Dental Medicine

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The Master of Dental Medicine offers in-depth training in the following fields: preventative dental medicine, oral medicine and pathology, oral surgery, dento-maxillo-facial radiology, cariology, endodontics, dental care for children, orthodontics, fixed prosthesis, gnathology, periodontics, dental biomaterials, gerodontology and partial dentures. This course offers a pathway to the Federal Diploma in Dental Surgery.

In accordance with the law on health-care professions (LpMed), all examinations take place on a faculty level, with the exception of those that take place after conferral of the Master's degree, which are federal and common to all Swiss medicine faculties (Federal Examination in Human Medicine - EFMH).

Programme length

2 years (4 semesters)

Language of instruction
French

Working knowledge of English required for reading scientific texts.

4 semesters (max. 6 semesters) | 120 ECTS credits

First and second-year courses (120 credits)

  • Clinical training: preventative dentistry; cariology; endodontics; medicine and oral pathology; orthodontics; oral surgery; biomaterials; fixed prosthesis and gnathology; geriatric dentistry and dentures; radiology/radiation protection; paediatric dentistry; periodonctics; maxillo-facial surgery; nose and throat
  • Master's thesis

Deadline for candidates that hold a foreign bachelor's degree: 28 February 2026
(30 April 2026 for candidates that hold a Swiss bachelor's degree at the start of the next academic year AND, according to their nationality, are not subject to a visa for entry into Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to Swiss government requirements and regardless of their current place of residence, or for candidates holding a Swiss residence permit that is valid beyond 30 April.)

www.unige.ch/enrolment

Given the highly specialised nature of the dentistry programme, most graduates remain in the field and work in private dental practices. Others choose a research orientation or find work in a clinic attached to a social, school, or hospital service.

DENTAL MEDICINE UNIVERSITY DENTAL MEDICINE CLINIC
Centre médical universitaire (CMU)
1 rue Michel-Servet
1211 Genève 4

STUDENT AFFAIRS
Marie-Christine Ferlito
T. +41 (0)22 379 40 90
Marie-Christine.Ferlito(at)unige.ch

ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Giovanni Tommaso Rocca
T. +41 (0)22 379 41 77
Giovanni.Rocca(at)unige.ch

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