is the uni of manchester good for dentistry?

i’ve heard a LOT of mixed reviews about it, but i was wondering if there’s any dental students on here from the uni itself to possibly give their opinion on the uni?

as a dental student here now- no. use manchester as a last resort honestly its in shambles rn, hopefully things will improve for future years but not for me rn ☹️

Sorry to hear that and thanks for replying. what year are you in? Can you be any more specific as just got an interview there and was really excited but now you've confirmed my suspicions am worried if its my only one. Might not have applied if had found this out before the application deadline, but it was one of the Uni's for dentistry that best fit my stats for chance of an interview. Be interested to hear whats going on and how quickly you think it might start improving. Why has it been allowed to get so bad?

hii, well done on getting an interview!! theres a lot but one thing is that they still are advertising that we get early clinical experience?? theyve STILL got it on their page that you get early experience from 1st year which is simply not true. im p sure theyre referring to a literal tiny kit we got and thats it. pre covid it used to be a lot better but they still havent updated it to show the truth. we actually only start phantom heads in 2nd year, and only see patients in 3rd year and its been this way since covid. they are slowly getting 2nd years back to seeing patients though, but theres still no need for the false advertising lmao. and like u said about the gdc report, its honestly concerning. i think they have a few months to improve everything before the gdc comes back to review it.
another thing is theres a lack of staff when were treating patients, we literally have one tutor for a large group and just a lack of clinical activity at all because of this it really takes ages for anything to get done.
however they are being forced to change things and because youd only start 1st year in 2026, i think it wont be as bad for you as it was for 5th years before and now as hopefully a lot will be different

yeah we have complained abt this cos why is it thatother uni have been able to bounce back but wehaven’t? i think it’s a disconnect between the nhs and the actual dental school, and the nhs don’t have much control over it. but i do think they can definitely change it since we used to be actually good precovid. if they actually implement what they keep saying they will , then yeah. i think they just need to hire way more staff. but they seem to only care about money which is why i think it is the way it is, and also international students have definitely got special treatment in the past regarding exams and attendance bc of the ££

Thanks so much for your reply. I don't have my interview until February and am hoping I get some from other Uni's (but as I'm sure you know no guarantees there - was really happy to get one tbh) especially now I know this but would it be ok if I messaged again before having to make any big decisions to see if it has improved or if there has been another inspection and how its gone. I hope it improves for all students there already too! At least the GDC has taken note and stepped in now, you would think they have to now make improvements; but as long as they make long term investment/improvements not just to pass and then let it all vanish.