Degree in Dentistry (English/Spanish bilingual group)

About the course

A five-year official Spanish degree in Dentistry (300 ECTS) at CEU’s Alfara del Patriarca campus, just outside Valencia city. CEU runs two groups: a Spanish group and a bilingual English/Spanish group for international students. In the bilingual group’s published study plan, every subject from first to fifth year is listed as taught in English, including the clinical practicums in fifth year.

Students get hands-on practice in pre-clinical simulation rooms from first year, and start treating real patients under supervision in the university’s own Dental Clinic on campus from about third year. CEU has confirmed that lectures in the bilingual group are in English for all five years, but clinical practice with patients is mandatory in Spanish from 3rd year. No Spanish level is required for admission. All students can learn or improve their Spanish free of charge at CEU’s Languages Service; these classes are not part of the Dentistry timetable, so you fit them in yourself.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• You apply as an international student through CEU’s own admissions, not the CAO and not the Spanish university entrance exam. CEU looks at your school results (send your Leaving Cert results or predicted grades), a cover letter and a personal interview.
• The interview is done online on Microsoft Teams with the International Relations Office. You usually get a decision 24–48 hours after it.
• English: a language test is only asked for if the first year is taught in a language that isn’t your mother tongue, so Irish applicants should not need one. Confirm this with admissions.
• Spanish: no Spanish level is required for admission. You will need Spanish for clinical practice from 3rd year.
• To enrol you need a “credencial” that recognises your Leaving Cert in Spain. CEU arranges this for international students.
• CEU doesn’t publish a Leaving Cert minimum. MedLink Students, an admissions agency, reports a minimum school-leaving result of about 66% overall, and A-level grades of ABB including two sciences for UK students. Biology and Chemistry are a sensible preparation. Ask CEU admissions what they expect from Leaving Cert students.
• CEU does not take transfer students into Dentistry, so you need to start in first year.

How to apply

1. Fill in the online admission formChoose the Degree in Dentistry (bilingual English/Spanish group) and upload your passport, school transcripts, Leaving Cert results or predicted grades, and a cover letter.
2. Book your interviewYou get a Future Student Intranet login by email, where you pick a date and time for your online interview.
3. Get your decisionYou’ll be offered a place, put on a waiting list, or turned down. If you’re offered a place, your admission letter explains how to reserve it.
4. Reserve your place and registerPay the place reservation fee by the date in your letter (or the offer lapses). Registration and the record fee are paid between 1 July and 15 September, and the course starts in September.

Costs

• CEU is a private university. Its official 2026/27 fee sheet lists Dentistry (English) at €25,690 for first year: €2,000 place reservation fee + €3,560 registration fee + €750 record creation fee (first year only) + €19,380 tuition (nine monthly instalments of €2,153.33, October to June). Later years don’t include the record creation fee.
• The Spanish-taught group (Odontología) costs €17,570 in first year.
• 2027/28 fees aren’t published yet. CEU offers merit scholarships (75% or 100% off tuition) and other grants.

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