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DMD Program for Advanced Standing Students at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Program for Advanced Standing Students (PASS) is for graduates of foreign dental schools who want to practice dentistry in the United States. The two-and-a-half-year programme leads to a DMD degree that allows foreign-trained dentists to take licensing exams in any state.

Faculty: School of Dental Medicine  |  Duration: 2.5 years; 125 credit hours minimum  |  Intake: January  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Students start in January, joining the second-year DMD class plus a special preclinical laboratory/seminar programme, then are fully integrated into the third- and fourth-year clinical curriculum, including rotations, community programmes and a hospital externship.

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Application information

Entry requirements

For more information: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/admissions-academics/program-for-advanced-standing-students/ This degree requires a minimum of 125 Credit Hours.

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