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10 Australian Dental Schools

Australian Dental Schools - GAMSAT, UCAT-ANZ, ATAR & Interview Guides

Browse every Australian dental school. See GAMSAT / UCAT-ANZ thresholds, ATAR cut-offs, MMI and panel formats, CSP / BMP place counts and indigenous pathways for all 10 programs.

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Bonython Hall, the flagship cream-sandstone Gothic great hall of the University of Adelaide (host university of the Adelaide dental school), North Terrace campus — side/east view with crenellated tower and flags under a clear blue sky.

Adelaide Dental

Adelaide

Adelaide delivers South Australia's only dental program — a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) anchored at the Adelaide Dental Hospital. From January 2026, Adelaide merges with UniSA to form "Adelaide University".

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Exterior of the Charles Sturt University Orange campus building (yellow-finned modern facade) at golden hour, Orange, NSW, Australia.

Charles Sturt Dental

Orange

Charles Sturt runs a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS). It trains dentists for rural and regional NSW, with placements anchored at Orange and Wagga Wagga. It is the strongest rural-focused dental program in Australia.

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The Forum central lawn on Curtin University's Bentley (Perth) campus, viewed from Whitlam Walk — flags, green lawn, red-brick colonnades under a blue sky.

Curtin Oral Health Therapy

Bentley

Curtin's Bachelor of Science (Oral Health Therapy) is a 3-year qualification registering graduates as Oral Health Therapists — NOT general dentists (the scope of practice differs from a BDS/DMD). The program serves outer-metropolitan Perth and rural WA public dental workforce needs.

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Daytime exterior of the striking red-and-white Griffith University building (Library/Student Services) on the Gold Coast campus in Queensland, Australia — the campus hosting the School of Dentistry and Oral Health — under a blue sky with Griffith University flags.

Griffith Dental

Gold Coast

Griffith runs an integrated dental pathway. A 3-year Bachelor of Dental Health Science (BDHS) feeds into a 2-year graduate Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD). It is based at the Griffith Health Centre on the Gold Coast (Southport) campus. Clinical placements run across Gold Coast Health, Logan, and rural Queensland.

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James Cook University campus entrance monument with tropical palms, flags and the Mount Stuart bushland backdrop under a bright blue sky (Townsville, the JCU flagship campus).

JCU Dental

Cairns

JCU Dental runs a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS). It trains dentists for tropical, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across northern Australia. The base is the Cairns Smithfield campus, with placements across Townsville, Mount Isa, and Thursday Island. Two things set it apart. Selection uses no aptitude test, and the whole program is built around a tropical and rural workforce mission.

No interview - JCU states 'Dentistry does not involve interviews'; selection is academic recordView school
La Trobe University Health Sciences Building with the Charles La Trobe statue on the lawn, clear blue sky, daytime exterior.

La Trobe Dental

Bendigo

La Trobe runs a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours). Bendigo is the sole campus for the degree. Three things set it apart. Selection is on ATAR alone at Year 12, school-leavers need no UCAT, and rural applicants have a Regional Benefits Program ATAR floor of 85.

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The iconic sandstone clock tower of the Old Arts Building at the University of Melbourne's Parkville/Carlton campus (parent university of the Melbourne Dental School).

Melbourne Dental

Carlton

Melbourne delivers a 4-year graduate Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) co-located with the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, distinguished by historic depth (est. 1897), Australia's largest public dental teaching hospital, and deep research integration through the Melbourne Dental School.

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The iconic sandstone Gothic Revival Main Quadrangle and clock tower of the University of Sydney (the host university of its School of Dentistry), Sydney, Australia — wide symmetrical daytime exterior with green lawn and dramatic sky.

Sydney Dental

Sydney

Sydney runs a 4-year graduate Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). It is based at Sydney Dental Hospital in Surry Hills and at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health. Rural placements run across Lismore, Dubbo, and Wagga Wagga. It stands out for research integration, and for the strongest hospital-based teaching network of any Australian dental program.

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The iconic sandstone Forgan Smith Building fronting the Great Court at the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane, Australia — the university that hosts the UQ School of Dentistry.

UQ Dental

St Lucia

UQ runs a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Hons) (BDSc), co-located with the Oral Health Centre at Herston. It is the most ATAR-competitive dental program in Australia. Selection ranks applicants on the UCAT, and there is no interview.

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Winthrop Hall clock tower and sandstone facade, the iconic flagship building of the University of Western Australia at its Crawley (Perth) campus, host of the UWA Dental School.

UWA Dental

Crawley

UWA runs Western Australia's only graduate-entry dental degree, a 4-year Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). It is based at the Oral Health Centre of WA on the Crawley campus, with rural placements across the South West and Goldfields. It stands out for hospital-integrated training and a strong Aboriginal Health pathway.

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Entry guides: how to get into each dental school (10)

Grades, admissions test cut-offs, interview format and a realistic chances read for every school, one guide each.

Browse by state

State hubs group every Australian dental school by jurisdiction - NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA - with state-specific entry context and direct links to each school detail page.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Australian dental school applications.

There are 16 UK dental school routes for 2026/2027 entry: 14 undergraduate (5-year BDS) programmes plus 2 graduate-entry routes (Aberdeen, UCLan). Smaller cohorts than medicine make dental shortlisting unusually tight.

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