[2][3] When completed, the college will include a public dental school and be housed on the UCF Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona Medical City, a neighborhood of Orlando.

[1] In early May 2011, UCF announced that the board of trustees would consider a motion to create a new College of Dental Medicine.

[2] In October 2011, the Florida Board of Governors rejected the UCF College of Dental Medicine proposal, citing a lack of need demonstrated.

[6] Following the November 2011 meeting, much of the University of Central Florida's proposal remained the same,[7] with plans to use a $10 million donation,[7] a loan with itself,[7] and student tuition[7] to fund the College of Dental Medicine.

[7] UCF is still working with state and university officials and plans for the college to be open by the end of the decade.