Facts and Figures
2021-2022 Fact Sheet
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Schulich Medicine & Dentistry currently employs more than 2,700 full- and part-time faculty members in clinical and basic medical sciences, dentistry, and Robarts Research Institute. The School has an additional staff complement of more than 800 employees.
Current enrolment for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry includes:
- 684 active Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program students, including 145 at the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry – Windsor Campus
- 224 Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program students
- 1,209 students in Year 3 and 4 of the Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMSc) Program, 9 of whom are in the combined BMSc/HBA degree
- 88 Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (BSc) students
- 1,066 postgraduate medical trainees (residents and fellows)
- 5 hospital-based postgraduate dental residents
- 923 graduate students (505 master's, 307 doctoral, 1 graduate diploma in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, plus 110 Postdoctoral Scholars)
- 9 graduate students with specialized training in Orthodontics and Dental Facial Orthopaedics
- 6 graduate trainees in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program
- 40 students in the Internationally Trained Dentists (ITD) Program
- 57 students working toward a master's degree in Public Health (12-month course based)
With approximately $130 million in research funding annually, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry is home to the internationally renowned Robarts Research Institute and hundreds of other world-class research teams and investigators.
Areas of research excellence include:
- biomedical imaging
- cancer
- cardiovascular, respiratory health and metabolic diseases
- maternal, fetal, child and family health
- infection and immunity
- musculoskeletal health
- neuroscience and mental health
Emerging areas of innovation and leadership include:
- aging and geriatric medicine
- clinical pharmacology and personalized medicine
- environment and health
- genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics
- health services, delivery and policy
- innovative surgical therapies
- population health
Medical students and residents receive clinical training in more than 60 rural and regional communities through Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s Office of Distributed Education.
Schulich Dentistry's Clinics see approximately 24,000 adult, child, emergency and oral surgery patient visits per year and 7,800 orthodontics appointments for adult, children and special needs patients. Schulich Dentistry also operates a Dental Outreach Community Services (DOCS) program which brings portable dental units to community centres in London once per month to offer free dental care to low-income families without dental insurance.
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry partners with hospitals, health systems and research labs regionally, nationally and internationally. View our full list of partners, institutes and groups.
Western’s Faculty of Medicine was established in 1881; the Faculty of Dentistry was created in 1964. The two merged to form one Faculty in 1997.
The School was named the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in 2005 in recognition of a $26 million donation from Seymour Schulich: the gift largely supports annual scholarships for medicine, dentistry and graduate students in medical science.
