Applying for Semester 1 intake (February)

All domestic students apply for this course through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).

If you are a domestic student studying your final year of secondary school outside Australia, you still apply through VTAC and you must submit your final results, as soon as they are available, to VTAC. You can submit your application to VTAC before you get your final results.

If you are applying to commence in second-year or later, you still need to apply through VTAC.

This is a vocational entry-to-practice qualification. Applicants over qualified for the Bachelor of Oral Health may not receive an offer for the program.

The Bachelor of Oral Health has a quota of 36 places available per year based on the availability of dental chairs at the Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne and the Melbourne Dental Clinic. Offers will only remain open as long as there are places still left in the course.

In the event acceptances exceed the number of places available in the Bachelor of Oral Health:

• International applicants will be admitted based on the date of their acceptance
• Domestic students will be admitted based on the date of enrolment

Special entry scheme Access Melbourne

Access Melbourne is the University of Melbourne's special entry and access scheme for domestic students.

It can help you gain a place in a degree even if your ATAR is below the selection rank normally needed for an offer, however you still need to meet course prerequisites.

You can apply using one or more of these categories:

• Disadvantaged financial background
• From a rural or isolated area
• Under-represented school
• Difficult circumstances
• Disability or medical condition
• Non-English speaking background
• Recognition as an Indigenous Australian
• Mature-age consideration (Non-School leaver entry pathway)

Wondering if you are eligible for any of these categories? Each category has its own criteria, so before applying, check to see if you are eligible.

Applications for Access Melbourne and Access Scholarships are made when you apply through VTAC using the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) application form on the VTAC website.

See details on Access Melbourne

Your offer and enrolment

For Semester 1 entry, VTAC will notify you if you have received an offer for your course in January. You will also receive an official offer email from the University of Melbourne explaining how to accept your offer and what you need to do to enrol.

Read more about the application process

Special requirements for this degree

The Bachelor of Oral Health has some special requirements relating to clinical placement compliance, these must be met by both international and domestic students around the time of enrolment.

See clinical placement compliance information

Police Record Check

Clinical placements are part of the undergraduate courses and are undertaken at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, other metropolitan hospitals and metropolitan and rural community clinics. Hospitals and clinical agencies require Police Record Checks for all students, staff and volunteers who will come into contact with children, elderly and vulnerable people. All commencing students in the Bachelor of Oral Health, both local and international, are required to obtain a police record check prior to enrolment.

Working with Children Check

All commencing students in the Bachelor of Oral Health, both local and international, are required to obtain a Working with Children Check on or shortly after enrolment. Working with Children checks are valid for 5 Years.

Immunisation requirements

All commencing students in the Bachelor of Oral Health, both local and international, must comply with the faculty's Infectious Disease policy.

First Aid requirement

All commencing students in the Bachelor of Oral Health, both local and international, must obtain an appropriate First Aid Certificate within the first 4 weeks of Semester 1. Acceptable First Aid certification is: