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Dental Medicine

Tel Aviv UniversityDoctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D)

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Admission requirements

Intake for the 2026/27 academic year

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Minimum admission requirements

  • A valid psychometric score of at least 640; the last valid psychometric exam session for registration is the March/April 2026 session

For reservists

Swords of Iron framework

  • Holders of a bagrut certificate with an average of at least 110
  • Bagrut in mathematics at 4 units or higher, with a passing grade
  • Eligible to apply under this arrangement: Reservists – eligibility will be granted to reservists who served at least 60 days starting from 1.10.2025, or reservists who served more than 300 days starting from 7.10.2023. Career soldiers – forward-area assignment only – eligibility will be granted to career soldiers who served the same number of days as reservists (Section 1). To obtain confirmations, contact the information center at the GME Center via WhatsApp only. Submit a confirmation through Personal Information and Actions for Applicants. Combat soldiers discharged from regular service – combat soldiers discharged from regular service starting from 1.1.2025 must submit confirmation of their discharge date from regular service and a combat soldier certificate through Personal Information and Actions for Applicants.
  • The number of places allocated for admission under this framework is up to 10% of the target number of students admitted to dentistry
  • Registration for this track is for the 2026/27 academic year only

Special track

Special populations

  • A number of places will be allocated to suitable applicants from special populations in the Movilim, ADAMAS, Periphery Excellence, and Deserving Advancement programs. Details about the admission tracks can be found at the following link: Admission tracks for special populations
  • Applicants from special populations will be admitted with a dentistry suitability score threshold lower than that for the general population, by up to one standard deviation from the average score of students admitted in the same cohort, based on the cutoff for students admitted in the first round of that admissions cycle. However, no accommodation will be made for the spatial vision test or the knowledge test scores.
For adults and those who have studied before2

Admission screening based on a bachelor's degree

  • Applicants with a bachelor's degree from an academic institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education, who completed the degree with an average of at least 85 in the following fields: engineering, natural sciences, life sciences and exact sciences, agriculture/veterinary medicine, biotechnology, medical sciences, pharmacy, and medical laboratory sciences. These applicants are exempt from the psychometric exam and knowledge tests. Applicants in this track will take only the spatial perception test.

Consideration based on excellence in a bachelor's degree

  • Applicants with a bachelor's degree from a recognized academic institution who completed a degree in any field with a grade of at least 90 are exempt from the psychometric exam. These applicants must take the basic knowledge tests and spatial perception test.
  • Applicants with a bachelor's degree must meet the other threshold requirements listed under registration threshold requirements.

These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.

For every track

  • English proficiency – A score of at least 120 on the psychometric exam or Amirnet exam, or a score of 377 on the verbal section of the SAT, or eligibility for a degree, or successful completion of a course at Advanced A level, as approved by the Language Studies Unit.
  • Knowledge of Hebrew – holders of a bagrut certificate in a language other than Hebrew must score at least 105 on the Yaelnet exam and reach exemption level by the beginning of the second academic year; all applicants must demonstrate a level of proficiency in Hebrew.
  • The knowledge test is a basic-level test in mathematics and in one of two alternatives, chemistry or physics. It will cover material equivalent to 3 bagrut units in chemistry or 4 bagrut units in physics, and 4 bagrut units in mathematics.
  • Israeli citizens or permanent residents.
  • Holders of an Israeli bagrut certificate, graduates of a recognized pre-academic mechina in a natural sciences/exact sciences track, holders of a foreign high-school diploma equivalent to an Israeli bagrut certificate, or graduates of a bachelor's degree program at an academic institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education.
  • Bagrut in mathematics at 4 units or higher with a “passing” grade, or completion of the mechina specified below; applicants who do not have 4 units in mathematics and have taken a mathematics course as part of a degree must submit a request, which will be considered through the inquiry system, together with a transcript and syllabus, no later than the end of registration.
  • Applicants with a mechina and/or a bachelor's degreeA university pre-academic mechina recognized by Tel Aviv University, with a grade of at least 90 (without bonus points), in the exact sciences or natural sciences track, is equivalent to bagrut in mathematics at 4 units.
  • Mechina students completing their studies this year may not apply for the 2026/27 academic year, but only for the 2027/28 academic year.

The Hebrew terms

psychometric scoreציון פסיכומטריpsychometric examפסיכומטריbachelor's degreeתואר ראשוןapplicantמועמדrecognized academic institutionמוסד אקדמי מוכרCouncil for Higher Educationמל"גknowledge testsמבחני ידעspatial perceptionתפיסה מרחביתbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותbagrutבגרות

What you study

Dentistry is a sought-after and prestigious profession around the world, and demand is also steadily rising here in Israel. According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, demand for the profession continues to grow, and it will be easy for you to find a job.

The first 3 years of dental studies, at the end of which students can receive a bachelor's degree, include preclinical studies and take place mostly at the School of Dentistry. The rest of the program focuses on clinical, theoretical, and practical studies in teaching clinics and in oral and maxillofacial clinics at hospitals. The bachelor's degree studies include foundational courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, and computer science, as well as introductory courses in life sciences and medical sciences (biology, anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, pathology, immunology, microbiology, and more), with particular attention to dental aspects.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Dental Medicinemost commonDiagnosing diseases, injuries, and defects of the teeth, mouth, jaw, and surrounding tissues, as well as preventing and treating them. Using a wide range of professional diagnostic and surgical methods to promote and restore oral health.

Which industries they work in

  • Health services82%
  • Education6%

Money

How the institution is funded

Budgeted institutions

  • Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 4 Oct 2026

Medicine: track and selection

Six-year programAfter high school

  • 6 years(our wording)Dental studies leading to a doctoral degree take 6 years. The first 3 years (preclinical studies) are also taught at the School of Medicine. This is when students learn the professional terminology and study genetics, anatomy, immunology, pharmacology and more.
  • Interviews 70%(our wording)A station day that includes personal interviews (weight: 70%), an animation test—a situational judgment test (weight: 15%) and a computerized personality questionnaire (weight: 15%).

The requirements are in the institution's words. Names and labels marked "our wording" are our own, written from the same page.

Selection stages

  1. 01Knowledge tests and spatial perception(our wording)
  2. 02Station day
  • Knowledge tests and spatial perception(our wording)Invitation to basic knowledge tests in mathematics and in 1 of 2 alternatives, chemistry or physics, and an additional spatial perception test in the field of dentistry (as detailed under the “Knowledge Tests and Personal Interview” tab).
  • Station dayA station day that includes personal interviews (weight: 70%), an animation test—a situational judgment test (weight: 15%) and a computerized personality questionnaire (weight: 15%).

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An unofficial guide. Every fact comes from a public source — the institutions' sites, the Council for Higher Education, the Labor Ministry's Avodata, the Ministry of Defense — and links to it. Requirements change: check the institution's site before you apply.

How the data was collected

  • The Council for Higher Education register of institutions and programs — 2 Oct 2026
  • Avodata, Ministry of Labor: fields, employment and pay — 2023 data, collected 2 Oct 2026
  • Institutions' sites: admission requirements — checked 2 Oct 2026–5 Oct 2026
  • The Russian, English and French text is machine-translated and reviewed; where they differ, the Hebrew original prevails

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