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Read the guide →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.
La Trobe's sole dental program is a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours) at the Bendigo campus — NOT a graduate DDS (no graduate-entry DDS exists at La Trobe per public sources). UCAT is NOT required for Year 12 applicants (required only for non-Year-12 entry).
ATAR-only selection at Year 12; Regional Benefits Program drops the ATAR floor to 85 for rural applicants.
Integrated curriculum. 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours). Bendigo is the sole campus for the degree. Annual indicative international tuition (2026) AUD $83,600 subject to indexation. Next available intake 2027 (Feb/Mar).
La Trobe Dental is strong in these research areas:
Format: Academic results only (no MMI / no formal interview)
La Trobe Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours) selects on academic results only — ATAR for Year 12 applicants, supplemented by UCAT-ANZ for non-Year-12 applicants. No GAMSAT, no MMI, no formal interview is published as a selection step.
International intake 25 places (OzTREKK). Domestic intake not publicly disclosed by La Trobe.
Founded in 2014. Based in Bendigo.
Programmes offered:
La Trobe Dental is undergraduate, not graduate — and there is no GAMSAT or MMI. For Year 12 applicants the lever is ATAR (~99.00-99.85 competitive); the Regional Benefits Program drops the ATAR floor to 85 for rural applicants. If you're applying as a non-Year-12 entrant, UCAT-ANZ is required. The program is small and Bendigo-only, so applicants should understand what living and studying in regional Victoria for five years entails.
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Learn moreCompiled from La Trobe University Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours)'s published admissions material and checked for internal consistency. Not independently re-checked against the official course page for 2027 entry — confirm the figures with the school before you rely on them.
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