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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)

University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry · Dunedin, New Zealand

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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
Bachelor of Dental Surgery Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026
Qualification purpose
Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)
Awarding institution
University of Otago
Faculty / school
University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry
Campus
Dunedin
Country
New Zealand
Award type
Not verified
Entry route
Advanced standing Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026

Program structure

Duration
Not verified
Intake
Not verified
Graduation requirements
Not verified

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

  • Application route · Not verified · Domestic applicantsDomestic category places are not guaranteed.Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026

International and non-EU applicants

  • Existing dental-degree requirement · Required · International applicantsDegree in dentistry from a university outside NZ or Australia, or a medicine degree awarded from an NZ or Australian university.Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026
  • Language requirement · Required · International applicantsIELTS minimum 7.0 in each band, or TOEFL iBT minimum 24 in each section.Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026

Examinations and language tests

  • IELTS — Required (International applicants) · minimum 7.0 in each bandor TOEFL iBT minimum 24 in each sectionSource: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026

International admissions: International applicants accepted — International applicants: see the international office for entry and English requirements Source: otago.ac.nz · verified October 14, 2026

Deadlines

Deadlines belong to a stated intake year and are never rolled forward. A past date is shown as passed.
  • Domestic applications close · 2027 entry · Domestic applicantsSeptember 30, 2026PassedSource: otago.ac.nz · 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.
  1. https://www.otago.ac.nz/dentistry/undergraduate/dentistry/admission-with-advanced-standing · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026

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