Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 60 months
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting September 2026 — Application deadline not specified.
Overview
Dentists care for people’s oral health by preventing disease, promoting healthy lifestyles, and when necessary treating diseases of the soft tissues of the mouth as well as the teeth and gums. The Dentistry PhD programme is offered by the University of Dundee.
Key Facts
As a future dentist, you need a caring attitude, good scientific knowledge and understanding, technical skills, and the ability to communicate well. Visit the programme website for more information
Our curriculum will encourage you to learn in an interactive and creative way in a supportive environment.
From the very beginning you learn the fundamentals of the sciences that underpin dentistry and how they apply to clinical situations. You'll be able to put your new skills into practice in a clinical environment.
By the end of the first semester you will be ready to meet your first patients, communicate professionally with them, understand their health issues, and prepare for starting simple clinical dental procedures in semester two.
There are many innovative features of studying in Dundee, for example, you can work with Thiel cadavers. The Thiel method of embalming preserves cadavers with life-like flexibility and tissue quality.
You will be able to take part in research projects through summer internships and participate in the Dental Wiki project.
In the annual Discovery Week you can explore a topic of your own choice. You may choose to build on this through an elective study that can include travelling to see dentistry in a different culture.
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Programme Structure
Modules include:
- Foundation for Dental Practice
- Transition to Patient Care
- Clinical Dentistry
- Clinical skills classes
- Practical laboratory sessions
- Coursework
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Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 95. TOEFL iBT is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA Standard requirements: AAAAB at the first sitting of Highers
- Higher - Biology (preferably Human Biology) and Chemistry
- National 5 - English and Mathematics at grade B
- Offers will be conditional, based on performance at interview and three Advanced Highers/Highers taken in 6th year, normally at BBB, to include Advanced Higher Biology or Chemistry
To see if you would be considered as a widening access applicant view our contextual admissions policy.
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Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International (non-residents): 50,407 AUD / year (≈ 26,680 GBP / year)
- Domestic (citizens or residents): 9,042 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)
Additional Details
England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland £ 9,535 per year of study.
International to be confirmed.
Living costs
Dundee, United Kingdom: 1,487-2,823 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.