The faculty aims to produce highly motivated and accomplished doctors with a solid scientific foundation imbued with strong humanistic values, to lead the medical profession in the future.

The faculty is one of the very few medical faculties in Malaysia with the vision to lead the medical profession and to influence medical practice worldwide. It encourages creativity and innovation through scientific research and adopts multi-pronged rather than sequential strategies in the development of postgraduate studies and research activities, which are initiated during undergraduate-teaching itself.

Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA has been officially established in 2006. The Faculty grows stronger by the year with vibrant and energetic team of academicians and staff members. The Faculty received its first group of students for Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme in July 2006. Since the inception, the Faculty has gained a national reputation for excellence. In addition to its first professional degree (BDS) programme, the faculty offers postgraduate programmes in research and clinical doctorate. Many more programmes will be introduced in the near future to supply a high demand of oral health professionals in the country.