UK Dental Schools - Entry Requirements & Interview Formats
Browse every UK dental school. See entry requirements, UCAT cut-offs, interview formats and decision dates - updated for 2026/2027 entry.
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Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham's dental school runs a 5-10 station MMI with variable-length stations and offers a current-student tour as part of the day itself.
Bristol
Bristol
High-UCAT dental school in the South West with strong clinical training and creative pre-interview tasks.
Cardiff
Cardiff
Wales-based dental school with a GCSE-driven scoring system and an MMI mapped to GDC professional attributes.
Dundee
Dundee
Dundee weights academic and UCAT 60/40 for school leavers, with an MMI that drills deeply into personal-statement specifics.
Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow's dental school runs an MMI circuit, with reflection on experience prized over rehearsed answers.
King's College London (KCL)
London
London-based dental institute with a heavily weighted GCSE and contextual-points scoring system, plus combined undergraduate and graduate-entry routes.
Leeds
Leeds
Leeds runs a 5-station virtual MMI for dentistry, with NHS dental challenges featuring prominently in scenario stations.
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool-based dental school with one of the longest MMI formats in the UK and a non-academic information form replacing some personal-statement weighting.
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester dental school with a holistic assessment philosophy: applicants below the UCAT threshold are still considered if other factors compensate.
Newcastle
Newcastle
Newcastle-based dental school with a panel interview, generous contextual partners scheme, and a strong work-experience expectation.
Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth makes interview-score-based offers, ignoring both personal statement and work experience in shortlisting decisions.
Queen Mary (QMUL)
London
Barts and The London-based dental institute with a unique two-part interview (article + personal qualities) and a 4th-decile UCAT minimum.
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
Northern-Ireland dental school with a points-based scoring system tolerant of lower UCAT deciles, given strong GCSEs.
Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield's dental school applies the UK's tightest SJT bar - band 1 or 2 only - alongside a top-25-percentile UCAT requirement.
Campus photo credits
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- Birmingham: photograph by mattbuck — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol: photograph by Suicasmo — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff: photograph by Jeremy Segrott (from Cardiff, Wales, UK) / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dundee: photograph by Ydam / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow: photograph by Clem_nat — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- King's College London (KCL): photograph by K Ulysses-Ono — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds: photograph by Chemical Engineer / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Liverpool: photograph by Rodhullandemu / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester: photograph by Happytree9527 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle: photograph by Sarah Cossom — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth: photograph by Mutney — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Queen Mary (QMUL): photograph by Paul the Archivist — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's University Belfast: photograph by Nick Birse — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sheffield: photograph by Chanpeter — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entry guides: how to get into each dental school (16)
Grades, admissions test cut-offs, interview format and a realistic chances read for every school, one guide each.
- How to get into Aberdeen (Graduate Dentistry)
- How to get into Birmingham
- How to get into Bristol
- How to get into Cardiff
- How to get into Dundee
- How to get into Glasgow
- How to get into King's College London (KCL)
- How to get into Leeds
- How to get into Liverpool
- How to get into Manchester
- How to get into Newcastle
- How to get into Plymouth
- How to get into Queen Mary (QMUL)
- How to get into Queen's University Belfast
- How to get into Sheffield
- How to get into UCLan (Graduate Dentistry)
Graduate-Entry Dental Routes
These programmes are designed for graduates and have different selection processes.
Aberdeen (Graduate Dentistry)
Aberdeen
Graduate-entry-only dental programme at Aberdeen - biosciences/allied healthcare 2:1 minimum, 90-minute MMI, offers on interview performance only.
UCLan (Graduate Dentistry)
Preston
Preston-based graduate-entry dental programme. Biomedical 2:1 minimum, GCSE English & maths grade B, CCC at A-level including 2 from biology/physics/chemistry/maths.
Browse by region
Regional hubs gather every dental school in one nation with funding rules, regional context and direct links to each school detail page.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about UK dental school applications.
What each dentistry course is like
Teaching style, course length, anatomy teaching and where the placements are, one course profile per school (16), taken from each university’s own course pages.
- Aberdeen (Graduate Dentistry) dentistry courseIntegrated · 4 years (graduate entry, direct into year 2) · BDS
- Birmingham dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Bristol dentistry courseSpiral · 5 years · BDS
- Cardiff dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Dundee dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Glasgow dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- King's College London (KCL) dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Leeds dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BChD
- Liverpool dentistry courseEnquiry-based learning · 5 years · BDS
- Manchester dentistry courseEnquiry-based learning + Team-based learning · 5 years · BDS
- Newcastle dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Plymouth dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Queen Mary (QMUL) dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Queen's University Belfast dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- Sheffield dentistry courseIntegrated · 5 years · BDS
- UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) dentistry courseIntegrated · 4 years (graduate entry, direct into 2nd BDS) · BDS
Choosing where to apply
- Dentistry interview questionsReal UK dental school interview questions by category, with tips from our tutors on each.
- Where to apply for dentistryTurn your UCAT score and grades into four realistic dentistry choices.
- UK dental school rankingsEvery UK dental school scored out of 100, with post-interview success rates.