The Pre-Dental Program is a seven year combined B.S., D.M.D. program designed to provide the applicant dual acceptance into the University of West Florida and the University of Florida College of Dentistry near the time of initial matriculation in college. Prerequisite courses to meet the departmental Baccalaureate degree requirements and the College of Dentistry's admission requirements are completed during the first three years. Credits from the basic science portion of the Dental Program are transferred back to the University of West Florida to complete the bachelor's degree requirements. Approved students spend three or four years at the University of West Florida and then attend the University of Florida Dental School until the D.M.D. is awarded. Undergraduate majors in Biology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, and Sciences Interdisciplinary have been developed.

The early admissions program is one that allows provisional acceptance into the University of Florida College of Dentistry to outstanding high school students at the time they are entering college.

1. Students apply to the University of West Florida during the senior year of high school.
2. Students apply for the Joint Program by July 1.
3. Candidates who meet the criteria of the Dental School Admissions Committee are interviewed at the College of Dentistry during the Fall term.
4. Provisional acceptance into the program is offered in the middle of January, after fall grades are evaluated.

The early acceptance program is one that allows provisional acceptance into the University of Florida College of Dentistry to outstanding lower division students at the University of West Florida.

1. Students matriculate at the University of West Florida.
2. Students must apply to the University of Florida College of Dentistry by October 1 of their sophomore year. At the time of application, they must have taken and/or be registered for enough science and mathematics courses to enable them to complete the joint program by the end of the junior year.
3. Students are interviewed in mid-January by members of the College of Dentistry Admissions Committee.
4. Provisional acceptance into the program is offered after the interview and all college grades are evaluated.