Dental Medicine (English-taught programme)

About the course

A 6-year, 360 ECTS dental medicine degree taught in English at Carol Davila’s Faculty of Dentistry in Bucharest. Admission is by an online interview in English combined with school performance.

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. You must have finished an accredited secondary school, and your diploma must give access to university in your home country and be recognised by Romania’s Ministry of Education.
• Selection is by an online interview in English lasting 15 to 30 minutes on the university’s published scientific topics, combined with your school performance, scored using the university’s evaluation grid. There is no written entrance exam.
• English at B2 level or above: an internationally recognised certificate not older than 2 years, a school diploma from an English-language school, or a B2 result in your school-leaving exam.

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 UMFCD admission platform, choose Dental Medicine, upload your documents and pay the 2,500 lei registration fee (2026 window: 1 April to 6 July).
2. Online interviewBook and take a 15 to 30 minute online interview in English on the published scientific topics (2026: 10 April to 10 July).
3. Complete your fileLeaving Cert students add their results in the file-completion window (2026: 6 to 10 July). Study documents need an apostille and notarised Romanian translations.
4. Confirm and enrolAfter the ranking (2026: 13 July), pay 50% of the tuition fee to confirm your seat (2026: 13 to 15 July), then submit your file in Bucharest (2026: 31 August to 18 September).

Costs

• EUR 10,000 per year for the English-taught programme in 2026/27. All 72 English-programme places are fee-paying (no state-funded places), so EU students pay this fee too. There is a non-refundable competition registration fee of 2,500 lei (roughly EUR 500), paid by bank card on the platform. To confirm a place after the results you pay 50% of the tuition fee within the confirmation window (2026: 13 to 15 July). Check the university’s 2026/27 fee schedule for any other charges.

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