Dentistry, State Examination
As early as the first semester, the degree programme in Dentistry at Göttingen begins with the study of basic dental techniques. It continues with the treatment of patients carried out by students with intensive guidance and supervision from academic staff and assistants. In this way, the course remains practically oriented right through to the examinations. In an up-to-the-minute virtual learning environment, 40 workplaces equipped with multimedia facilities are available over an area of 175 square metres for training using phantom heads.The Student Innovation and Training Centre for Dentistry, a modern skills lab newly opened in 2015, enables students to develop and improve practical skills outside of their regular university classes
Programme facts
| Degree | State Examination |
|---|---|
| Duration | 11 semesters |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 30.04, summer semester until 31.10 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €375.31 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 →About the programme
The dentistry program is generally completed in five and a half years. It is divided into a preclinical and a clinical part, each of which require five semesters. An additional semester is taken at the end to complete the dental exam (exam semester). The program of study is concluded upon successful completion of this exam after which examinees may apply for their approbation.
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The training is very practice-oriented. Already in the first semester students are exposed to daily manual work in the course “Basic dental techniques”. During the clinical part of the program, students see and treat patients in different clinics under the close tutelage of university instructors and their assistants.
What you study
Preclinical Part
The preclinical part of the dentistry program covers five semesters. With the exceptions of the Gross Anatomy Dissection course and the specific dental preclinical subjects, the dental students in Goettingen take all their preclinical courses together with the medical students.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €375.31 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The University Medical Center Göttingen is organizing preliminary courses in chemistry and physics for physicians since the summer semester 2013. |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 30.04, summer semester until 31.10 |
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 31.10Send 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 31.10.2026 (17 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.