Dentistry, State Examination
Your heart will open when you smile, do you like to work fine motor skills and would you like to study in which you can already gain a lot of practical experience? Dentistry at the University of Freiburg offers you exactly that. Benefit from excellent technical equipment, modern course content and an all-round varied course at one of the largest university hospitals in Germany.
Programme facts
| Degree | State Examination |
|---|---|
| Duration | 11 semesters, 330 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €190 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The study of dentistry begins with the pre-clinical stage, in which technical basics from a scientific, medical and dental technical point of view are imparted. In the first semesters you will acquire both theoretical and practical scientific knowledge in chemistry, physics and biology. You can prove the basic scientific knowledge you have acquired after the second semester in the pre-physics course, a preliminary scientific examination.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
After graduating the state examination in dentistry, you can in all likelihood be relatively relaxed about the future. The classic career of a dentist includes a doctoral thesis and assistantship after graduation. If you don't plan to practice as a dentist, getting into the dental industry and research might be right for you. In the dental industry, you can gain a foothold in customer service or product management. Dental IT is also an option with interesting future prospects. Management consultancies and scientific media also benefit from the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your studies.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €190 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | To study dentistry, you should ... |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.