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2025 - 2026 International Dentist Program (IDP) Application Timeline

Application Timeline
MARCH 2025


Applications Open
JUNE 15 2025
Applications Close/Bench Test and Interview Offers Begin
JULY 2025

Bench Test and Interview Offers
AUGUST 2025

Bench Test and Interviews Begin
SEPTEMBER 2025
Bench Test and Interviews Conclude
OCTOBER 2025

Decision Notifications Begin
SPRING 2026

Decision Notifications Conclude

March 6, 2025 - IDP Application Opens

  • Applicants can begin applying for the summer 2026 University at Buffalo International Dentist Program.
  • Our admissions committee reviews completed applications in the order in which they are received. 
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June 15, 2025 - IDP Application Deadline

  • June 15, 2025 is the deadline for a completed application.
  • All application materials MUST be completed and submitted in the CAAPID portal by June 15, 2025. 
  • This includes having your official TOEFL and NBDE reflected in the CAAPID portal.
IMPORTANT
  • Please do not wait until the last few days prior June 15, 2025 to begin and submit your IDP application as all documents must be in your CAAPID portal by our deadline. 
    • No exceptions will be made. 

July through August 2025 - Bench Test and Interview Offers

  • The IDP Admissions Committee will send bench test and interview offers throughout July and August 2025, or until all of our spots have been filled
  • Candidates selected to bench interview and interview will be notified via the e-mail indicated in their CAAPID portal. 
IMPORTANT
  • Unlike completed application reviews, bench test and interview offers are not necessarily made in the same order in which applications were received.
  • In other words, an applicant who applied in June 2025, might receive a bench test and interview offer before a candidate who applied in March 2025.
  • The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine no longer offers the Bench Test Preparatory Course. 

September 2025 - Bench Test & Interviews take place

  • Only invited candidates participate in the bench test and interview process. Additional informaiton will provided to selected candidates.  
  • All bench test and interviews will take place in-person at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. 
IMPORTANT
  • Once the IDP Admissions Committee has offiically completed sending out bench test and interview offers, all candidates who were not invited to participate will receive notificaiton via their CAAPID e-mail . 

October 2025 - IDP Admission Offers Begin

  • Those candidates who bench test and interview will receive admission decision notification. 
  • Additional information will be provided to these candidates.  

Spring 2026 - IDP Admission Offers Conclude

  • The IDP Admissions Committee will continue communicating admission decisions to those students who bench tested and interviewed. 
  • Additional information will be provided to these candidates.  

CONTACT OUR IDP ADMISSIONS OFFICE

  • IDP Admissions
    School of Dental Medicine
    315 Squire Hall
    University at Buffalo
    Buffalo, NY  14214