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Thank you for your interest in our Dental Surgery BDS (A206) programme. Please accept our apologies for the delay in getting back in touch.
If 2020 students are unhappy with the grades they receive in August and decide to sit the exams in the Autumn of 2020 or Summer of 2021, this would be considered as a first sitting of the exams.
The standard entry requirements for this programme are AAA at A level including Chemistry and Biology. For Biology, Chemistry and Physics A levels, we require a pass in the practical element. General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted. There are no GCSE requirements for this programme.
Once the academic screening criteria have been met, academic achievement is not considered further in subsequent parts of the application process, i.e. additional A levels or A* results do not give further advantage.
Applicants are required to take the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) to be able to apply for our Dentistry programme. You will need to take the UCAT Test before you can submit your UCAS application.
The UCAT threshold may differ in each admissions cycle as it is dependent on the scores achieved by those applicants who apply to our Dental School in the current cycle, therefore we are unable to predict what the threshold will be. Details of the UCAT threshold for previous years are available and further information can be found in the School of Dental Sciences Admissions Policy.
All applicants are also required to have undertaken a period of relevant work experience by the time they submit their UCAS application. This should be carried out in a General Dental Practice, but other types of dental work experience may be considered.