Admission Requirements for Doctor of Dental Medicine

A formal minimum of three years (90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours), but a baccalaureate degree is preferred.

1. All pre-requisite course work must have been completed from a regionally accredited U.S. institution.
2. All applicants are required to take and submit the US Dental Admissions Test (DAT) scores via the AADSAS site on or before December 1 of the application year. No scores older than three years will be accepted.
3. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative and science grade point average of 2.75 on a four-point scale (3.0 minimum recommended). The overall and science GPA, the school(s) attended, and the rigor of the academic course load are all assessed on an individual basis.
4. Applicants are required to provide a minimum of TWO (2) letters of recommendation. ONE letter must be from a Science Faculty OR Predental Committee Member and ONE from a Dentist.
5. Applicants can also submit an additional letter of recommendation from a Community Service Supervisor. The letter from the Community Service Supervisor must be from a broad-based volunteer community service project in which the applicant was involved but NOT paid.
6. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, permanent U.S. resident or hold a F-1 (student) visa that allows for academic study in the U.S..
7. A formal minimum of three years college or university coursework from a regionally accredited school in the United States only (90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours), but a baccalaureate degree is preferred.

Selection factors

Applicants are evaluated on academic course work, performance on the DAT, AADSAS essay, letters of evaluation, and interviews. Demonstrated community service through volunteerism or service-oriented employment is preferred.

Application Deadlines/Notification for Entering Class

AADSAS - November 15 (submitted)
*DAT scores - December 1 (taken)
Secondary Application - December 15
Acceptance Notification - Beginning December 15

International student admissions

• International students applying for admission to the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health must meet all general requirements for admission as stated in admissions publications.
• International students must take all pre-requisite courses in the United States. Equivalency courses will not be considered.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and spoken is required. Written and spoken proficiency in the English language may be demonstrated by one of the following options:
  1. Have two (2) or more years of study in the United States
  2. English is your first language.
  3. You are demonstrating your English proficiency by submitting acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

For registration information for TOEFL contact:

TOEFL Services Educational Testing Services
P.O. Box 6151
Princeton, NJ 08541-6151
U.S.A 1.877.863.3546
609.771.7100
toefl@ets.org
www.ets.org