university of florida college of dentistry university of florida college of dentistry the university of florida college of dentistry is the dental school of the university of florida. the college is located in the dental sciences building on the southeastern edge of the university's gainesville, florida main campus. the college is one of the six academic colleges and schools that make up the university's j. hillis miller health science center. the college is the only publicly funded dental school in the state of florida. as of 2019 there were 365 dmd students enrolled in the college, and 133 faculty members and 148 residents/interns/fellows were employed by the college. university of floridacollege of dentistrytypepublic dental schoolestablished1972parent institutionuniversity of floridaendowment$1.73 billion (2018)deanisabel garciaacademic staff133students365 dmd studentslocationgainesville, florida, united stateswebsitedental.ufl.edu research for fiscal year 2019, the college received over $13 million in total research grants. rankings in the 2017 qs world university rankings the college ranked 47th overall amongst all dentistry colleges across the globe. qs world rankings (2017) global dentistry ranking 47 the college is part of the health science center.