Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry · Halifax, Canada

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Advanced standing. This program admits applicants who already hold a dental qualification and leads to the receiving school's own dental degree. Credit given for prior study, remaining duration, licensing-examination requirements and any required travel differ by school and are shown only when published. Completing it does not by itself establish a right to practise anywhere.

Qualification and identity

Exact qualification: Doctor of Dental Surgery Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Qualification purpose: Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)
Awarding institution: Dalhousie University
Faculty / school: Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry
Campus: Halifax
Country: Canada
Award type: Not verified
Entry route: Advanced standing Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Program structure

Duration: 3 years Source: dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Intake: Not verified
Graduation requirements: Graduates receive the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree and are eligible to sit for licensure examinations as a dentist in Canada, as the faculty states. Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Teaching language

Classroom, clinical and patient-interaction languages are recorded separately when the school states them.

Teaching language not verified. An English-language website does not establish English teaching.

Admissions

Requirements are shown as the school publishes them, per applicant category. Examination requirements are never assumed from the country.

Domestic and general requirements

Existing dental-degree requirement · RequiredGraduate of a university dental degree program not recognized by CDACSource: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Nationality restriction · RequiredCanadian citizen or permanent resident by the January 15, 2027 deadlineSource: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Interview · RequiredApplicants invited for an admission interview in April-May 2027Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Examinations and language tests

ADAT — Required · minimum 550 overall and in the clinical componentWritten within three years of the January 15, 2027 deadline; one test onlySource: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

International admissions: Restricted eligibility — 14 of 46 DDS seats are for international candidates Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Deadlines

Deadlines belong to a stated intake year and are never rolled forward. A past date is shown as passed.

Deadline to apply and pay the application fee · 2027 entryJanuary 15, 2027Source: academiccalendar.dal.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Tuition and fees

Amounts are shown in the original currency, with their basis (per year, semester or whole program) and the student category they apply to. Different bases are never added together or compared.

Tuition not verified.

Instrument kit and laboratory fees: not verified. Do not assume tuition includes them.

Living costs, travel, insurance, instruments and clinical-stage charges are separate from tuition. Comparing costs across countries.

Clinical training

Patient-care requirements, simulation, supervision, placement responsibility, required travel and clinical language, as the school publishes them. Missing information stays visible.

Patient-care requirements, supervision and placement responsibility: not verified.

Clinical-training arrangements not verified.

Recognition and accreditation

National authorization or recognition

Permission from the national education or health authority to run the program or award the degree.

Not verified yet

Institutional accreditation

Accreditation of the university or institution as a whole.

Not verified yet

Dental-program accreditation

Accreditation of the dental degree program by a dental-education accreditor. Scope (program, campus, award) matters.

Not verified yet

Directory listing

An entry in a directory such as WDDS. A listing is not accreditation or endorsement.

No directory reference recorded

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Sources and verification

Last verified October 14, 2026.

https://academiccalendar.dal.ca/Catalog/ViewCatalog.aspx?pageid=viewcatalog&catalogid=143&chapterid=10613&loaduseredits=False&topicgroupid=45265 · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/programs.html · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026

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