Postgraduate
Doctor of Dental Medicine
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Postgraduate – Commonwealth supported students
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Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
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Postgraduate – onshore students
Annual course fees are calculated based on a standard annual study load of 48 credit points.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
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Admission requirements
If you’re interested in furthering your career by studying this postgraduate degree, find out the admission details below.
Domestic school leaver
You are a domestic school leaver if you are an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen, and recently completed Year 12 studies.
View the application information for medicine or dentistry.
International school leaver
You are an international school leaver if you have recently completed Yr 12 studies or equivalent and are not an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen.
View the application information for medicine or dentistry.
University graduate
You are graduate applicant if you have a bachelor’s degree or are in progress of your first bachelor’s degree.
View the domestic and international application information for medicine or dentistry.
How to apply
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Course details
About the course
Quick details
- Available 2020
- Perth (Crawley campus)
- Full-time only
- On-campus
- The course will commence at the end of January each year.
- Students will be expected to commit to an 08.00 to 16.00 daily schedule. The first year of study will be 45 weeks in total.
- Postgraduate
- 90860
- 089787B
Course structure
Postgraduate coursework degrees and combined (coursework and research) degrees comprise a number of units. Refer to the course structure for more information.
Top reasons to study Dental Medicine at UWA
- Home to WA's only tertiary Dental School, UWA has trained future dentists for more than 70 years. Taught by dedicated staff in state-of-the-art facilities, Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) students are trained for full registration in the dental profession
- You will undertake real-world experience with clinical placements in the Dental Health Services in Metropolitan and Rural areas and community settings as well as at the oral Health Center of Western Australi (OHCWA)
- Following completion of this course, graduates will be able to register with the Dental Board of Australia as a dentist and enter the profession immediately. Students may pursue careers in private or public practice
Application deadlines
Applications for graduate entry commencing 2022 are now open via UWA's online application system, and will close 31 May 2021.
Refer to the graduate admissions page for eligibility requirements and other details.
UWA Dental School and Doctor of Dental Medicine course
Admissions Test for undergraduate entry into Dentistry
All applicants to the domestic High Academic Achievement, Rural and Broadway School Leaver Pathways to the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) must sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT ANZ). UCAT ANZ replaces UMAT.
International School Leaver applicants must sit the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT).
Refer to the assured pathway information on the admissions website for further details regarding the application and selection process for school leavers.
Course Accreditation
The Doctor of Dental Medicine is accredited by the Australian Dental Council, allowing graduates to practice in the profession immediately
Emma Turner
Emma Turner
The patient interaction is one of the many highlights of the Doctor of Dental Medicine course. Having clinical time at the Oral Health Centre of WA allows us to treat patients with a range of medical and dental conditions, while developing our communication, treatment planning, problem solving and technical skills to the benefit of their oral health.
The cohort experience is also truly invaluable, as the camaraderie and support of dental students, both in my year and in others, brightens every day and really helps each and every one of us to face the challenges of the course.
We are extremely lucky to have access to the cutting-edge digital technologies that have recently arrived at the School, including 3D scanning and facilities for the computer-aided design and manufacture of restorations for our patients.