Dentistry (MDDr.), taught in English

About the course

This five-year Master’s programme in Dentistry is taught in English and leads to the MDDr. degree. Preclinical training in phantom laboratories starts in the first semester, you start treating patients in third year, and practical classes are closely supervised (1 teacher to 2 to 6 students).

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. The faculty says you are eligible if you have completed secondary school and your qualifications would get you into the same kind of programme in your home country.
• Entrance exam (100 points in total): a 60-point multiple-choice written test covering Biology (25), Chemistry (25) and Physics or Mathematics (10), followed by a 40-point interview. The interview has two parts: understanding and analysing scientific and medical information (20), and your personal profile, ethics, communication and teamwork (20). The online written test is run by Scio and the interviews are held on MS Teams.
• English: the entrance exam is held in English. The faculty does not publish a separate English certificate requirement.

Working in Ireland afterwards

A dental degree from an EU member state that is listed in the EU Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC, as amended) can be recognised automatically by the Dental Council of Ireland. To get this, you provide a certificate from your home country’s competent authority confirming the degree meets the Directive’s minimum training conditions, plus proof of English-language proficiency. EU dental degrees that do not qualify for automatic recognition may instead be assessed under the Directive.

How to apply

1. Apply onlineComplete the Charles University e-application for the English-language Dentistry programme and pay the CZK 2,500 fee. In 2026 the online-exam deadline was 30 April, and every application had to be submitted and paid by 7 May.
2. Sit the written testAnswer multiple-choice questions on Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics, either online through Scio or in Hradec Kralove. The 2026 test was on 13 May. Bring a calculator and your passport.
3. Do the interviewRegister for an MS Teams interview slot. It is worth 40 of the 100 points and covers scientific reasoning, ethics, communication and teamwork.
4. Confirm your placeWithin 14 days of the results, decide whether to accept. If you accept, confirm your interest in studying to secure your place, then follow the faculty’s enrolment instructions.

Costs

• CZK 410,000 per year for 2026/27 (roughly EUR 16,400, depending on the exchange rate). EU students pay this fee too, because the English-language programme is fee-paying. The same programme is also taught in Czech with no tuition fee, but you would need to study in Czech. The tuition fee is non-refundable. There is also a CZK 2,500 application fee. The 2027/28 fee has not been published yet.

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