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

Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)

McGill University Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences · Montreal, 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 Medicine Source: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Qualification purpose
Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)
Awarding institution
McGill University
Faculty / school
McGill University Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
Campus
Montreal
Country
Canada
Award type
Not verified
Entry route
Advanced standing Source: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Program structure

Duration
3 years Source: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026
Intake
Not verified
Graduation requirements
Practising in Quebec requires the comprehensive examinations held with the NDEB and the Ordre des dentistes du Quebec and the French language requirement; elsewhere in Canada the NDEB virtual OSCE examinations, as the faculty states. Source: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Teaching language

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

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 non-accredited dental programSource: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026
  • Nationality restriction · RequiredRecognized resident of Quebec, Canadian citizen or permanent resident of CanadaSource: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026
  • Practical or bench assessment · RecommendedManual dexterity test; not all applicants invitedSource: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026
  • Language requirement · RequiredEnglish: TOEFL 90 or IELTS Academic 6.5; French B2 (B1 with enrolment in a B2 course accepted at application)Source: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026

Examinations and language tests

International admissions: International admissions not verified

Deadlines

Deadlines belong to a stated intake year and are never rolled forward. A past date is shown as passed.
  • Application deadline · 2027-2028March 1, 2027Source: mcgill.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

Listed separately: tuition amounts above are not assumed to include instruments or laboratory charges.

  • Equipment and materials fee, paid each year (amount varies) per academic yearSource: mcgill.ca · verified October 14, 2026

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.
  1. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/dmd-advanced-standing/becoming-dentist-canada · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026
  2. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/dmd-advanced-standing/fees · Official fees page · verified October 14, 2026
  3. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/dmd-advanced-standing/how-apply · Official admissions page · verified October 14, 2026
  4. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/dmd-advanced-standing/requirements · Official admissions page · verified October 14, 2026
  5. https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/international-degree-completion · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026

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