The UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) Dentistry courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) dentistry course at a glance
A graduate-entry course of 29 students a year. Year one is in Preston; from 3rd BDS onwards you are placed in groups of eight at one of four community Dental Education Centres — Blackpool, Morecambe, Accrington or Carlisle.
How UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) teaches dentistry
Students with a degree in a relevant subject enter directly into 2nd BDS, spent in Preston learning the techniques and theories necessary for effective dental care. From 3rd BDS onwards, groups of eight students gain clinical experience at one of the Dental Education Centres.
What that means day to day
Year by year at UCLan (Graduate Dentistry)
Where you will actually be at UCLan (Graduate Dentistry)
Placement geography is the part of a dentistry course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) publishes.
Placements give experience of secondary care oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and restorative dentistry, in the communities students are most likely to serve after graduation.
- Blackpool Dental Education Centre
- Morecambe Dental Education Centre
- Accrington Dental Education Centre
- Carlisle Dental Education Centre
Worth knowing about UCLan (Graduate Dentistry)
- The course recruits 29 students a year.
- From 3rd BDS students work in groups of just eight at a community Dental Education Centre.
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Read the guide →Where this UCLan (Graduate Dentistry) course profile came from
University of Central Lancashire Graduate Dentistry's course page could not be read directly by our tooling — it either sits behind a bot wall or renders in the browser — so this page was built from the university's own published course and school pages, checked on 2026-09-11. Confirm the detail against the official page before you rely on it.
Primary source: University of Central Lancashire Graduate Dentistry — official course information.
Courses are restructured between cycles. Anything here that decides your application — an anatomy offer, a placement city, a compulsory intercalated year — should be confirmed against the official page for your entry year.
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