The following content, including all additional information pages, is provided in English for informational purposes only. The legally binding version is the German text. The language of instruction in the Dentistry program is German.
Welcome to the studies organisation of dentistry
We can help you with any questions you may have about the first stage of your dental training. The preclinical stage of the program lasts four semesters and concludes with the first section of the dental examination (Z1). In addition, before beginning your studies or during breaks in the preclinical stage, you must complete first aid training and one month (30 calendar days) of nursing service.
Information events
The pre-clinical program coordination team offers an information event before the start of the program with general information on how the program is organized.
The event for the 2024/2025 winter semester will take place on September 30, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom.
Introductory event
At the introductory event for dentistry for the first stage of studies, various subjects and departments will be presented and information about the curriculum will be provided.
The event for the 2024/2025 winter semester will take place on October 7, 2024, at 9 a.m. in the large lecture hall of the dental clinic.
Preparatory chemistry course
To help you get started in your first semester and refresh your school knowledge, an introductory chemistry course is usually offered before the start of your studies..
Orientation week
The events offered by the Dentistry Student Council for first-semester students are announced on the Student Council website – Dentistry Student Council Bonn.
BASIS is the central campus management system at the University of Bonn. Here you can find the university's electronic course catalog and, as a student, you can register for courses or print out certificates. In addition, the system is used university-wide for a variety of other processes.
To log in to BASIS, you need your university ID and a password, which you will receive together with your enrollment confirmation.
You must register for all courses requiring enrollment in BASIS in good time; participation is only possible if you register by the deadline!
As a student, you are responsible for ensuring that your course registrations are complete. Therefore, you must check your course registrations under “Belegte Veranstaltungen” (Registered Courses) immediately after registration to ensure that they are complete!
If you have any problems or questions regarding BASIS registration, please contact the pre-clinical program coordinator in good time to ensure that you can register by the deadline.
Registration after the deadline is no longer possible; only compulsory courses that have been registered for may be attended!
The registration window for the coming first semester is: September 10–28, 2024.
The late registration period for first-semester students is from September 29 to October 5, 2024.
The registration windows for higher semesters are in March for the summer semester and in September for the winter semester.
Further information on BASIS can be found at
Nursing service The nursing service as part of the dental medicine program, also known as a nursing internship, covers a period of 30 calendar days. It provides practical training in nursing and is an essential component of dental training. This internship is mandatory for all dental medicine students and is a prerequisite for admission to the first section of the dental examination.
Further information can be found in the information sheet from the State Examination Office.
You can also complete the internship at the UKB.
- The nursing service can be completed either before the start of dental studies (at the earliest after receiving a high school diploma or other university entrance qualification) or during the lecture-free period and during a semester break. Internships completed as part of school education are not recognized.
- The nursing service must be completed before registering for the first section of the dental examination. Time off from classes also includes leave of absence during a semester break, but not individual breaks during regular lecture periods.
- The main objective is to give dental students an insight into the processes, structure, and tasks of nursing. In doing so, they should acquire basic knowledge of nursing practice.
First-Aid course
For all dental students, proof of first aid training is a basic requirement for admission to the first section of the dental examination.
The first aid course must comprise of at least nine teaching units, including both theoretical instruction and practical exercises. This training must be completed before registering for the first section. Proof of completion of first aid training must not be more than three years old at the time of application for admission.
Further information can be found in the information sheet from the State Examination Office.
According to § 13 of the Licensing Regulations for Dentists (ZApprO), first aid training should provide sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills in first aid. Proof of participation in this training must be submitted in the form of a certified copy when registering for the first section of the dental examination.
Most likely, lectures in the 2024/25 winter semester will be held in person in the lecture hall and offered via live broadcast on Zoom.
However, previous semesters have shown that technical problems can repeatedly arise during live broadcasts, which lecturers on site are unable to resolve at short notice. Simultaneous interaction with students in the lecture hall and in the Zoom meeting is also only possible to a limited extent. The Zoom broadcast should therefore be regarded as a non-binding supplement; the focus of the lectures will be on the in-person event in the lecture hall.
If there are persistent problems with the hybrid format for which no solution can be found, it may be necessary to switch to a purely in-person format.
To dial into the webinar, you must use a University of Bonn Zoom account, which you can set up via the free campus license for students at https://uni-bonn.zoom.us.
- all lectures of the 2nd and 4th semester
All lectures in the 2nd and 4th semesters
Webinar ID: 961-4247-3228
Password: Vorklinik
https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/96142473228?pwd=Z1QwaHVldkk3MGUvaGoyT25qQWtwZz09
This means that all lectures from Lecture Hall A can be held with one license:
- 8ct - 9 a.m. Biochemistry (Mon-Fri)
- 9ct - 10 a.m. Anatomy (Mon-Fri)
- 10ct - 11 a.m. Biology (Thu-Fri)
- 11ct - 12 p.m. Neuroanatomy (Mon-Tue)
- 11ct - 12 p.m. Psychology/Sociology (Wed-Fri)
- 12ct -13 p.m. Physiology (Mon-Fri)
This corresponds to the occupancy of Lecture Hall A, where the lectures are heldconsecutively.
- Biology, 1st semester
Webinar-ID: 986-1718-5000
Password: Vorklinik
https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/98617185000?pwd=SFRXSHBHRWZUZ2lQUDllOUdVeHBudz09
This virtual lecture hall is not used during the summer semester
1st Semester WiSe
- Physics for dental students
- Chemistry for dental students
- Biochemistry and molecular biology for students of dentistry
- Biology
- Macroscopic anatomy for students of
dentistry - Professional development
- Medical terminology
- Dental propaedeutics with a
focus on preventive dentistry - Dental propaedeutics with a focus on dental technology
- Elective I*
2nd Semester WiSe
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for Students
of Dentistry - Microscopic Anatomy for Students of
Dentistry - Seminar “Dentist-Patient Communication I”
- Elective I*
3rd Semester WiSe
- Biochemistry and molecular biology for students
of dentistry - Biochemistry
- Macroscopic anatomy for students of
dentistry - Physiology for students of dentistry
- Elective I*
4th Semester WiSe
- Macroscopic anatomy for students of
dentistry - Dental propaedeutics with a
focus on preventive dentistry - Dental propaedeutics with a focus on dental technology
- Elective I*
*The elective can be submitted to the State Examination Office for the “First Section of the Dental Examination” and will be noted accordingly on the Z1 certificate. However, this is not mandatory. At our university, however, it is necessary to complete the Elective I in order to register for an Elective II course in the third section of the program.
Important Links
First-semester students are assigned to a planning group at the beginning of the winter semester. Assignment to a planning group is binding and comes with a fixed timetable for the first four semesters. It is not possible to change planning groups; exceptions may only be made in rare cases, such as caring for sick relatives or childcare, and must be documented in writing.
The Elective I can be taken during the first stage of dental studies. This subject can be submitted to the State Examination Office for the “First Stage of the Dental Examination” and will be noted accordingly on the Z1 certificate. However, this is not mandatory.
At our university, however, it is necessary to successfully complete Elective I in order to register for an Elective II course in the third stage of study. This regulation ensures that students are well prepared.
Students can then register via the BASIS portal. The selection of elective subjects offers a wide range of topics that enable students to tailor their study experience to their individual interests and career goals.
As a rule, elective course I is selected from the list of elective courses offered by the Faculty of Medicine in the electronic course catalog (www.basis.uni-bonn.de). Please make sure that the course you are considering fits into your schedule. Registration takes place online during the registration period, stating your priorities (first choice priority 1, second choice priority 2, third choice priority 3). If you are not allocated a place in one of your chosen elective courses I, you will have the opportunity to re-register for any remaining elective course I places during a short re-registration period. After the course has ended, your performance will be recorded directly by the course instructors in the electronic exam administration system BASIS.
Depending on your personal interests or professional goals, you may also choose a course from another faculty or a language course from the Language Learning Center at the University of Bonn (SLZ) as your elective I. You are responsible for registering and complying with the relevant registration procedures and deadlines. Before the course begins, please send an email requesting approval to include the selected course as an elective I in your dentistry studies (email to Christoph.Cavazzini@ukbonn.de).
If you wish to take an SLZ language course as an elective I, it must be at least level B1 – with the exception of sign language – and must not be your native language. After completing the language course, the Examination Office in the Dean's Office will record your performance (or lack thereof) as an elective I in BASIS.
If you choose a course from another faculty, please first contact the course instructor to clarify the possibility of participation and grading outside your field of study. Then, BEFORE the course begins, submit an informal application for approval as elective I to the Deputy Dean of Studies, PD Dr. Ernst-Heinrich Helfgen (by email to Mr. Cavazzini, see above).
After completion of the course, your exam results will usually be sent directly from the instructor to our Examination Office and entered into BASIS. In exceptional cases, please print out the certificate form for elective subject I, which is available on the pre-clinical website, and have the upper part filled out and stamped by the instructor. Please submit this form, together with a printout of the informal approval, to the Examination Office of the Dean's Office so that the elective subject can be recorded in BASIS.
If dental students have previously studied another subject at a university, a graded transcript may be recognized as an elective subject I under certain circumstances if a connection to the dental program can be demonstrated. If the course is equivalent in terms of form and content, you will be issued with a certificate of equivalence by Dr. Ernst-Heinrich Helfgen, the deputy Dean of Studies. This certificate must be submitted to the State Examination Office for Medicine in Düsseldorf (LPA).
Submit an application to the LPA for recognition of elective I from your previous studies and enclose the certificate of equivalence and the original transcript of records with your application. After receiving the credit transfer notice from the LPA, please submit it by email to the Examination Office of the Dean of Studies so that the recognized elective subject can be entered into BASIS. Keep the original certificate, as it may need to be resubmitted to the LPA when you register for the first section of the dental examination.
For further information, please contact Mr. Christoph Cavazzini (Christoph.Cavazzini@ukbonn.de) from the program management office.
Electives on offer
In November 2019, the Measles Protection Act was passed by the German Bundestag. The law regulates not only compulsory vaccination for kindergarten children and schoolchildren, but also for healthcare workers. This means that students of human medicine and dentistry are also subject to the law.
The aim of the law is to improve individual protection against measles, especially for people who regularly come into contact with others in community and healthcare facilities. In the medium to long term, this will help achieve the WHO's global goal of reducing the incidence of measles.
People who have received two measles vaccinations in their lifetime or who have serologically proven immune protection are considered protected. Since March 1, 2020, the Faculty of Medicine can no longer admit students to certain courses without proof of vaccination or serological immune protection.
Exception: People born before 1971 are not affected by the Measles Protection Act due to presumed natural immunity and do not require certification.
Neither vaccinations nor serological tests can be carried out by the occupational health service. Please contact your family doctor for this. The form to be completed can be found here.
Please send proof of vaccination or serological immunity by email to vorklinik@uni-bonn.de during the first semester.
The measles vaccination is typically covered by health insurace.
Nach § 30 ZApprO wird die Z1 während der vorlesungsfreien Zeit durchgeführt. Das Landesprüfungsamt (LPA) NRW legt die Prüfungstermine in Abstimmung mit der Universität fest. Gemäß § 31 ZApprO werden die Studierenden spätestens fünf Kalendertage vor dem ersten Prüfungstermin über die genauen Termine informiert. Den Antrag auf Zulassung zum Ersten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung im Herbst 2025 und weitere wichtige Formulare finden Sie auf der Hompage des Landesprüfungsamts NRW. Dort finden Sie ebenfalls aktuelle Informationen.
Zu den Formalia der Z1 wird jedes Semester eine Informationsveranstaltung für Studierende angeboten. Der Termin wird rechtzeitig bekanntgegeben.
Mündliche Staatsprüfungen der Zahnmedizin Herbst 2025
Sehr geehrte Studierende,
in den nächsten Wochen finden die mündlichen Prüfungen der Zahnärztlichen Vorprüfung und der Z1–Prüfung (Wiederholer der Z1 vom Frühjahr 2025 und Erstteilnehmer) statt:
Zahnmedizin neue ZApprO: Montag, 08.09. bis Dienstag, 09.09.2025 und
Montag, 15.09. bis Donnerstag, 18.09.2025
Die Prüfungen der Z1, die von den Instituten der Biochemie, Physiologie und Anatomie abgehalten werden (Einzelfächer Wiederholer und Fächergruppen Erstteilnehmer), finden im Lehrgebäude Vorklinik (Gebäude Nr. 386, Nussallee 10, 53115 Bonn) und in den Seminarräumen 1 und 2, Nussallee 11 vom 15.09.2025 bis zum 18.09.2025 statt.
Die Prüflinge sammeln sich spätestens 20 Minuten vor Prüfungsbeginn im Foyer der Neuen Anatomie, Nussallee 10, und werden dort von den Prüfenden abgeholt.
Die Treffpunkte für die übrigen Prüfungsfächer (Zahnmedizinische Propädeutik am 08./09.09.2025) werden im Ladungsschreiben des Landesprüfungsamtes NRW bekanntgegeben.
Zahnmedizin alte ZÄApprO: Montag, 15.09. bis Mittwoch, 17.09.2025
Die Prüfungen der zahnärztlichen Vorprüfung finden in den oben genannten Räumen statt.
Die Prüflinge sammeln sich spätestens 20 Minuten vor Prüfungsbeginn im Foyer der Neuen Anatomie, Nussallee 10, und werden dort von den Prüfenden abgeholt.
Die Zuständigkeit für die Prüfungen liegt grundsätzlich beim Landesprüfungsamt für Medizin, Psychotherapie und Pharmazie, die Medizinische Fakultät ist hier nicht Entscheidungsträger und hat keinen Einfluss darauf, ob das Examen durchgeführt werden kann. Die Verpflichtung der Universität, die Prüfungen durchzuführen, ergibt sich aus der jeweils geltenden Approbationsordnung.
Sie haben die Möglichkeit, am Dienstag, 12.08.2025, Mittwoch, 13.08.2025 (täglich ab 08:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr und ab 12:00 Uhr bis 16:00 Uhr) sowie am Donnerstag, 14.08.2025 ab 08:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr Ihre Kenntnisse im Präpariersaal aufzufrischen. Alle Informationen erhalten Sie auch hier
https://ecampus.uni-bonn.de/goto.php?target=crs_786877_rcodehNBFqChY7B&client_id=ecampus
Im Falle von Verspätungen bei den Prüfungen der Z1 und der zahnärztlichen Vorprüfung, die von den Instituten der Biochemie, Physiologie und Anatomie abgehalten werden, kontaktieren Sie bitte:
- Herrn Dr. Martin Breitbach, Studiengangskoordination Vorklinik, Nussallee 10,
Tel.: 0228-287-53257, E-Mail: martin.breitbach@uni-bonn.de - Frau Katharina Korda-Raiser, Studiengangskoordination Vorklinik, Nussallee10,
Tel.: 0228-287-53261, E-Mail: katharina.korda-raiser@ukbonn.de - Frau Jasmin Kornek, Studiengangskoordination Vorklinik, Nussallee 10,
Tel.: 0228-287-53260, E-Mail: Jasmin.Kornek@ukbonn.de
Bei weiteren Fragen zu den mündlichen Prüfungen der Zahnmedizin kontaktieren Sie bitte:
- Frau Claudia Konrady, Zahnklinik, Wilhelmsplatz 5, 4.Etage, Raum 041
Tel.: 0228-287-22392, E-Mail: Claudia.Konrady@ukbonn.de
Wir wünschen Ihnen viel Erfolg bei Ihrer Prüfung!
Mit besten Grüßen
i.A. Team Studienkoordination Vorklinik
Below you will find an overview of the practical training, courses, and seminars that must be completed before registering for the first section of the dental examination in accordance with § 12, § 20 paragraph 1 sentence 1 number 4 of the dental licensing regulations dated:
I
- Physics for dental students
- Chemistry for dental students
- Biochemistry and molecular biology for dental students
- Macroscopic anatomy for dental students
- Career exploration
- Exercise in medical terminology
- Dental propaedeutics with a focus on preventive dentistry
- Dental propaedeutics with a focus on dental technology
II
- Biochemistry and molecular biology for dental students
- Microscopic anatomy for dental students
- Seminar “Dentist-patient communication I”
III
- Biochemistry and molecular biology for students
of dentistry - Macroscopic anatomy for students of
dentistry - Physiology for students of dentistry
IV
- Macroscopic anatomy for students of
dentistry - Introductory dentistry with a
focus on preventive dentistry - Dental propaedeutics with a focus on dental technology
VI
- Elective *
*The elective can be submitted to the State Examination Office for the “First Section of the Dental Examination” and will be noted accordingly on the Z1 certificate. However, this is not mandatory.
Pre-SciMed is a doctoral preparation program that familiarizes talented medical students at the University of Bonn with clinical and basic scientific research at an early stage. You can only register for Pre-SciMed during the pre-clinical phase of your studies and will gain exciting insights into research methods and topics for a possible future doctoral thesis over two consecutive semesters.
The program consists of
- one lecture in the winter semester and one lecture in the summer semester, in which important molecular biological, physiological, genetic, and biochemical techniques are taught. The lectures take place on Wednesdays from 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (winter semester) and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (summer semester).
- a two-week structured internship during the lecture-free period after the winter semester, in which the knowledge acquired is applied in the laboratory. The internship takes place in the renowned research laboratories of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bonn, which cooperates with Pre-SciMed. Parallel to the internship, there is a seminar in which you will deal with current research questions and prepare your own seminar presentation.
Pre-SciMed is a unique opportunity to get involved in basic clinical research at an early stage and prepare for your doctorate in the best possible way. Register now with Dr. Alexander Flegler (pre-scimed@uni-bonn.de) and become part of Pre-SciMed!
Office Hours
Mo-Do 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr
Room 1G. 14
Nussallee 10, 53115 Bonn
Studies coordination
Office Hours
Mo & Mi 13:00 - 15:00 Uhr
Do & Fr 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr
Room 1G. 14
Nussallee 10, 53115 Bonn
Semester planning
Office hours
Di - Do 9:00 - 12:00 Uhr
Di & Mi 14:30 - 16:30 Uhr
4. OG
Wilhelmsplatz 5, 53111 Bonn
BASIS-Questions
Office Hours
Mo - Do 8:30 - 12:30 Uhr & by appointment
4. OG
Wilhelmsplatz 5, 53111 Bonn
Management of exainations in the first section of dentistry