Press Release

UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School
UMDNJ and Saint Peter's College Create Partnership To Offer an Accelerated Dental Program

A new partnership between the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Dental School and Saint Peter's College will give future dental students an opportunity to earn both an undergraduate and a doctor of dental medicine degree in seven years.

Administrators from the UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School and Saint Peter's College have signed an agreement creating a dental program that will allow qualified students to earn a dual degree in seven years.

Students who are accepted into the program will major in biology and complete their undergraduate course work at Saint Peter's College in three rather than four years. Then the students will complete the requirements for their doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School.

At commencement, graduates will receive a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree from Saint Peter's College, in Jersey City, and a doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree from the UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School, in Newark.

Individuals who are eligible for this accelerated dental program include high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and have a Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score of at least 1250. A joint committee comprising faculty members from both UMDNJ and Saint Peter's College will monitor the academic performance of students enrolled in the program.

Saint Peter's joins Caldwell College and Fairleigh Dickinson University as the only private schools in New Jersey to have such an agreement with the UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) comprises the state's only three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, school of health related professions, school of nursing and a school of public health on campuses in Newark, Piscataway/New Brunswick, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ also operates UMDNJ-University Hospital in Newark and University Behavioral HealthCare. It is affiliated with more than 200 health care and educational institutions throughout the state.

Saint Peter's College is the Jesuit College of New Jersey. Founded in 1872, Saint Peter's has an enrollment of more than 3,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The main campus is located in Jersey City and a branch campus, specializing in adult education, is located in Englewood Cliffs. Saint Peter's also offers classes in downtown Jersey City near the waterfront financial district and in South Amboy.

###