation in Events

SLMANDIC’s Professional Master’s Program has invested in bringing in foreign professors to teach courses, with the goal of facilitating and strengthening scientific collaborations for research development. Between 2019 and 2020, the program welcomed Prof. Dr. Dominik Ettlin from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) as a visiting professor.

The growing network of alumni, combined with the program’s visibility, has attracted international students and professionals from other fields to pursue a diverse and high-quality education in the SLMANDIC Professional Master’s Program. Graduates have come from Angola, Bolivia, Colombia, South Korea, Chile, Spain, England, Paraguay, Portugal, Peru, and Uruguay.

Graduates of the SLMANDIC Professional Master’s Program have been placed in various foreign institutions and companies, notably:

  1. Dr. Christian Rado Jarry – Global Training & Education Manager, Straumann (Switzerland).
  2. Carlos Sebastian Arias Barreiro – Professor at the National University of Concepción, Paraguay
  3. Erika Emanuela Dos Santos Coelho De Oliveira – Josina Machel Hospital, Angola
  4. Fatima Gabriela Aquino Barreto – Faculty Member at the Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción,” Paraguay
  5. Fernando José Peña Bengoa – Faculty Member at the Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
  6. Juan Sebastián Otazú Aquino – Faculty Member at the Institute of Advanced Dentistry/Paraguay
  7. Mario Raul Ramirez Pelaez – Professor at the Institute of Advanced Dentistry, Paraguay
  8. Rosário Joaquim De Jesus Afonso – Professor at Jean Piaget University/Angola
  9. Agnelo Josué Lucamba – Ministry of the Interior, Angola

Institutional investment in internationalization has led to the consolidation of international partnerships and increased visibility for the SLMANDIC Professional Master’s Program. Between 2017 and 2019, there were a total of 30 partnerships, including: 1 with Saudi Arabia, 12 with the U.S., 2 with Italy, 2 with England, 3 with Spain, 2 with France, 1 with Belgium, 1 with Finland, 1 with Canada, 2 with Portugal, 1 with Switzerland, 1 with Sweden, and 1 with South Korea.

International Partners

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Orpheus Group

São Leopoldo Mandic College is the only Brazilian educational institution to be part of the Orpheus Group —an organization dedicated to PhD education in biomedicine and health sciences within the European system—and a member of the European University Association, which brings together educational institutions active in the health sciences and biomedicine.
Among Orpheus’s missions are: to represent higher education and research in biomedicine and health sciences, and to influence policy-making both nationally and internationally; promoting cooperation among association members and the development of effective bilateral and multilateral networks; fostering cooperation in research and the development of joint doctoral programs; facilitating the harmonization of doctoral programs in biomedicine and health sciences; to encourage the mobility of doctoral candidates and faculty; to promote quality assurance in research and doctoral education; and, in particular, to develop an accreditation process for doctoral programs in biomedicine and health sciences.