University of Washington School of Dentistry

While, we have no requirement that students must by US Citizens or hold U.S. legal permanent resident status, we do require that students are able to aquire a VISA which legally allows them to attend school in the U.S. at our institution.  

Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), World Education Services (WES)

A copy of your dental degree translated, if necessary, into English must be uploaded. If you are selected for our program, a notarized copy of an original diploma will be required.

We require a comprehensive course by course evaluation of transcripts from all institutions attended. Please request the course by course comprehensive evaluation from either ECE – Educational Credential Evaluators or WES World Education Services.  The report should be uploaded directly to CAAPID from the evaluating agencies office. 

If admitted to the program, a certified transcript from ALL schools attended will be required.  These documents should be sent sealed directly from the educational institutions to the University of Washington’s IDDS program office. 

All documents become property of the University of Washington and are not returnable.  Please do not submit original transcripts until you are directed to do so.

Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation directly through the CAAPID portal.  These letters must be written in English on the recommender’s letterhead and contain full contact information. The letters should be written within 12 months of the date of the submission of the application.

Letters may be written by a Dean, an Associate Dean, Department Chair, or Faculty member at the applicant’s former dental school. At least one of the letters should be written by a dental professional who has worked with the applicant within the last 12 months.

The letter should address the candidate’s strongest and weakest characteristics and indicate class ranking when possible. Letters of Evaluation must be current, on LETTERHEAD and signed.

They should address the following questions: How long have you known the applicant? In what capacity do you know the applicant? What is your assessment of the applicant's academic, professional and/or personal attributes?

Note: We will only accept the three letters you provide to CAAPID – do not send additional letters to the school.

Applicants who attended Dental School outside of the United States are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). UWIDDS accepts internet-based TOEFL (IBT) scores only. We do NOT accept a home edition test or best results TOEFL.

Your TOEFL must have been taken within the last two years.

All applicants who graduated from dental school outside of the United States, including U.S. citizens, are required to take the TOEFL. Your TOEFL score report should be submited directly to CAAPID.  

A score of 100 or higher is highly recommended on the Interned Based Exam.

Please link to our additional document requirements on our website at:

https://dental.washington.edu/students/dds-programs/international-dds-program/application-phase/