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Dental schools total: New Zealand, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
New Zealand had 1 dental school in 2025, according to Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25. Basis: registered.
Comparability A Confidence high
Cite this
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho). (2026). Dental schools total: New Zealand, as of 2025-03-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dental-schools-total/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 1 schools
- Unit
- schools
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) University of Otago Accreditation 31/12/2029
Locator: p.19, table "Accreditation status of New Zealand-accredited oral health programmes as at 31 March 2025"
Local definition
Providers of a Dental Council-accredited programme leading to registration as a dentist
Source
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho): Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025). Registry entry: nz-dcnz-annual-report-2025.
Notes
Derived: the only dentist-qualifying programme (BDS and BDS Honours) is at the University of Otago. Auckland University of Technology offers oral health (not dentistry).
Metric definition
Number of dental schools / faculties granting a first dental degree (DDS/DMD/BDS equivalent) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 schools | registered | Comparability A | Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025) |
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