Admissions Procedures

• Graduate School Admission Procedures
• Graduate Prosthodontic Program Application Procedures
• Downloadable Forms
• Interviews
• Tuition
• Residency Requirements

Admission is a two-fold process, which requires both application to the Graduate School and application to the Graduate Prosthodontics Program concurrently. Please follow these instructions carefully; sending application materials to the wrong address will delay the processing of your application.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN MOVED TO JULY 31ST!

Graduate School Admission Procedures

Graduates from US and Canadian dental schools:

• The Official Application for Admission to the Graduate School must be completed online at https://www.grad.washington.edu/application. (Print, sign, and save a hard copy of the on-line application to submit with the Graduate Prosthodontics application material.)
• The application fee is $50.00 and is payable only by credit or debit card.
• Request registrars of all collegiate institutions you attended to send your official transcript directly to: Office of Graduate Admissions, University of Washington, 301 Loew Hall, P.O. Box 84808, Seattle, Washington 98124-6108.

Graduates from dental schools outside the US and Canada:

• The Official Application for Admission to the Graduate School must be completed online at https://www.grad.washington.edu/application. (Print, sign, and save a hard copy of the on-line application to submit with the Graduate Prosthodontics application materials.
• The application fee is $50.00 and is payable only by credit or debit card.
• Request registrars of all collegiate institutions you attended to send your official transcript directly to: Office of Graduate Admission, University of Washington, 301 Loew Hall, P.O. Box 84808, Seattle, Washington 98124-6108.
• The following are additional materials required by the Graduate School. They must be received by the July 31st deadline
  
  

  - Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. The GRE (http://www.gre.org/) can be taken online.
  
  - TOEFL score. The TOEFL (http://www.toefl.org/) examination can be taken online. For consideration by the Graduate Prosthodontic Program Selection Committee, a minimum score of 580 on the written test or a minimum of 237 for the online test must be achieved. International applicants whose native language is not English and who have not received a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited U.S. institution must submit a valid official TOEFL score.
  
  - Graduate School Financial Statement

Graduate Prosthodontic Program Application Procedures

• Request that a second set of your official transcripts from the registrars of all collegiate institutions you attended be sent to the Graduate Prosthodontics Program Coordinator.
• The following materials are required and they must be received by the Graduate Prosthodontics Program Coordinator PRIOR TO THE JULY 31st DEADLINE:

  - Class Standing of Applicants for Admission to Postdoctoral Training Programs. Please sign the release statement on the back and forward the form to your Dean of Academic Affairs to complete.
  - Questionnaire to Applicants for Postdoctoral Training.
  - Three letters of recommendations - please ask the three professional references listed on the Questionnaire to Applicants to write the letters of recommendation. Additional letters may be submitted.
  - Evaluation of Applicants for Admission to Postdoctoral Training Program This form may be used in lieu of and/or included with the letters of recommendation.
  - Waiver form
  - Signed copy of the Graduate School Application form

• Please send all application materials to:

  Ms. Mickey Schulz, Administrative Coordinator
  Graduate Prosthodontics
  University of Washington
  Department of Restorative Dentistry, Room D-780 HSB
  1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 357456
  Seattle, Washington 98195

Downloadable Forms

• Class Standing Form
• Questionnaire to Applicants for Postdoctoral Training
• Evaluation of Applicants
• Waiver Form

Interviews

Shortly after the July 31st application deadline, the Selection Committee reviews all complete applications and ranks the candidates. The top ten finalists are invited to come to the University of Washington for a personal interview. All finalists will be asked to take a two-day examination consisting of clinical, didactic and laboratory procedures in addition to their interview. Specific instructions will be provided as to the exact nature of this examination when the applicants are notified of their final status. This will take place during the second or third week in October and a final decision will be made shortly thereafter. Each applicant will receive a determination letter informing them of their status, i.e., Acceptance, Alternate or Denial. Two to four applicants are selected each year.

Tuition

Graduate School tuition is classified by tuition tiers. The tiers are broken down by college/school and within each college/school according to degree. The Master of Science in Dentistry in Prosthodontics is under Graduate Tier I, Seattle Campus.

The link for the tuition rates for Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters is:
http://www.washington.edu/students/sfs/sao/tuition/ttn_grad1.html

The link for the tuition rate for Summer Quarter is:
http://www.washington.edu/students/sfs/sao/tuition/ttn_grad_sum.html
(Please look for the current Summer tuition schedule, click Graduate Tier I and then look under Graduate Tier 1 – Seattle.)

Residency Requirements

Twelve consecutive months of residence are required to satisfy a one-year domicile in the state of Washington. For additional information regarding Washington State Residency requirements and classification, please visit the residency classification website at www.washington.edu/students/reg/residency.html.