Student Life

The Freshmen Orientation Camp provides new students with an opportunity to know one another as well as their seniors before the Academic Year begins. The new students also learn more about the Faculty and the University during the camp.

Since 1958, Rag and Flag has been an annual signature Freshman Orientation event in NUS. It encourages the NUS community to contribute to improving the welfare of the needy and less privileged. Rag Day is an important event in the Freshman Orientation Programme. The Rag Performances put up by the various faculties of NUS are a culmination of several weeks of considerable effort in float building, costume making, rehearsing of dance moves and ultimately putting together a riveting and coherent performance.

NUSMU is an annual exchange event between National University of Singapore and University of Malaya, which aims to facilitate interaction between dental students as well as to uphold the sports games tradition between these two universities.

The Asia Pacific Dental Students Association (APDSA) was established in 1968 in Japan with the aim of fostering collaboration and learning among dental professionals and students across the Asia Pacific region. APDSA has since grown into a significant platform, uniting dental students and professionals from 16 countries. The association organises a diverse range of educational activities, including lectures, workshops, and hands-on sessions, designed to enhance dental knowledge and skills. This annual event provides a unique opportunity for dental students to engage with leading experts, share knowledge, and advance their understanding of dentistry in a collaborative environment.

The Community Outreach arm of Dental Club encourages students to get more involved in service-oriented initiatives and to inspire a spirit of altruism. Examples of such initiatives include oral health screenings for adults in the community as well as migrant workers.

Dental Club seeks to foster a supportive culture within the Faculty. One of the ways it does this is through various welfare activities.

The Club together with NUSSU distribute the biannual exam welfare packs to students. These packs comprise exam essentials, simple snacks and notes of encouragement, giving our students an additional boost during exam periods.

The Dental Club Welfare Team also organises the Angel and Mortal initiative to promote the spirit of mutual peer support and encouragement, where students would write anonymously to a randomly assigned student within the Faculty and surprise each other in school with inexpensive gifts and notes of encouragement. This also promotes inter-year interactions and foster senior-junior support systems.