Doctor of Dental Medicine

UWA has trained future dentists for more than 75 years and is home to WA's only tertiary Dental School.

An applicant is eligible for consideration as a rural applicant if their principal home address has been in a rural/remote area of Australia as defined by the Modified Monash Model (MMM 2023) categories MM 2 - 7 for a minimum of 5 years consecutive or 10 years cumulative.

You must provide either professional supporting letters from a GP/dentist, bank, school, university or workplace (dated, signed, including your rural residential address and history, and on official letterhead), or documents to prove residence such as invoices for telephone or utilities. These must be available on request by UWA Admissions.

You can contact UWA Student Central by phone on 131 UWA (131 892) or internationally on (+61 8) 6488 1000, by email via Ask UWA, or in person at 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia 6009. Office hours are 8.30am - 5pm AWST, Monday to Friday.

The Modified Monash Model (MMM 2023) is used to define rural and remote areas in Australia. For rural applicant eligibility, your principal home address must fall within MMM categories MM 2 - 7 for a minimum of 5 years consecutive or 10 years cumulative. You can look up MM categories for specific locations at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/health-workforce-locator.