Australian Dental Schools - GAMSAT, UCAT-ANZ, ATAR & Interview Guides
Browse every Australian dental school. See GAMSAT / UCAT-ANZ thresholds, ATAR cut-offs, MMI and panel formats, CSP / BMP place counts and indigenous pathways for all 10 programs.
Adelaide Dental
Adelaide
Adelaide delivers South Australia's only dental program — a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) anchored at the Adelaide Dental Hospital. From January 2026, Adelaide merges with UniSA to form "Adelaide University".
Charles Sturt Dental
Orange
Charles Sturt's 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS) trains dentists for rural and regional NSW, with placements anchored at Orange and Wagga Wagga, distinguished by the strongest rural-focused dental program in Australia.
Curtin Oral Health Therapy
Bentley
Curtin's Bachelor of Science (Oral Health Therapy) is a 3-year qualification registering graduates as Oral Health Therapists — NOT general dentists (the scope of practice differs from a BDS/DMD). The program serves outer-metropolitan Perth and rural WA public dental workforce needs.
Griffith Dental
Gold Coast
Griffith's integrated dental pathway — 3-year Bachelor of Dental Health Science (BDHS) into a 2-year graduate Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD) — is anchored on the Gold Coast (Southport) campus at the Griffith Health Centre, with clinical placements across Gold Coast Health, Logan, and rural Queensland.
JCU Dental
Cairns
JCU Dental's 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) trains dentists for tropical, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across northern Australia, anchored at the Cairns Smithfield campus with placements across Townsville, Mount Isa, and Thursday Island, distinguished by a no-aptitude-test selection model and a tropical/rural workforce mission.
La Trobe Dental
Bendigo
La Trobe's 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours) is the sole campus for the degree at Bendigo, distinguished by ATAR-only selection at Year 12, no UCAT requirement for school-leavers, and a Regional Benefits Program ATAR floor of 85 for rural applicants.
Melbourne Dental
Carlton
Melbourne delivers a 4-year graduate Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) co-located with the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, distinguished by historic depth (est. 1897), Australia's largest public dental teaching hospital, and deep research integration through the Melbourne Dental School.
Sydney Dental
Sydney
Sydney's 4-year graduate Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) is anchored at Sydney Dental Hospital (Surry Hills) and Westmead Centre for Oral Health, with rural placements across Lismore, Dubbo, and Wagga Wagga, distinguished by research integration and the strongest hospital-based teaching network of any AU dental program.
UQ Dental
St Lucia
UQ's 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Science (Hons) (BDSc) is co-located with the Oral Health Centre at Herston, distinguished by the most ATAR-competitive dental program in Australia and a no-interview UCAT-ranked selection model.
UWA Dental
Crawley
UWA delivers Western Australia's only graduate-entry 4-year Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), anchored at the Oral Health Centre of WA on the Crawley campus, with rural placements across the South West and Goldfields, distinguished by hospital-integrated training and a strong Aboriginal Health pathway.
Browse by state
State hubs group every Australian dental school by jurisdiction - NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA - with state-specific entry context and direct links to each school detail page.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Australian dental school applications.
- How many dental schools are there in the UK? +
- There are 16 UK dental school routes for 2026/2027 entry: 14 undergraduate (5-year BDS) programmes plus 2 graduate-entry routes (Aberdeen, UCLan). Smaller cohorts than medicine make dental shortlisting unusually tight.
- Is dentistry harder to get into than medicine? +
- Dentistry tends to be more competitive on a places-to-applicant basis at most schools - smaller cohorts (~70-90 places vs 200-300 for medicine) mean each interview slot is harder to win. UCAT thresholds are broadly comparable to medicine at the same university.
- What UCAT score do I need for dentistry? +
- Most UK dental schools want UCAT 2400+ /2700 for Home applicants; the most competitive London and Scottish schools push higher. Cut-offs vary by tier (Home, Contextual, Scottish, RUK, International) and shift cycle-to-cycle. Each school detail page shows the latest documented threshold.
- Which UK dental schools accept graduate applicants? +
- Most undergraduate BDS routes consider graduates alongside school-leavers. Aberdeen and UCLan run dedicated graduate-entry BDS programmes (4-year accelerated). King's College London, Glasgow, and several others have explicit graduate-entry pathways within the 5-year BDS.
- How do I choose between UK dental schools? +
- Three core factors: UCAT score (some schools weight it more heavily), GCSE / A-level academic profile, and interview style preference (MMI vs panel). Then layer on location, the city's cost of living, and where you want to do Dental Foundation Training afterwards.
- When do UK dental school interviews happen? +
- Most UK dental schools interview between December and February, with offers issued through March and into April. Some schools run rolling offers, others batch decisions. The decision date row on each school detail page shows the most recent timeline.