Institutional
Membership Benefits: Institutional
ADEA membership is your key to collaboration, learning, growth and success.
Regardless of the institutional setting, ADEA gives your program the advantage it needs to engage, encourage and empower its faculty, staff and students. Ensure they’re armed with the best resources for instruction, learning and research.
Don’t miss this opportunity! Join today. ADEA Institutional Members include accredited dental schools in the United States and Canada, and around the world, as well as advanced, hospital, allied and federal dental education programs.
Enjoy the benefits of membership, including:
- Use of the four ADEA Centralized Application Services (CAS);
- ADEA Connect, our collection of online communities where members can exchange resources and solutions;
- Timely updates on federal and state activities that impact dental education and advocacy on these issues;
- Access to vital data and reports, including the U.S. Survey of Dental School Faculty;
- Expert guidance on matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion;
- A free subscription to the online ADEA Journal of Dental Education;
- Scholarship and award opportunities for students and faculty; and
- Discounted registrations on conference, event and professional development opportunities, including the ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition
Institutional Membership Categories
Active Members
Any dental school granting a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree as part of an accredited college or university in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada that has begun instruction of its first class of dental students.
Annual Membership Dues: $26,272
(NOTE: Includes Dean's Conference assessment of $750.)
Affiliate Members
Any Canadian dental school; academic institution conducting advanced dental education; hospital conducting advanced dental education; U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Public Health Service, Department of Veteran Affairs or comparable Canadian agency; dental hygiene, dental assisting laboratory technology or dental therapy education program; or institution conducting other dental or allied dental education programs that do not fall under the categories of active or provisional membership.
Institutional Membership categories include:
Canadian dental school
Approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada.
Annual Membership Dues: $2,565
Note: Includes Dean's Conference assessment of $750.
International Dental Schools
Not located in the United States or Canada and accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Annual Membership Dues: $908
Academic Institution
Other than a hospital, conducting an advanced dental education program.
Annual Membership Dues: $3,998
Hospital
Conducting an advanced dental education program that is not governed by an Institutional or Provisional Member institution.
Annual Membership Dues: $984
Dental Education Program
U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Public Health Service, or Department of Veterans Affairs or a comparable program of the Canadian government.
Annual Membership Dues: $3,922
Programs
Programs conducted at the main teaching site of an Institutional or Provisional Member institution, but not under the administrative control of that Institutional or Provisional Member institution.
Programs under the administrative control of an Institutional or Provisional Member institution and conducted away from the main teaching site of that Institutional or Provisional Member institution. Such programs must be an Affiliate Members in order to belong to the ADEA Council of Allied Dental Program Directors.
Annual Membership Dues: $945
Download the ADEA Membership Application for complete definitions of each membership category with corresponding dues rates.
Questions
Please email ADEA membership at membership@adea.org or call (202) 289-7201.