RANKING. The University of Gothenburg ranks number 1 in the world in Dentistry in this year’s edition of QS World University Rankings by Subject, which have now been presented. The QS World University Rankings are among the three best-known university ranking data sets worldwide. The other two are the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai list, and the Tomes Higher Education (THE). The QS World…
A fifth of adults in Sweden experience dental anxiety
DOCTORAL THESIS. In Sweden, approximately one in five adults suffers from dental anxiety or phobia. The number has decreased over time, but many still have major problems, according to a recent University of Gothenburg doctoral thesis. The thesis includes a nationwide interview study involving 3,500 adult individuals, randomly selected from the general population of Sweden. Nineteen percent reported some degree of dental anxiety, fear or phobia (also known as dentophobia or odontophobia). The interviewees’ self-reported results were as follows: 4.7% described their dental anxiety as severe, 4.5% as moderate and 9.8% as low. The remaining 80.9% said…
The Shanghai Ranking ranks the University of Gothenburg best in Sweden in such subjects as Dentistry & Oral Science and Human Biological Sciences
RANKING. During the summer, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) published its subject rankings, where it ranks universities around the world in 54 different subject lists, divided into five fields (Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences). ARWU is also known as the Shanghai Ranking. The University of Gothenburg had its best ranking in Dentistry & Oral Science at 18th in the world and in Human…
Nearly SEK 120 million from Swedish Research Council within medicine and health
GRANTS. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy share nearly SEK 120 million in starting grants and project grants from the Swedish Research Council within the call for medicine and health grant applications. Four young researchers are receiving starting grants providing them with a total of SEK 6 million each. This means that Gothenburg is receiving a quarter of SRC’s investment in young researchers in this call for applications. “I would like…
Five projects receive educational development funding
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Five educational development projects will now be implemented with funds from the Swedish Council for Education. One of the projects brings together training of nurses and dental hygienists, in which future nurses receive specialized training in oral health and future dental hygienists receive information and instruction about oral care. For 2019 the Council for Education has decided to distribute a total of SEK 450,000 to fund educational development.…