D.D.S./ Ph.D. Admissions Requirements

May 1 - October 1 - application period for submission of all three applications.

August - School begins interviewing applicants.

TMDSAS processes applications to all medical and dental schools of The University of Texas System. Applications are accepted between May 1 and October 1 of the year preceding anticipated matriculation. All actions on admission are the prerogative of the Admissions Selection Subcommittee of the Dental School. Applicants to UT Health San Antonio are responsible for instructing the Division of Education Measurements of the American Dental Association to send Dental Admission Test (DAT) results directly to The University of Texas Medical and Dental Application Center. Please refer to the appropriate information section on the Dental Admission Test.

Texas residents:

Apply through the Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (for all Texas residents).

For non-Texas residents:

All non-Texas residents must apply through TMDSAS. 

• General Instructions 

• COSTAR D.D.S./Ph.D. Application 

• Personal Statement 

• Recommendation Form (You must submit three recommendations.) 

• Submit your prior research experience, publications and research interests (CV).

• Apply to the Graduate School: https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/what-know-you-apply

FUNDING: Candidates accepted to the D.D.S./Ph.D. program can apply for funding through COSTAR. This funding will include a stipend, tuition, travel and other training-related expenses. In the event that the student’s program lasts longer than the duration of the grant, the responsibility for funding additional years will be that of the student’s major research advisor.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE: When selected for the COSTAR Track I D.D.S./Ph.D. program, each student will be assigned a member of the Leadership Council as an advisor. This individual will work closely with the student and the assigned Committee on Graduate Studies (COGS) of the department in which the student is pursuing the Ph.D. until such time that the student chooses a major advisor. At this time the COSTAR Leadership Council Advisor will work closely with the major advisor and appropriate departmental COGS.