Graduate applying for 5 year undergraduate Dentistry

Hi,
I am in my second year in my Biomedical Science BSc degree and wish to go on to study Dentistry.
I understand that the 4-year graduate-entry Dentistry degrees are funded by SFE, but there are limited places on these courses and I'm considering applying for 5-year undergraduate Dentistry degrees too, which will accept me as a graduate.
What funding options there are for graduates who wish to study 5 year standard entry Dentistry?
Is it true there is no chance of a student loan in this situation?

Thank you.

Hi!
Currently, there is no funding available for the tuition fees for the 5-year programs as a graduate. You might be eligible for a maintenance loan though.
I have to say that the 5-year programs are more competitive than the 4 year ones so will not suggest to apply to these if your UCAT score is not competitive enough. I applied two times as a graduate with a 1st in Biomed to only 5-year programs and got rejected from all either pre or post-interview.

Hi! I thought dentistry and medicine were exceptions?
I’m sure that I decided to do dental hygiene after biomed I could get a student loan.
Ah no that’s frustrating, are you studying dentistry now? X

I didn't get a place this year
I am doing my masters now. After this, I might reapply for only graduate dentistry or maybe medicine since seems to be less competitive LOL.

Graduate entry is very competitive with 69 places available. For the science graduate applying, I would say that undergraduate entry is less competitive because you have more places to compete for and as a graduate you are likely to perform better at interviews compared to those that have come out of college.

I did graduate entry dentistry and you fund part of it yourself in the first year then you are fully funded by SFE and the NHS for the other years. If you apply for an undergraduate dental course as a graduate then you have significantly reduced financial support available

My aim is to do graduate entry dentistry for that reason, it can be funded by SFE. Where did you study graduate entry dentistry?

I had the option of Liverpool and UCLan. I chose UCLan and was very pleased with the experience I had there.
I think it was last year that Liverpool stopped taking on applicants for graduate entry dentistry.

Graduate entry is very competitive with 69 places available. For the science graduate applying, I would say that undergraduate entry is less competitive because you have more places to compete for and as a graduate you are likely to perform better at interviews compared to those that have come out of college.

I did graduate entry dentistry and you fund part of it yourself in the first year then you are fully funded by SFE and the NHS for the other years. If you apply for an undergraduate dental course as a graduate then you have significantly reduced financial support available

Yes this is so true! I got rejected this year for both the 5-year programs from QM and Belfast post-interview with an achieved first in my BSc. This was so annowing since I thought my interview went well. And especially now that most people will enter with not actually sitting any exams but with their predicted grades.

Hey , may I ask what did you score on your ucat?

Hey , congratulations for getting into graduate dentistry !!! May I ask what dental school do you attend to

I got 2390
Did you apply as well?

Ooh okay are you planning on reapplying this year and no not yet I’m applying on applying for 2021 entry

Yeah I will reapply to only graduate schools. Hopefully this time my UCAT score will be better.