Dental schools inScotland
Scotland has two undergraduate dental schools - Dundee and Glasgow - plus a four-year graduate-entry route at Aberdeen. Scotland's dental schools are highly competitive and selection algorithms favour Scottish-domiciled applicants funded by SAAS. Cohorts are small (typically 70-90 places per year), making interview shortlisting unusually tight, and UCAT remains the dominant pre-interview signal at both Dundee and Glasgow.
Studying dentistry in Scotland
As with medicine, Scottish dental degrees are publicly funded for Scottish-domiciled applicants through SAAS - tuition is effectively free. Rest-of-UK applicants pay £9,250/year and International applicants pay overseas fees (typically £25,000-£45,000/year depending on school). Quotas are split between Scottish, RUK and International tiers, with the largest share reserved for Scottish-domiciled applicants - this materially raises the bar for RUK candidates. Aberdeen's graduate-entry route opens an extra pathway for applicants with a relevant prior degree.
Dental schools in Scotland
3 dental schools in Scotland for 2027 Entry — click any school for the full how-to-get-in guide including UCAT cut-offs, NGMP TrueScore prediction, and Scotland-specific entry advice.
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