Bachelor’s Degree in Dentistry (English Programme)

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Type of programme
Official degrees
Duration
10 semesters
Credits
300 ECTS
Price
€282.00 / ECTS x 60 = €16,920.00* (1r course 2024-2025). *Subject to change each year. Contact our Admissions department for the payment terms and conditions.
Places
120
Campus
Campus Sant Cugat
Schedule
Morning and afternoon
Language
English for the first two years and Spanish for the last three
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We are passionate people, we are dentists

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Positions in rankings

The Faculty of Dentistry sits among the best in national and international rankings

Learn both in the classroom and at our University Dental Clinic (CUO)

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Get the most out of the facilities from day one: over 67,000 patients and new facilities, including 88 booths, one operating theatre, six surgery booths and 95 dental simulators.

Employment

Con el Grado en Odontología de UIC Barcelona tendrás salidas profesionales en tres grandes ámbitos: sanidad, docencia, investigación.

With a Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry from UIC Barcelona you'll have professional opportunities in three main areas: health, teaching and research. In addition, UIC Barcelona offers continuing education upon finishing the degree programme.

From theory to practice

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Put all of your learning into practice. Your tutors are recognised professionals with years of experience.

International outlook

Visió internacional

We forge global alliances to promote student mobility and exchange with other universities from around the world.

Find your passion and specialise

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We offer two university master's degrees, eleven UIC Barcelona-specific master’s degrees, five postgraduate degrees, six clinical residencies and more than 40 continuing education programmes.

Prepare yourself for more opportunities

At UIC Barcelona we are aware that dentistry has undergone profound change in recent years. You will remain at the cutting edge in order to work in the following areas:

  • Your own dental consultancy
  • Dental care as a freelance professional or associate
  • Public healthcare network
  • Private hospitals that contain dental services
  • Consultancy in dental companies
  • Research in all fields of dentistry
  • Teaching at universities and specialised centres

Students tell you their experience

At UIC Barcelona we are aware that good facilities are crucial when taking a dental degree.

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“I think that UIC Barcelona offers a lot of opportunities and a high level of quality in terms of the lecturers and facilities, as well as constantly innovating and reinventing itself. The University provides individual attention to each student and ensures that we think critically and are aware of the current state of the profession by reading contemporary scientific articles. We also learn a lot in the work placements, due to their quality and quantity, both at a preclinical level and also in the University Dental Clinic.”

Nacho Garcia
Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry student

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“What I most like about UIC Barcelona is that once you complete your studies you can extend your knowledge at a higher level thanks to the postgraduate degrees on offer. Also the fact that I achieved great personal enrichment over the years both through my classmates and my lecturers.”

Marta Rodríguez Mazón
Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry student

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Professors and lecturers active in their fields

The teaching team in the Faculty of Dentistry consists of professors and lecturers who combine their teaching with exercising their profession in specialist centres. They are also involved in important research activities both inside and outside the university. Direct contact with professional practice allows our professors and lecturers to transmit a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and human overview of the reality in the sector to students.

Additional information​

Presentation

The Faculty of Dentistry has launched the bachelor's degree in Dentistry English programme. The first two years will be taught exclusively in English, and from the third year onwards, students will join the overall programme. In their third year students will begin to do work experience in the University Dental Clinic, therefore they will need to have learned Spanish during their first two years.

UIC Barcelona Language Service will offer them the appropriate courses to achieve this.

The Degree in Dentistry at UIC Barcelona equips students with thorough scientific knowledge, technical skills and the ability to effectively apply them to the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of a wide range of dental diseases and ailments.

The programme addresses topics in dental structure and function, biomechanics of the normal and affected dental apparatus, as well as the most innovative techniques and procedures used in the treatment of abnormalities.

The curriculum emphasises skills in the basic sciences, so that students graduate with a solid scientific background and extensive experience confronting practical challenges before receiving their degree. UIC Barcelona's University Dental Clinic is equipped with the modern technology that proper dental treatment now calls for.

Objectives

Our education is target-based. The Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry will provide:

  1. The ability to appreciate the need for professional development and continuing education.
  2. The ability to efficiently use advances in knowledge and technology.
  3. The values necessary for understanding the patient's central role in the therapeutic decision-making process.

Who is it intended for? Prospective students

If you have a calling to serve society in the area of health and science, this could be the right profession for you. We do, however, recommend that prospective students have a background in health sciences.

At UIC Barcelona, we work to enhance the following abilities:

  • Discipline, memory and dedication
  • Quick decision-making skills
  • Psychological skills and empathy
  • Emotional balance
  • An interest in research
  • Responsibility and observation
  • Teamwork
  • Empathy towards other people's pain
  • Resilience

Competences: Graduates

By the time you finish your degree you will have acquired the competences necessary to work as a dentist.

These competences comprise the knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and technical skills you need at graduation to deal with the full range of situations that may surface in everyday practice:

Professionalism

Professional conduct 
As a dentist you must have up-to-date knowledge and understand the broad range of issues affecting dentistry. You must be proficient in a wide variety of skills: searching, research, analysis, problem solving, the handling of materials and instruments, planning, communication, coordination and teamwork, and understand how they are relevant to dentistry.

 

Ethics and case law

As a dentist you must be aware of and understand the moral and ethical responsibilities involved in providing individual and community health care, as well as the current regulations governing dentistry.

Communication and personal skills

As a dentist you must be able to competently establish effective communication with patients, family members and close relatives, as well as with other health professionals involved in patient care.

Basic knowledge, information handling and critical thinking

As a dentist you must have sufficient knowledge and understanding of basic biomedical, general medical, technical and clinical sciences in order to understand the normal and pathological conditions relevant to dentistry. You must also know how to competently apply this information in critical situations.

Compilation of clinical information

As a dentist you must be proficient when it comes to taking and recording a patient's general clinical and oral health record. This will include biological, medical, psychological and social information needed to assess the oral health of patients of all ages. You must be able to perform an appropriate physical examination, interpret the clinical findings and order any additional diagnostic tests that you feel are necessary.

Diagnosis and treatment planning

As a dentist you must be competent when it comes to making decisions, providing rationale and performing clinical trials aimed at developing a provisional or confirmed diagnosis of the disease, including the interpretation of the patient's clinical records and data from clinical examinations, X-rays or any other diagnostic test. You must be able to formulate diagnoses and treatment plans for patients of all ages and conditions.

Achieving and maintaining good oral health

By the time you finish your degree you must be able to:

  1. Educate patients and provide patients of all ages and conditions comprehensive primary care that emphasises the present notions of oral disease prevention and treatment and stresses the need to maintain both overall and oral health.
  2. Diagnose and treat the most common diseases and disorders affecting the oral mucosa, jaw bone and salivary gland in patients of all ages and conditions.
  3. Treat disorders and diseases that require the use of simple surgical techniques on hard and soft tissue in patients of all ages and conditions.
  4. Treat periodontal disease in patients of all ages and conditions.
  5. Treat cariogenic and non-cariogenic dental pathology, including pulp and periradicular disease in patients of all ages and conditions.
  6. Restore and replace teeth, ensuring that they have an acceptable shape, function and appearance, in patients of all ages and conditions.
  7. Treat, to a limited extent, maloclussions in primary, mixed and permanent dentition in patients of all ages and conditions.
  8. Use adequate techniques to mitigate and treat orofacial pain and the anxiety associated with dental treatment in patients of all ages and conditions.
  9. Effectively prevent and treat most emergency medical and dental situations that may be associated with dentistry in patients of all ages and conditions.
  10. Provide uncomplicated, multidisciplinary, sequential and integrated treatment to patients of all ages and conditions.
Health promotion

By the end of your degree you must be able to achieve the highest level of oral health possible at both individual and community level.

Academic accreditation

Holder of a degree in Dentistry from UIC Barcelona.

Section

Study programme and subjects 2024-2025

Subjects in course 1 Type Term ECTS
Anthropology * Type: FB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Human Biology 1 Type: FB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Human Biology 2 Type: FB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Structure and Function of Head and Neck Type: FB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Structure and Function of the Human Body Type: FB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Communication and Psychology Type: FB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Dental Structure and Function Type: FB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
English for Dentistry 1 Type: FB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Epidemiology and Statistics Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Microbiology and Immunology Type: FB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Elective 1
 Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Classroom Ethics Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
*This subject is part of the teaching programme of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Thought (CIP).
Subjects in course 2 Type Term ECTS
Clinical Introduction Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Dental Pathology Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Dentistry Materials Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
General Surgical Pathology 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Pharmacology Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Preventive Dentistry 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Anaesthesia in Dentistry Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 5
Applied Bioethics Type: FB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Basic Periodontics Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
General Anatomical Pathology Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 1
General Surgical Pathology 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Occlusion Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Operative Dentistry Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Preventive Dentistry 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 2
Public Health Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 1
Subjects in course 3 Type Term ECTS
Endodontics Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Masticatory System Dysfunction Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Oral Surgical Pathology 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Orthodontics 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 7
Paediatric Dentistry 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 5
Prosthodontics 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Advanced Periodontics Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Introduction to Restorative Dentistry Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Maxillofacial and Oral Medicine Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Orthodontics 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 4
Paediatric Dentistry 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 5
Prosthodontics 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Subjects in course 4 Type Term ECTS
English for Dentistry 2 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 2 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Orthodontics 3 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Paediatric Dentistry 3 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Periodontics Seminar 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Prosthodontics 3 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Restorative Dentistry 1 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 6
Advanced Dentistry Materials Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Dental Traumatology Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Elective 2
 Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Summer Voluntary Clinical Practice in Dentistry Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Voluntary Clinical Practice in Dentistry - Saturdays Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Prosthodontics 4 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Restorative Dentistry 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 6
Subjects in course 5 Type Term ECTS
End of Degree Paper Type: TF Term: First semester ECTS: 3
English for Dentistry 3 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
General Dentistry Type: PR Term: First semester ECTS: 12
Gerodontology Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Legal and Forensic Dentistry Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Orthodontics 4 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Paediatric Dentistry 4 Type: OB Term: First semester ECTS: 3
Community Dentistry Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Dentistry for Special Patients Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
End of Degree Presentation Type: TF Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
General Dentistry Type: PR Term: Second semester ECTS: 12
Periodontics Seminar 2 Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Radiodiagnosis Facilities Manager Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Elective
 Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
AI in Dentistry Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Dental Aesthetics Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Endodontic Decision-Making Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Health Management Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
History of Dentistry Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Implant Prosthetics Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Multidisciplinar Surgery Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Otolaryngology for Dentists Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
Social Dentistry Type: OP Term: Second semester ECTS: 3
  • ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
  • Term: calendar period
  • (a): subjects which are taught in English

Teachers

Internship

Practices

  1. Compulsory work placement and educational cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Dentistry and Fundació Privada Pro Persones amb Disminució Psíquica Catalònia.
  2. Compulsory work placement and educational cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Dentistry and the Institut Català de la Salut.

The basic purpose of these two agreements is the practical training of students in the field of dentistry and the placements will consist of developing the theoretical knowledge acquired at the Faculty of Dentistry in the centres belonging to the Fundació Catalònia and the Institut Català de la Salut.

Objectives (External Work Placement)

At the University Dental Clinic the students carry out external clinical work placements in order to put into practice all their theoretical knowledge and skills in the treatments they provide to patients. At the University Dental Clinic, students are prepared to face the challenges of the profession they will practice in the near future and the realities of the sector, which is continually changing.

During external clinical work placements students must provide the treatments required for each subject, monitored very closely not only by instructors or lecturers, but also by the clinic auxiliary staff and patients.

They are required to simulate medical practice and the real operation of a dental clinic in order to acquire the habits of connecting with the patient, clinical staff and other employees (hygienists, auxiliary staff, dental technicians and suppliers).

The placement in the clinic will allow the student to become accustomed to contact with humans, in addition to other kinds of knowledge. From their clinic placement, students should become accustomed to working with all kinds of patients, both adults and children, become sensitive to their needs and adapt to the way of working with each of them.

  1. Development of personal qualities: patience, sensitivity, kindness, empathy; all of these will allow students to put themselves in the position of the patient and carry out the most appropriate treatment, always taking into consideration their pathology or need.
  2. The University Dental Clinic staff perform their care duties and also act as a teaching reference for students, as they provide very practical knowledge for their future working life, such as:
  • Managing clinic diary
  • Preparing quotations
  • Managing patient complaints
  • Managing waiting lists (screenings, check-ups, referrals)
  • Process of cleaning and sterilising instruments
  • Possibility of working with materials from different commercial companies
  • Appropriate handling, use and management of equipment, making the most of material resources
  • Access to the best and newest dental technology
  • Access to modern facilities which are suitable for clinical work and laboratory work

The University Dental Clinic provides students with the possibility of carrying out voluntary work experience during the academic year and during holiday periods, to extend their knowledge and continue the practical path they are following.

Finally, through the agreements signed by the Faculty of Dentistry, the University Dental Clinic has various ongoing scientific studies with patients, authorised in advance by the corresponding Ethics Committee, and the results of which are later published for follow-up by research and teaching staff.

Regulations

Professional opportunities

  1. Health
  2. The dental consultation
  3. Dental care in clinics on another’s behalf or as an associate
  4. The public health network
  5. Private hospital centres with dental services
  6. Teaching
  7. Universities
  8. Specialised health centres
  9. Professional training workshops
  10. Research
  11. Dentistry
  12. Orthodontics
  13. Implantology
  14. Cosmetic dentistry

General norms and regulations concerning practical experience

During the period of practical experience, students shall comply with the norms and regulations that govern the operation of the University Dental Clinic:

  1. They will wear their standard uniform (scrub) for the Endodontics programme, a uniform that will be provided to them at the beginning of the first year. The scrub shall be clean and complete at all times.
  2. During the time devoted to clinical practice, students will be at the University Dental Clinic premises, independently from the presence or absence of the patient who had an appointment. In the absence of a programmed patient, students may help out their companions, pre-degree students or non-programmed patients, following the indications of the lecturer in charge.
  3. They will at all times wear work gloves, face masks covering nose and mouth, and protection glasses.
  4. Before carrying out the treatment, they will get acquainted with the clinical record and the details of the treatment to be conducted.
  5. They will collect the necessary materials and instruments to carry out the programmed treatment from the storeroom.
  6. They will notify reception desk of their arrival to the clinic, they will accompany patients from reception when they arrive and back to reception when treatment is finished.
  7. During the time set to carry out clinical practical work, students shall accept the decisions of the lecturer concerning what patient to attend, what treatment to apply to each patient and how to carry it out. An essential objective of the programme is the development of a specific clinical criterion in each student. Nevertheless, for the correct operation of the clinic – essential for the development of the programme – the criterion of the lecturer in charge shall prevail in the event of a disagreement between student and professor. This will not prevent a later discussion of the specific situation and case during the clinical sessions.
  8. Before seeing out the patient, the student shall enter in the record the treatment carried out, the necessary considerations, and what treatment needs to be followed. In the event of requiring more visits with the same student or area, more appointments will be programmed in order to facilitate the organisation at reception. If patients need to be referred to another area or returned to the pre-degree clinic, they will be informed about it, also in writing, at reception.
  9. Never, under any circumstances, may students retain any documents from the clinical record once the treatment session has finished. In the event of requiring access to any piece of information, they will write a duplicate with the authorisation of lecturer in charge.
  10. When treatment has been completed, the materials and instruments shall be returned in the condition specified for each case.
  11. In the event of breakdown of an instrument or equipment of the clinic, the person responsible shall be informed of it before the end of the practice.
  12. When students are unable to attend clinical practice, they will notify it to the lecturer in charge and to the clinic’s reception desk three weeks in advance. Moreover they will have to justify – before if possible, and in any case afterwards – the motives of their non-attendance.
  13. Generally speaking, they shall comply with any norms set out by the management of the University Dental Clinic throughout the training period.

Failure to comply with the University Dental Clinic’s operating norms may imply the prohibition of access to it and prevent the carrying out the clinical practices, which are essential for the completion of the programme.

Prerequisites & admissions

Entrance Examinations

The admission exams will consist of an online written exam and an online interview.

 

The online written exam will have 3 sections:

  1. A basic general knowledge test (covering high school-level biology and contemporary history topics).
  2. A psychometric test.
  3. An English tesT (level B2)

 

*There is an additional knowledge test on the socio-healthcare field exclusively for students from Pathway 4 (Higher Vocational Training).

 

The interview will also be held online and will last approximately 10 minutes.

 

The ranking will be calculated as follows:

  • 40% -> Test results
  • 10% -> Interview results
  • 50% -> Academic record provided by the applicant

 

Seats will be allocated strictly in order of ranking.

 

All instructions for the test will be provided one week before the exam.

Please note that we do not provide study materials or example tests. The information provided in this site is all the information we can offer.
 

Required documentation

The documentation required for the admission process varies according to each candidate’s academic background. Click on the following link to see what documents you will need to provide:

Entrance exam results

Reservation and enrolment

In order to reserve a place on the programme, admitted candidates must pay 20% of the first year fee upon receiving their letter of acceptance.
The remaining 80% is due after enrolment.

Acces routes

Programme applicants may come to UIC Barcelona from different academic backgrounds. Click on the following link for detailed information on the route most pertinent to you:

Grants & financial aid

Grants

UIC Barcelona offers various fellowships supported by both public institutes (MEC or AGUAR) as well as private UIC Barcelona funds.

For further information, please check with our admissions department:

Financial aid

Each payment method is adhered to the specific financing conditions of each degree programme.

Please see the attached document for details on these conditions:

Discounts

Those seeking undergraduate degrees at UIC Barcelona may be eligible for different discounts depending on their circumstances..