The University of Western Australia

Doctor of Dental Medicine

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Details

University Location Perth, Western Australia
City Population 2.1 million
Student Population 28,000
Int'l Student Population 7,900
Main Campus Crawley
Program Campus Nedlands
Program Duration 4 years
Estimated Annual Tuition AUD$90,900 (2025 fees; subject to increase)
Semester Intake January
Next Available Intake 2025
Application Deadline Rounds*
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Overview

The University of Western Australia Dental School believes that students learn best when teaching and learning methods focus on student-centred approaches whenever possible. Students develop a broad base of knowledge, multi-faceted experiences, and the ability to think critically and apply knowledge to solve problems through problem-based clinical situations, computer activities, lectures, and self-directed learning programs.

As a UWA dentistry student, you’ll be based at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia, a state-of-the-art dental teaching and learning facility united with an oral healthcare clinic, and the only institution in the state offering tertiary training in dentistry. It provides dental services to eligible members of the public, which ensures dental student have access to suitable patients to develop the necessary skills and aptitudes of oral health practitioners.

UWA Dental School believes students learn best when teaching and learning methods focus on student-centred approaches. You’ll learn either by treating patients under close supervision by highly experienced and skilled tutors, or by observing general and specialist dentists treating a wide range of dental conditions.

The Oral Health Centre of Western Australia provides modern clinical facilities, laboratories with cutting-edge equipment, clinical teaching and computing facilities, as well as access to the broader facilities of UWA.

Program

The Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) is a four-year full-time professional degree with a significant research component. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of relevant knowledge in the basic medical sciences to support the staged development of clinical dental competencies and skills. You will learn by treating patients under close supervision by highly experienced and skilled tutors, and by observing general and specialist dentists treating a wide range of dental conditions.

The UWA DMD  consists of a total of 20 units within modularized streams covering comprehensive clinical care: Developmental & Behavioural Sciences, Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences and Restorative & Rehabilitative Sciences.

The DMD core modules cover fundamental dental and medical sciences, and the DMD clinical practice modules cover clinical dental sciences including patient care, preventive and conservative dentistry, restorative dentistry, and child and adolescent dental health.

You’ll have early clinical exposure with dental immersion activities on introductory concepts in clinical dentistry, pre-clinical exercises including dental simulation from first year. In your third year you’ll actively engage in a research project. In your final year, you’ll undertake quasi-independent but supervised practice, which takes place inside and outside of the school with compulsory rural and private practice rotations.

The dental school is also equipped with a state-of-the-art digital radiology suite. The centralized production lab is fully equipped with computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) facilities and dedicated high spec computers in a Virtual Learning Centre (VLC) for students to undertake CAD/CAM design. The VLC has full functional digital radiology and virtual microscopy facilitates.

 

 

Admission Requirements

1. Completed bachelor’s degree
You must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of roughly 3.1/4 from last 3 years of your completed degree. Recommended courses include Grade 12 physics (or equivalent) and first-year chemistry and biology.

2. Admissions test
You must have completed the DAT with a minimum score of 17 in all sections (Academic Average and PAT are not considered), GAMSAT or MCAT (124/124/124/124 in each section and an overall minimum of 500) within the past 2 years.

3. Interview
Students whose applications are found to be competitive will be invited to participate in an online interview. Details of the interview will be sent to selected applicants.

Admission Timeline

*While UWA has application rounds for the 2025 intake, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Main Round
Deadline: April 25, 2024
Interviews: Expected May 13 – 26, 2024

Second Round
Deadline: June 27, 2024
Interviews: Expected July 22 – August 4, 2024