Dentistry, State Examination
The University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz realizes an attractive and successful teaching concept in the field of Dentistry. The close connection between theory and practice provides the student with problem-oriented knowledge and skills based on basic scientific knowledge and orientation in connection with the fundamental relation to health care. The practical relevance of dental training with the greatest possible proximity to the patient should be the central maxim in the study of dentistry.
Programme facts
| Degree | State Examination |
|---|---|
| Duration | 11 semesters |
| Language of instruction | German |
| 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 | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €322.18 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
According to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, only licensed dentists are allowed to treat diseases of mouth, teeth and jaw.
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The dentist training consists of studies in dentistry at the university and comprises the areas of restorative dentistry (preservative dentistry), dental replacement (prosthetics), dental surgery, and orthodontics. It not only teaches practical skills, but also social, ethical and human skills. In the dialog with their patients, dentists today not only treat health disorders relating to the teeth, the mouth and the jaw - a work area of growing importance is the prevention through information (prophylaxis or prevention). In recent years, the prevention of caries and periodontosis has become more and more import in the dialog with the patient.
Before taking up studies in dental medicine, students should ask themselves whether they possess some of the important prerequisites for this profession: craftsmanship, physical resilience, good vision, patience and, above all, the ability to relate to patients, for dentists treat humans, not only teeth.
What you study
Preclinical Studies / Basic Studies
- 1st-5th Term
- Attending lectures, internships and courses
- Biology, Physics and Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, Materials Science, Propaedeutics and Dentistry
- In courses and internships the subject matter is discussed and practiced together, there are demonstrations and demonstrations. The students also carry out their own work and experiments.
- After the 2nd Semester Preliminary Science Examination ("Vorphysikum") in Chemistry, Physics, Biology
- After the 5th Semester Dental Preliminary Examination ("Physikum") in Anatomy, Physiology, Physiological Chemistry, Dentistry
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The majority of dentists (about 90%) practice the profession as a general dentist, that is, in a free practice.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Rhineland-Palatinate), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €322.18 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Knowledge of foreign languages is not a prerequisite for starting a course in dentistry. |
|---|---|
| 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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, 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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When do I need to apply?
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.