BA/BS in Dental Hygiene is a bachelor's degree in Dentistry programme taught at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. The programme runs for 2.5 years.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Dentistry
Duration: 2.5 years
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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The Bachelor of Dental Hygiene is an entry-to-practice undergraduate program offered by Dalhousie's Faculty of Dentistry in Halifax, delivered in person with a September start and completed in two to three years. The curriculum combines classroom coursework with clinical practice in the Faculty's dental clinic, including training in digital patient health records and other technology used in hygiene practice. An Honours option has existed alongside the standard degree for students interested in alternative clinical practice settings, research, or teaching, though the page notes that admission to the Honours stream has been suspended ahead of its planned discontinuation. The standard program is offered full-time, while the Honours option has also been offered part-time. Graduates become eligible for licensure as dental hygienists in Canada, the United States, and Australia, and can pursue roles such as clinical hygienist, health educator, policy advisor, or oral health researcher. The program suits students seeking hands-on clinical training toward a regulated allied dental health career, and the Faculty directs admission questions to its dentistry admissions office.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (Honours) programme page states that admissions are suspended for the 2026-27 cycle and that the School of Dental Hygiene will not accept applications for that intake. The page does not publish its own prerequisite courses, minimum average, GPA, or English-language test score; it instead directs applicants to the 'Program Specific Admission Requirements' section of Dalhousie's Academic Calendar, which was itself only reachable as a navigation stub without the underlying detail, and to the Faculty of Dentistry admissions office ([email protected], 902-494-2824) for current information. No portfolio, interview, or other non-academic requirement is stated on the page.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Dalhousie's live Dates and Deadlines page still shows the September 2026 entry cycle as of mid-September 2026, not the 2027 cycle. For that cycle, Bachelor of Science (Nursing), Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) and Bachelor of Social Work close February 15, 2026; the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (Architecture) closes March 1, 2026; and the Health Sciences post-diploma option closes June 15, 2026. All other undergraduate programmes are considered on a rolling, space-available basis for both domestic and international applicants, with no separate international closing date published; May 15, 2026 is only the deposit and English-proficiency deadline, not an application deadline. Dalhousie has not yet published September 2027 entry dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
