Dentistry, DDS Program in English

About the course

A five-year dentistry programme in English for international students at the School of Medicine in English in Kraków. Graduates receive a Jagiellonian University diploma and the title Lekarz Dentysta (equivalent to DDS).

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. In general, you need a school-leaving certificate that qualifies you for higher education in the country where you got it. You must also have studied Biology or Physics, and Chemistry, at secondary level, with grades shown on your certificate.
• Places go only on entrance exam results, and there is no interview. The exam is online and in English. The School of Medicine in English describes its entrance exam as 100 multiple-choice questions in 180 minutes, covering Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Logic and Ethics.
• English: IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT 87, or proof that your secondary education was taught in English.

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. Register onlineCreate an account on the Jagiellonian University Online Application System and pay the application fee (100 PLN in 2026, to be confirmed). In the 2026 cycle, applications ran from 23 February to 29 April 2026 (12 noon CEST).
2. Complete your applicationUpload all required documents, including proof of English and your school certificates. Only complete applications are processed.
3. Sit the online examTake the online entrance exam (23 May 2026 at 10am CEST in the last cycle). The ranking list was published on 1 June 2026.
4. EnrolIf you get a place, enrol in round 1 (8 June to 21 July 2026 in the last cycle) and pay your first tuition instalment within 7 days of registration.

Costs

• EUR 17,000 per year for 2026/27. Fees have risen over time (EUR 16,000 in 2025/26), so the 2027/28 fee may be higher. You can pay in full or in two instalments, with the first at least half the total (in first year, within 7 days of registration; the second by 15 February). The fee page does not set a separate EU rate, but it does not say directly that EU citizens pay the same. Check this with the school. The 2026 application fee was listed as 100 PLN (about EUR 23), marked ‘to be confirmed’.

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