Dentistry, 5-year DDS Program (Doctor of Dental Surgery, in English)

About the course

This is a 5-year (10-semester) dental degree taught in English, leading to the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). Students start treating patients in the clinical years from year 3, with summer practical training in the early years, and the programme only runs if at least 12 students are admitted.

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, it asks for a secondary school qualification good enough to get you into university in your home country, with satisfactory grades in at least two of biology, chemistry and maths/physics. One of these must be biology. No minimum grades are published. Applicants must also have good manual dexterity.
• Entrance exam: a 60-minute written quiz with 60 one-best-answer questions on biology, chemistry and physics at school-leaving level. It is followed by an oral exam or interview with professors of about 20-40 minutes, which looks at your science reasoning (mainly about the human body), motivation, interpersonal skills, professionalism, any healthcare or voluntary experience and your English.
• English: you need proof of English, such as IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT 94, TOEFL paper 587, TOEIC 900, PTE Academic 60, LanguageCert C1 or Cambridge Advanced/Proficiency. The university does not mention an exemption for native English speakers, so check with admissions.

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 PUMS applicant portal (applicant.ump.edu.pl), fill in the application form, upload your school transcripts and pay the 85 PLN processing fee, which also gives you access to practice quizzes.
2. Book the entrance examChoose a 2027 session, for example Dublin on 3-4 July 2027 or Poznań on one of several dates between March and July, and pay the 600 PLN exam and interview fee.
3. Sit the exam and interviewTake the 60-question science quiz and the oral interview in person. The proctors provide a calculator, periodic table and physics formulas.
4. Accept and payIf you pass, send your documents (official transcripts, school-leaving certificate with apostille, English certificate, health certificate, CV, photo and criminal background check) and pay the 4,800 PLN down payment. The application deadline is 20 July 2027 and classes start on 6 September 2027.

Costs

• The university estimates tuition for students starting in 2026/27 at 75,250 PLN a year for years 1 and 2 (about €17,600) and 80,000 PLN a year for years 3 to 5 (about €18,700), or 390,500 PLN in total. The 2027/28 intake fee was not yet published. Euro amounts are approximate conversions. The university publishes one fee for the English programme and does not list a lower EU rate, so Irish students should expect to pay it. The first-year fee is paid in four instalments, starting with a 4,800 PLN down payment by the date given in your acceptance email. There is also an 85 PLN application processing fee, a 600 PLN exam and interview fee, and a 2,000 PLN deposit if you take a place in student housing.

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