Degrees Offered

• Doctor of Dental Medicine [D.M.D.]
  • Before you apply: Tips for choosing courses
  • Admission Requirements
• Bachelor of Science (Dentistry) [B.Sc.(Dent)]
• International Dentist Degree Program (IDDP)

Minimum time to graduation: Six years (University 1, plus one year, plus four years in the Faculty of Dentistry).

The following is a summary of the admission requirements. Equivalent academic courses completed at recognized universities elsewhere will be considered.

All admission requirements, as well as application deadline dates and forms, are included in an application bulletin that is available from the Admissions Office, Enrolment Services, 424 University Centre; this information is also posted on the university's admissions website.

High school prerequisites*:

• Mathematics 40S (pre-calculus) minimum 50% - required
  or
  Math 40S (applied) minimum 70% - required
• Chemistry 40S (minimum 50%) - required
• Physics 40S (minimum 50%) - required
• Biology 40S (minimum 50%) - required

* Standing in 28 credits which satisfy Manitoba Education & Training's description of the high school program with 5 credits at the Senior 4 level (see http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/)

Tips for choosing university courses

Visit the University 1 website or the Faculty of Science.

Requirements at-a-glance:

• Minimum Credit Hours:
  60 credit hours of specific courses over two years of full time study (See the http://umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html for details)
• Minimum GPA:
  (See the http://umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html)
• Interview: Yes, a personal interview in front of the Faculty selection committee is required.
• Entrance Exam: Yes — English Canadian Dental Aptitude Test (DAT) must be written by November prior to applying.
• Summer Session: Yes, but only between the two regular sessions of University 1 and second year. All courses must be completed by the end of April for admission the following August.
• Selection Criteria:
  Grades, interview and DAT score are equally weighted. Admission is restricted to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents.

• Information on the admission process may be accessed through the University of Manitoba Admissions web page or by requesting an Application Bulletin (http://umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html) from either the Faculty of Dentistry or the University of Manitoba Admissions Office (Enrolment Services).

After University 1, most students choose the Faculty of Science because the pre-Dentistry requirements easily fit Science degree programs.

All applicants must present an official record of the following:

1. the successful completion of a minimum of 60 credit hours of university degree level studies.
2. the successful completion of a minimum of 2 Regular Fall/Winter sessions or 2 sets of 2 sequential terms, where each Regular Fall/Winter sessions or 2 sequential terms contains a minimum of 24 new credit hours; or completion of the academic requirements of the University of Manitoba Health Careers Access Program (accessible to applicants of the Aboriginal population of Canada - see Section IV.B in the http://umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html)
3. the successful completion of the 42 required credit hours (or equivalents) as listed in the following table:

* Formerly 71.125

** Please see the http://crscalprod1.cc.umanitoba.ca/Catalog/ViewCatalog.aspx?pageid=viewcatalog&loaduseredits=False for the definition of Humanities/Social Sciences courses

1. Applicants whose pre-dental education was not completed in Manitoba will be eligible for consideration if they have completed courses deemed by the University of Manitoba to be equivalent to those shown above. Eligibility to other Canadian dental programs does not guarantee eligibility to the University of Manitoba dental program. For more details please read the http//umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html.

Criminal Record/Child Abuse Registry *

An adult criminal record and child abuse registry self-declaration will be required of all applicants. An adult criminal records and child abuse registry checks are required by the time of registration, and annually thereafter keeping in accordance with existing policies of other health, education and social service programs at the University of Manitoba.

Applicants whose pre-dental education was not completed in Manitoba will be eligible for consideration if they have completed courses deemed by the University of Manitoba to be equivalent to those shown above. Eligibility to other Canadian dental programs does not guarantee eligibility to the University of Manitoba dental program. For more details please read the http://umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/programs/dentistry-application.html.