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Contacts
Website: http://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/Education/DMD/default.asp
Phone: (604) 822-8063
Admissions e-mail: fodadms@interchange.ubc.ca
Program Information
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2011: 348
- Applicants meeting requirements: 267
- Applicants interviewed: 121
- Applicants accepted: 48
- Class size in 2011: 48 (45 were British-Columbia residents, 5 were non-BC residents)
- Only Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents are eligible
- Preference given to residents of British Columbia
- Maximum of 10% out-of-province applicants accepted
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum of 3 years (90 credits) at a recognized university by April of the year of admission
- Required Courses
- English (6 credits)
- Chemistry (6 credits)
- Biology (6 credits)
- Organic Chemistry (6 credits)
- Biochemistry (6 credits)
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GPA
- Minimum CGPA: 2.8 (4.0 scale)
- Average grade (%) of all applicants 2011: 80.01%
- Average grade of all interviewed applicants 2011: 83.76% (86.25% for Non-BC residents)
- Average grade of all accepted applicants 2011: 83.31% (86.18% for Non-BC residents)
- All college/university work taken into account (including failed courses)
- Worst year will be dropped for applicants who have completed 4+ years of college/university
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DAT
- Dental Aptitude Test – only Canadian version accepted
- Three components used in calculations:
- Academic Test
- Perceptual Test
- Carving Test (minimum score of 12 required)
- Mean DAT scores 2009:
- Academic Average – 20
- Perceptual Ability & Carving – 21.8
- Must be written by the November exam date prior to admission year
- DAT must have been written within 5 years of application
- Best score used if written multiple times
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Supporting Documents
- Online UBC DMD Application Form
- Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
- International Transcripts must be sent with translated and notarized English versions and pre-requisite course outlines
- High School Transcripts required from applicants who have not been registered at UBC
- Reference letters are no longer required. (They will not be considered.)
- DAT scores sent directly from the CDA
- Registration fee of $ 204
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Interview
- Held in February
- Lasts 35 minutes in length to assess the applicant’s capabilities related to the dental profession.
- CDA qualified team consisting of 2-3 interviewers (general practitioners, faculty members and dental students)
- Average Interview Score 2011: 27.06 (26.06 for Non-BC)
- Average Interview Score of Accepted 2011: 27.36 (29.44 for Non-BC)
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Timeline
- November 5: Application deadline
- February: Interviews are held
- Early March: Notifications of interview invitations are sent out
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Tuition 2010-2011
- First year tuition: $ 15,457.13
- Total first year fees: $ 52,783.23
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