Troisième cycle court en odontologie (TCC) at Aix-Marseille University

The troisième cycle court (TCC) in odontology is the one-year final cycle of dental studies, focused on professional practice and the global approach to the patient, in preparation for independent practice and the thesis d'exercice.

Faculty: UFR des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales  |  Duration: 1 year (2 semesters, 60 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; French  |  Location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

What you will study

A common core (disciplinary consolidation, public health, professional integration, thesis preparation) plus optional units, with theoretical, tutorial, practical and clinical teaching. Placements include hospital placements, a 250-hour active placement initiating professional life (SAIVP) with a dental surgeon, and a general-interest prevention/public-health placement.

Career pathways

Leads to the Diplôme d'État de docteur en chirurgie dentaire after the thesis d'exercice, which can be defended from semester 2 of the TCC and at the latest by the end of the calendar year following validation.

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