[5] Dental studies in Tunisia are reserved for a selection of the elites of high school students who have passed their baccalaureate, hence the fact that admission is exclusive to scientific branches having the highest score nationally.

[6][7] Before the inauguration of the faculty of dentistry of Monastir and until the beginning of the 1980s, Tunisian dentists studied in foreign universities, mainly in France.

[11] The inauguration of the faculties of dentistry and pharmacy took place on 20 November 1975 in the presence of President Habib Bourguiba.

[22][23][24] In order to provide a comprehensive training for residents, interns and students in the fourth and fifth grades, they must get through daily clinical traineeship during their studies.

After the six-year basic cycle, students who got their diploma or validated their internship may pass a national residency examination (specialization exam)[26] to register for the third cycle of specialized studies in dentistry and pursue specialization studies either clinical or fundamental These specialties are divided into two major categories:[27][28] Since its inception, the university has been developing exchange agreements and cooperations, given the historical circumstances of its creation, as with the faculties of dental surgery in Marseille, Paris-VII, Bordeaux and Alger.