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Overview
Elevate your dental career with our Advanced Digital Dentistry Master's degree.
On this one-year distance learning course, you'll be taught by experienced researchers as you top-up your existing PgDip (delivered by the Academy of Dental Excellence, or equivalent) to a full Master’s qualification while delving into the world of digital dentistry and your chosen area of interest.
You'll develop advanced clinical skills through a year-long research project and master key research methods – enriching your ability to enhance patient care and conduct in-depth clinical investigations.
When you graduate, you'll be ready to excel in clinical practice, research, education, or further study.
This is a new course and we're finalising the detailed information for this page.
Contact information
Contact AdmissionsEntry requirements
September 2026 start (indicative)
- This course is available to applicants with current registration with the Dental Council, or equivalent professional body to practice dentistry clinically. Students who have previously achieved the PgDip in Advanced Digital Dentistry are able to apply to the MSc to complete the final research year.
Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete. Learn more about our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
If you're applying as an international student with a non-UK degree, you’ll need to show you meet the UK entry requirements listed above.
To find out if your non-UK degree or other qualification is accepted, please visit our page for your country and view the UK equivalent of your qualification.
- English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
You do not need an IELTS or equivalent certification if:
- you have a UK degree
- you have a degree from a majority English speaking country (not taught by Distance Learning)
- you are a national of a majority English speaking country
Degrees taught solely in English from non-majority English speaking countries will be considered on a case by case basis. Find out more about our English language requirements.
If you do not meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
Modules
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits.
You need to study modules worth a total of 180 credits. For example, 4 modules worth 30 credits and 1 module worth 60 credits.
Module studied (indicative)
Core modules in this year include:
- The Advanced Research Project – 60 credits
There are no optional modules in this year.
Changes to course content
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.
Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
Course costs and funding
Tuition fees (September 2026 start)
Note these fees are based on courses starting in 2024. We'll confirm 2026 fees here soon.
Apply
Start this course in September 2026
After you apply
Once we receive your application, we may ask you for further information. We will then either make you an offer or suggest alternatives if your application is unsuccessful.
You'll usually get a decision within 10 working days, so you shouldn't have to wait too long. Some courses have an interview stage – we'll let you know if you need to prepare for one.
Learn more about how we assess your application.
Admissions terms and conditions
When you accept an offer to study at the University of Portsmouth, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.
Finalising this course
All our courses go through a rigorous approval process to make sure they’re of the highest quality. This includes a review by a panel of experts, made up of academic staff and an external academic or professional with specialist knowledge.
This course is in the final stages of this process and is open for applications. If any details of the course or its approval status change after you apply, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and will be here to discuss your options with you.