BDS Dental Surgery with Integrated Foundation Year is designed to make the study of Dentistry more accessible to those who have faced challenges in their education. For this reason, you must meet both the academic and non-academic entry requirements in order to be considered for this programme (those who do not meet the required contextual markers should consider the 5 year A206 BDS Dental Surgery programme).
Please note the following information concerning academic entry requirements:
- None of the typical offers listed below are necessarily the threshold for interview selection. Other factors including the number of applications received may influence the threshold for interview selection.
- Applicants for this course must not meet the A level and GCSE grade requirements for the five-year BDS Dental Surgery (A206) course, including the re-sit policy. However, if you meet either the GCSE or A level requirements for A206 but not the other, then you would be considered for the foundation course.
We will only consider an application from each candidate for either BDS Dental Surgery or BDS Dental Surgery with Integrated Foundation Year. Offers will not be made for both programmes. - The UCAT is not required for this course.
- We are unable to consider any applicants who have already completed a first degree.
- We are only able to consider Level 3 qualifications completed within five years of the start of the application cycle. For example, qualifications completed since 2016 would still be valid when applying in September 2021.
- Applicants must meet the GCSE and Level 3 criteria to meet the academic entry requirements