Initial dental qualification (dentist pathway)

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)

University for Development Studies School of Dentistry · Tamale, Ghana

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Qualification and identity

Exact qualification: Bachelor of Dental Surgery Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026
Qualification purpose: Initial dental qualification (dentist pathway)
Awarding institution: University for Development Studies
Faculty / school: University for Development Studies School of Dentistry
Campus: Tamale
Country: Ghana
Award type: Not verified
Entry route: School-leaver / direct entry Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026

Program structure

Duration: 6 years Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026
Intake: Not verified
Graduation requirements: Not verified

Pre-clinical phase
Students pursue a BSc in human biology at the School of Medicine before transition to the School of Dentistry.
Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026
Phantom head laboratory
Pre-clinical skills are practised on phantom heads before treating patients.
Source: uds.edu.gh · 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

Grade requirements · RequiredWASSCE/SSSCE: six subjects (3 core, 3 elective) with an aggregate of 9 or better; core: English, mathematics, integrated science; electives: chemistry, physics, biology or elective mathematics.Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026
Entrance examination · RequiredApplicants with aggregate 6-9 are shortlisted for an entrance examination and interview.Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026

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.

Deadlines not verified.

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.

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Clinical training

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

Simulation facilitiesThe school has 10 pairs of phantom heads in a phantom head laboratory.Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026

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.

Medical and Dental Council (Ghana) See detail
Scope: School of Dentistry, BDS programme
Accredited in 2024 (wording of the school).
Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026

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.

Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) See detail
Scope: School of Dentistry, BDS programme
Accredited in 2024 (wording of the school).
Source: uds.edu.gh · verified October 14, 2026

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://uds.edu.gh/academics/schools-and-faculties/SD · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026
https://uds.edu.gh/admissions/undergraduate-admissions · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026

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