diff --git a/Mathlib.lean b/Mathlib.lean
index bb572a5a061e4f..0275937e64bb5b 100644
--- a/Mathlib.lean
+++ b/Mathlib.lean
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.AffineSpace
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.AffineTransitionLimit
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.AlgClosed.Basic
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.Artinian
+public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.Birational.Dominant
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.Birational.RationalMap
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.ColimitsOver
 public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.Cover.Directed
diff --git a/Mathlib/AlgebraicGeometry/Birational/Dominant.lean b/Mathlib/AlgebraicGeometry/Birational/Dominant.lean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..51b3684889c0f1
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+++ b/Mathlib/AlgebraicGeometry/Birational/Dominant.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Justus Springer. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Justus Springer
+-/
+module
+
+public import Mathlib.AlgebraicGeometry.Birational.RationalMap
+/-!
+
+# Dominant rational maps
+
+This file defines `RationalMap.IsDominant` and establishes its connection to
+`IsDominant` on the underlying partial maps.
+
+## Main definition
+
+- `Scheme.RationalMap.IsDominant`: a rational map is dominant if some (equivalently, any)
+  representative partial map has dominant underlying morphism.
+
+-/
+
+@[expose] public section
+
+universe u
+
+open CategoryTheory
+
+namespace AlgebraicGeometry
+
+variable {X Y : Scheme.{u}}
+
+namespace Scheme
+
+namespace PartialMap
+
+/-- Restricting a dominant partial map to a dense open yields a dominant partial map. -/
+lemma isDominant_restrict_hom (f : X.PartialMap Y) [IsDominant f.hom] (U : X.Opens)
+    (hU : Dense (U : Set X)) (hU' : U ≤ f.domain) : IsDominant (f.restrict U hU hU').hom := by
+  dsimp only [restrict_domain, restrict_hom]
+  have : IsDominant (X.homOfLE hU') := Opens.isDominant_homOfLE hU hU'
+  rwa [IsDominant.comp_iff]
+
+/-- If a restriction of `f` is dominant, then `f` is dominant. -/
+lemma isDominant_hom_of_isDominant_restrict_hom (f : X.PartialMap Y) (U : X.Opens)
+    (hU : Dense (U : Set X)) (hU' : U ≤ f.domain) [H : IsDominant (f.restrict U hU hU').hom] :
+    IsDominant f.hom :=
+  IsDominant.of_comp (X.homOfLE hU') f.hom (H := H)
+
+/-- `f.hom` is dominant iff any restriction of `f` is. -/
+lemma isDominant_hom_iff_isDominant_restrict_hom (f : X.PartialMap Y) (U : X.Opens)
+    (hU : Dense (U : Set X)) (hU' : U ≤ f.domain) :
+    IsDominant f.hom ↔ IsDominant (f.restrict U hU hU').hom :=
+  ⟨fun _ ↦ f.isDominant_restrict_hom U hU hU',
+    fun _ ↦ f.isDominant_hom_of_isDominant_restrict_hom U hU hU'⟩
+
+/-- Dominance of the underlying morphism is invariant under equivalence of partial maps. -/
+lemma isDominant_hom_iff_of_equiv (f g : X.PartialMap Y) (h : f.equiv g) :
+    IsDominant f.hom ↔ IsDominant g.hom := by
+  obtain ⟨W, hW, hWl, hWr, h⟩ := h
+  have e₁ := isDominant_hom_iff_isDominant_restrict_hom f W hW hWl
+  have e₂ := isDominant_hom_iff_isDominant_restrict_hom g W hW hWr
+  dsimp only [restrict_domain, restrict_hom] at ⊢ e₁ e₂ h
+  rw [e₁, h, ← e₂]
+
+end PartialMap
+
+/-- A rational map is dominant if some (equivalently, any) representative partial map has
+dominant underlying morphism. -/
+@[mk_iff, stacks 0A1Z]
+protected class RationalMap.IsDominant (f : X ⤏ Y) : Prop where
+  out : Quotient.liftOn f (fun g ↦ IsDominant g.hom) <| fun _ _ h ↦
+    propext (PartialMap.isDominant_hom_iff_of_equiv _ _ h)
+
+@[simp]
+lemma PartialMap.isDominant_toRationalMap_iff (f : X.PartialMap Y) :
+    f.toRationalMap.IsDominant ↔ IsDominant f.hom :=
+  f.toRationalMap.isDominant_iff
+
+instance (f : X.PartialMap Y) [IsDominant f.hom] :
+    f.toRationalMap.IsDominant := by
+  rwa [f.isDominant_toRationalMap_iff]
+
+instance (f : X ⤏ Y) [f.IsDominant] :
+    IsDominant f.representative.hom := by
+  rwa [← f.representative.isDominant_toRationalMap_iff, f.toRationalMap_representative]
+
+end Scheme
+
+end AlgebraicGeometry