2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Griffith University School of Medicine and Dentistry in Gold Coast, QLD runs a school-leaver dentistry program for 2027 entry. Admission tests listed: UCAT-ANZ. Published hurdles: UCAT-ANZ — No Tier-1 source supports the "~78th percentile" or "90th+ percentile" figures, so both are dropped. Griffith Dental holds multiple mini interviews (MMI): 23–27 November 2026 (2027-entry cycle). Decisions for 2027 entry: January 2027.
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Step-by-step: entry requirements, admission-test prep, personal statement, interview format and the key deadlines.
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Read the guide →Integrated, 5 years (undergraduate entry), placements in the Gold Coast, wider Queensland and northern New South Wales.
See the course →Griffith's integrated dental pathway — 3-year Bachelor of Dental Health Science (BDHS) into a 2-year Master of Dentistry (MDent) — is anchored on the Gold Coast (Southport) campus at the Griffith Health Centre, with clinical training in the 117-chair Griffith University Dental Clinic and placements in private practices across metropolitan, regional and rural Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Griffith offers a single integrated dental pathway: 3-year Bachelor of Dental Health Science (BDHS, program 1577) → 2-year Master of Dentistry (MDent, program 5703). There is no direct-entry BDS and no DMD. Co-located with Gold Coast University Hospital and the Griffith Health Centre 117-chair dental clinic.
Selection is a combined weighted score of academic attainment + UCAT ANZ + the GUDAP interview, and QTAC confirms Griffith's Guaranteed Admission Schemes do not apply to this program — QTAC publishes no ATAR/selection-rank profile or minimum threshold for this course, so no ATAR floor can be quoted.
Integrated curriculum. Integrated pathway: 3-year Bachelor of Dental Health Science (BDHS, 1577) → 2-year Master of Dentistry (MDent, 5703). No direct-entry BDS or DMD.
Both programs are anchored at the Gold Coast (Southport) campus and the Griffith Health Centre 117-chair dental clinic; BDHS students complete 270 clinical hours over 30 weeks in the Griffith University Dental Clinic, and MDent adds 900 hours in that clinic plus 336 hours on placement in private practices across metropolitan, regional and rural Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Griffith describes progression as provisional, "seamless" entry: successful completion of the BDHS gains entry to the MDent, but professional-practice requirements (immunisations and health tests, licences and certificates, Blue Card and police check) must be met before commencing, and students may not take more than one year's leave between the two programs.
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Format: GUDAP — Griffith University Dental Admissions Process (recorded, asynchronous multi-scenario online interview via SAMMI; no live interviewer)
Griffith uses GUDAP — a recorded, asynchronous multi-scenario interview delivered online through the SAMMI platform. You are shown a scenario and invited to respond to a question (or questions) on it, recording a spoken answer; there is no live interviewer.
Allow about an hour, including sound and Wi-Fi checks and uploading your responses, and complete it in one uninterrupted sitting at a time you choose inside the window: 9am Monday 23 to 5pm Friday 27 November 2026 for 2027 entry (the 2026-entry window ran 20–25 November 2025).
Candidates must return a signed Letter of Confidentiality and photo ID by 11:59pm Wednesday 21 October 2026 (AEST) or the invitation is withdrawn. Griffith lists the qualities it rates as desirable — good communication skills, an empathetic and ethical approach, a reflective manner, problem-solving skills, and teamwork and decision-making skills — but does not publish a number of stations.
Around 300 candidates are interviewed. Invitations are issued on UCAT ANZ Total Score alone; the final rank is a combined weighted score of academic attainment + UCAT ANZ + GUDAP, and Griffith does not disclose the weights.
QTAC: 125 students admitted to BDHS for Trimester 1 2026, of whom 52 (41.6%) were international. BDHS → Master of Dentistry integrated pathway (3+2 years).
Griffith University School of Medicine and Dentistry was founded in 2004 and is based in Gold Coast.
Programmes offered:
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Try the AI interviewer| Entry pathway | Undergraduate (school-leaver) entry |
|---|---|
| UCAT-ANZ | No Tier-1 source supports the "~78th percentile" or "90th+ percentile" figures, so both are dropped |
| Interview format | Multiple mini interviews (MMI) |
| Intake | QTAC: 125 students admitted to BDHS for Trimester 1 2026, of whom 52 (41.6%) were international |
| Decisions (2027 entry) | January 2027 |
| Admission overview | BDHS selection is a combined weighted score of three components — academic attainment, UCAT ANZ and the GUDAP interview — with invitations to GUDAP issued on UCAT ANZ Total Score alone. Griffith publishes no ATAR or selection-rank threshold, and QTAC states that Griffith's Guaranteed Admission Schemes do not apply to this program. English plus one of Biology / Chemistry / Physics / Maths Methods (Units 3/4, C) is ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE, not a prerequisite — Griffith's degree page lists prerequisites as "NIL" and QTAC's Prerequisites field names only the minimum age requirement and the interview. BDHS is the entry point; the 2-year Master of Dentistry (5703) is the continuation. No direct-entry BDS or DMD. |
|---|---|
| ATAR | Griffith publishes no ATAR or selection-rank threshold for BDHS. QTAC renders both the "Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank)" and "ATAR/Selection Rank profile" sections for Trimester 1 2026 with no values, and records 0 recent-secondary students admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/rank and 0 admitted where ATAR/rank plus additional criteria were considered — so neither a floor nor a median ATAR can be quoted. Academic attainment is only one weighted component alongside UCAT ANZ and GUDAP. |
| Contextual ATAR | Griffith University Rural Priority Access Scheme (GURPAS) sets aside Commonwealth Supported Places in BDHS for rural applicants — it reserves places rather than applying an ATAR adjustment. Eligibility: five consecutive years, or ten cumulative years since birth, lived in an MM 2–7 area (2023 Modified Monash Model); boarding-school students may use the family address. Evidence is uploaded to QTAC by 30 September (30 September 2026 for Trimester 1, 2027 admission). The number of places reserved is not published. |
| UCAT-ANZ | No discrete numerical cut-off published by Griffith — UCAT ANZ Total Score alone decides who is invited to GUDAP. No Tier-1 source supports the "~78th percentile" or "90th+ percentile" figures, so both are dropped. For scale only, the official UCAT ANZ 2026 distribution (17,341 candidates, three cognitive subtests scored out of 2700) has a mean total cognitive score of 1,964, a median of 1,950 and a 9th decile of 2,340. Scores from the 2022–2024 sittings were on the retired /3600 four-subtest scale (2024 mean 2,588) and cannot be converted to the current scale. |
| Place types | QTAC student profile, Trimester 1 2026 intake: 125 students admitted in total — 52 (41.6%) international, 42 (33.6%) higher-education background, 0 VET, and fewer than 5 from work and life experience. Among recent secondary students, 0 were admitted solely on ATAR/rank and 0 where ATAR/rank plus additional criteria were considered; the "other criteria only" cell is withheld (N/P) under QTAC's rule hiding figures that would allow back-calculation of a cell of fewer than 5 students. Domestic places are Commonwealth Supported, with a proportion set aside under the Rural Priority Access Scheme. QTAC lists the first-year student contribution as CSP/$11,000 for the March 2027 start; international tuition is $74,000 per year in 2027 ($71,000 in 2026). |
| Indigenous pathway | First Peoples Health Pathway — applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander on their QTAC application and preference the program by 30 September may be considered for admission via this pathway. Griffith does not publish a separate interview format or academic weighting for the dentistry pathway. |
| Bonded / rural | Rural entry is via the Griffith University Rural Priority Access Scheme — reserved Commonwealth Supported Places for MM 2–7 applicants, with proof of residence lodged through QTAC by 30 September; the number reserved is not published. There is no bonded place: the Commonwealth Bonded Medical Program applies to medical courses only, so BDHS carries no return-of-service obligation. |
| Specialities offered | General Dental Practice, Oral Health Therapy, Rural Dentistry, Public Dental Health |
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| Format | GUDAP — Griffith University Dental Admissions Process (recorded, asynchronous multi-scenario online interview via SAMMI; no live interviewer) |
|---|---|
| Interview window (2027 entry) | 23–27 November 2026 (2027-entry cycle) |
| Decision date (2027 entry) | January 2027 |
| Post-interview chances | Not published. For scale only: Griffith interviews around 300 candidates, and QTAC records 125 BDHS admissions for Trimester 1 2026, of whom 52 were international and 42 came from a higher-education background. These are not comparable populations and must not be divided into an interview-to-offer conversion rate. |
Griffith's Griffith's only dental entry is BDHS → Master of Dentistry (5-year integrated pathway) — there is no direct-entry BDS and no DMD. Treat any "ATAR cut-off" quoted for Griffith Dental with suspicion: QTAC publishes no ATAR/selection-rank profile or minimum threshold for this course, and for Trimester 1 2026 recorded no recent school leaver admitted on the basis of ATAR/rank. Academic attainment still counts — it is one of the three weighted components in the final rank — but UCAT ANZ Total Score is the only thing that earns an interview invitation, so UCAT prep is the single highest-leverage activity. GUDAP is a recorded, asynchronous interview via SAMMI with no live interviewer: you are given a scenario and record your spoken answer, in one uninterrupted sitting of about an hour. Rehearse to camera, watch the clock, and set the room up exactly as Griffith specifies — plain non-virtual background, desk clear of notes, hands visible, and a mirror behind you so assessors can see your screen.
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