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Dentistry

Semmelweis University · Hungary

Dentistry

Five-year one-tier dental degree in English (311 credits), preparing you to practise dentistry or continue into specialist or PhD training.

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Where
BudapestHungary
Degree
Doctor of Medicine in DentistryDMD
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
31 May 2027
Admission
SelectiveEntrance exam
EU/EEA fee
€9,340 a semester
More facts
Degree
Doctor of Medicine in DentistryDMD
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 31 May 2027

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Published with its year, as "Application deadline: 31 May, 2027", on all three programme pages, so this is a genuine 2027 date rather than an assumed one. The opening date is not: Semmelweis shows "Application starts: (to be announced soon)". Applications run through the SEMAPHOR system. Entrance exams are held once or twice a week from early March until the end of June, but Semmelweis publishes no calendar - "The exact dates and times will be provided to the applicants having submitted their application(s)" - so the exam dates are only visible from inside the system. One eligibility rule that catches younger IB candidates: you must be 18 by the end of the spring semester of year one, "i.e., by the end of May 2027".

    Source
  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    After most Hungarian deadlines. You apply on predicted grades and entrance exams, and upload the Diploma once you have it.

    Source
  3. 21 August 2027*

    School-leaving certificate upload due if you apply in your final school year
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Semmelweis only. Published as a standing rule, '21st of August the year of application', so this site assumes 2027. Other universities set their own document deadline.

    Published as "the 21st of August the year of application", with no year; this site assumes the 2027 intake. Semmelweis lets you apply and sit the entrance exam while still in your final year - "Those who have not yet received this certificate can also submit their application and take the entrance examination" - but "The final deadline for uploading the Matriculation Certificate is the 21st of August." Your IB Diploma is issued in early July, so the gap is about six weeks; the risk is not the date but forgetting the step exists.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Hungary

What it is

Basic sciences and general medical knowledge are taught in the departments and clinics of the partner faculties, with dental subjects appearing early and taking up more of the timetable from the third year on. Teaching happens in small-group practicals led by close to sixty dentists, so you build independent clinical skills before graduating. Four summer practices cover the dental laboratory, dental assistance, dento-alveolar work and general dentistry. A thesis is part of the degree. Graduates can start practising dentistry or move into specialist or PhD training.

What you need

  • No IB subject or exemption rule: an online exam in medical biology, medical chemistry, English and biomedical English, then an interview, decide. Apply in your final IB year.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Semmelweis

No IB-specific rule: entry is Semmelweis's own entrance exam and interview (oral exam for health BSc). Final-year students can apply and upload the IB certificate by August.

Where it says so

Check it on semmelweis.hu

How places are decided

    • Entrance exam
    • Interview
    Own online exam (20 questions each in biology, chemistry, English, biomedical English) plus an interview; your school record and motivation letter count too.
Sources (2)
  1. Dentistry at Semmelweis — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at Semmelweis

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