Queen Mary (QMUL)
London
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- Location
- London, UK
- A-Level offer
- A*AA at A-level (offer and prediction) — single sitting, no more than 2 years. UCAS Tariff minimum 152 (A*AA delivers this).
- TrueScoreTrueScore is our prediction of the UCAT score required to be invited to interview at this school for the upcoming cycle. Built from multi-year FOI data and applicant trends. Click any badge to see the full breakdown.
- Queen Mary (QMUL) TrueScore 2210
- UCAT home cut-off
- Expressed as a decile, not a raw score: applications below the fourth decile of the total UCAT do not pass first shortlisting, and clearing it guarantees nothing.
- Interview format
- Online panel interview: two senior staff, a dental student and sometimes a lay selector
- Post-interview chance
- 2025 - All applicants: 182/267 = 68%. Overseas: 13/22 = 59%.
- Decision date
- Spring
- A-Level offer
- A*AA at A-level (offer and prediction) — single sitting, no more than 2 years. UCAS Tariff minimum 152 (A*AA delivers this).
- Contextual A-Level offer
- Reduced offer available for East London / contextual applicants
- Required A-Level subjects
- Biology or Chemistry required, plus a second science from Chemistry / Biology / Physics / Mathematics
- A-Level resit policy
- Resits only with extenuating circumstances falling under the Equality and Diversity Act 2010
- GCSE requirements
- Six GCSEs at grade 7,7,7,6,6,6 (777666) or above, must include Mathematics, English Language or Literature, Biology and Chemistry (or Double Science). GCSEs are not required for graduate applicants.
- GCSE scoring methodology
- Used as minimum threshold once met — UCAT and UCAS tariff drive the ranking. No longer at a 50:50 UCAS:UCAT weighting.
- Scottish Highers
- AAA at Higher
- Scottish Advanced Highers
- AA at Advanced Higher
- International Baccalaureate
- 37 points overall, 666 at Higher Level including Chemistry or Biology, plus one further science from Chemistry / Biology / Physics / Mathematics
- Graduate-entry degree requirement
- 2:1 (Upper-second-class Honours) or above. Graduate qualifications scored via QMUL's internal Academic Points system (50/50 UCAT:Academic Points). No GCSE requirement for graduates.
- Alternative qualifications
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- Contextual cut-off
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- Scottish (where applicable)
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- Rest of UK (where applicable)
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- International cut-off
- -
- Graduate cut-off
- -
- SJT band
- Band 4 automatically rejected. Used post-interview in offer-making (likely minimal weighting).
- UCAT notes
- Queen Mary states that thresholds cannot be predicted for any individual year, nor derived from previous years - which is why the bar is published as a decile rather than a score. Applicants above the…
- Degree awarded
- BDS
- Course length
- 5 years
- Teaching style
- Integrated
- Anatomy teaching
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- First patient contact
- Year 1
- Placement geography
- East London
- Named placement sites
- The Royal London Dental Hospital, Whitechapel, Barkantine Dental Outreach Centre, Isle of Dogs, Sir Ludwig Guttmann Centre, Stratford, Kenworthy Road Dental Clinic, Hackney
- Intercalation
- Optional. Students who have passed all years to date can apply for an intercalated BSc after year 2, 3 or 4, or an intercalated MSc after year 3 or 4.
- Course highlight
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- Interview window
- January – February
- Interview details
- Online panel interview, typically with two senior academic or clinical staff, a dental student and sometimes a lay selector. Split into two parts: (1) questions based on an article given 2 weeks prior…
- Specialities
- Dentistry (BDS)
- Established
- 1843
- Course type
- Undergraduate
- What makes it different
- Queen Mary applies a fourth-decile minimum on the total UCAT: below it an application does not pass first shortlisting, and clearing it guarantees nothing. The bar is published as a decile rather than…
- Official course page
- https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2026/dentistry/