Doctor of Dental Medicine

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Doctor of Dental Medicine

Start your career as a dentist

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Doctor of Dental Medicine

Start your career as a dentist
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Our Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) will teach you to be a confident, ethical and qualified dentist. You’ll build skills through practice-based learning, in a degree built to meet the community's changing oral health needs.

World leading university

We're recognised as one of the best universities in the world.

Australia's first dental school

We're Australia's first dental school and have been training dental practitioners for more than 100 years.

Clinical experience

Gain clinical experience in dental hospitals across metropolitan, rural and regional NSW.

Admission pathways

There are two ways to enter the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) program.

Graduate entry is a four-year postgraduate course for applicants with a bachelor's degree.

Undergraduate admission is available for high school leavers who have achieved exceptional results. The seven-year double degree dentistry pathway combines the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) with an undergraduate degree.

Admission process

The admission process for the Doctor of Dental Medicine is very detailed, please follow our step-by-step timeline and download the latest version of the Admissions Guide available on the relevant course page.

How to become a dentist

We outline the two main pathways to studying dentistry at university, which on completion will enable you to register as a dentist with the Dental Board of Australia.

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Why study the DMD at Sydney?

When you study the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) at the Sydney Dental School, you will:

  • access the latest technology, facilities and teaching laboratories
  • understand how to make treatment decisions that are most appropriate for patients as individuals
  • gain confidence in treating patients through simulation and practice-based experience
  • develop leadership skills to enable contribution to the dental community
  • learn the skills to make informed decisions by critiquing research and evidence
  • be taught by internationally-renowned dental professionals, who are some of the most highly respected academics in Australia and the world
  • undergo clinical education at the University of Sydney Camperdown campus, as well as the Westmead Centre for Oral Health and Sydney Dental Hospital.

I find myself looking back in awe at how much information we have covered, and how confident we have become with our clinical abilities.

Yasmin Samiee

Doctor of Dental Medicine

“I find myself looking back in awe at how much information we have covered, and how confident we have become with our clinical abilities.”

Yasmin Samiee Doctor of Dental Medicine