Admissions Information

The projected opening date is set for fall 2011.  Applications will not be accepted before July of 2010.

Admissions Requirements

The Dental Admission Test (DAT) is required of all applicants who seek admission to the School of Dentistry. Information about this test may be obtained online athttp://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/index.aspthe American Dental Association (ADA). Applicants are asked to take this test in the spring, but no later than fall, of the year prior to their desired matriculation date in dental school, and to have the results sent to the School of Dentistry at East Carolina University.

Successful applicants will have completed an undergraduate bachelor’s degree before enrollment.  No specific undergraduate major is required, but regardless of the major interest area, the applicant must have completed one year of each of the following courses (preferably prior to taking the DAT, and definitely prior to admission):

Specific Course Requirements

 Biological Sciences Courses with laboratory  (one year)

A minimum of eight semester hours of general biology or zoology is required. This includes lecture and laboratory courses for the entire year (courses designed for biology majors required).  Botany will not satisfy this requirement.

General Inorganic Chemistry - A minimum of one year of general inorganic chemistry, including lecture and laboratory courses for the entire year is required.

Organic Chemistry - A minimum of one year of organic chemistry, including lecture and laboratory courses for the entire year is required.

Physics (8 semester hours)

A minimum of one year of physics with lab is required.

English (8 semester hours)

A minimum of one year of English is required.

Mathematics (8 semester hours)

A minimum of one year of college level mathematics is required.

While not required, courses in biochemistry, general microbiology, comparative anatomy, physiology, embryology/histology, vertebrate physiology, anatomy, genetics and cell biology, statistics, humanities, and psychology are recommended.