The UCSF School of Dentistry provides a unique balance of clinical excellence, research opportunity and community service as part of one of the leading health science centers in the nation.
Curriculum
The pre-doctoral curriculum is four years in length and covers the broad range of science, art and technology in contemporary dental practice. We believe all UCSF dental graduates deserve mastery in procedural and clinical skills coupled with laser-focused critical thinking to prepare them for the next steps in their career, whether clinical practice, research, academia, public sector, or some combination. Students, faculty and staff work as a team to provide scientifically based patient-centered care. We are proud to develop clinicians who graduate as competent dentists, and as men and women of science.
Course Prerequisites:
You must complete a minimum of 139 quarter units or 93 semester units (exclusive of repeated and nontransferable courses) of college work:
Units must be earned at an accredited U.S. or English-speaking Canadian institution.
At least 30 quarter units or 20 semester units must be completed at a four-year institution.
Up to 64 semester units can be accepted from a community college.
August 2026
University of California, San Francisco
16th street, Floor 4,
SAN FRANCISCO,
California,
94143, United States
Students are required to complete a Bachelors degree or equivalent.
To be considered for admission, you must meet the minimum requirements and present evidence that you have completed, or will complete within the specified time frame, the minimum transferable prerequisite coursework. Although all course requirements need not be completed at the time of application, they must be completed by the end of the spring session before your intended date of enrollment.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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