Our Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) International Route is designed for overseas qualified dentists and allows entry to our BDS UK programme after the third year.
Why study with us
- Develop your clinical skills in our state-of-the-art facilities and treat real patients in modern clinics.
- Links with the UK’s largest dental provider with access to largest clinical support network in UK dentistry and access to financial support.
- Dentistry at the University ranked 1st in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2022).
Important application information
- This course is only available to international students.
- The application deadline for March 2025 entry for international students is Friday 8 November 2024.
What you'll do
- Gain experience of dental practice in the UK while you study.
- Advance your personal development as well as professional and clinical knowledge in line with UK dental graduates.
- Be supported by an experienced teaching team in preparation for your degree assessments.
Modules
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
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Entry requirements for BDS in the UK
This dental surgery course is only available to international students.
- Overseas BDS or equivalent (dental degrees from outside the UK and EEA) and the ability to demonstrate that their degree contains modules that will allow them to receive APL for years 1, 2 and 3 of the award.
- For all students for whom English is not their first language, proof of competence in English Language as evidenced by IELTS Grade 7.0 or above in each of the four IELTS components (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking). Find out more
- A minimum of 600 hours within the past 5 years of clinical postgraduate dentistry experience where you have personally treated patients in the dental chair. These are hours spent undertaking appropriate investigations and administrating dental treatment during post-qualification experience.
- A letter or certificate of good standing from the dental authority in the country where they last worked as a dentist and the country they qualified in.
- All applicants will be required to attend an entry assessment in the UK. The entry assessments are a written MCQ exam followed by an OSCE and interview. The entry exam and OSCE will sample the Learning Outcomes covered in the GDC document: Preparing for Practice GDC learning outcomes for the first 3 years of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree.
- All successful applicants will need to undergo Occupational Health Screening (including tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C and HIV) prior to admissions and to undergo an Enhanced DBS check prior to enrolment.
- Applicants are required to ensure they have read and understood the student fitness to practice guidance before applying.
This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, including children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates, you will all be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB) or an in-country police check and self-declaration form.
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Requirements to apply
Fees and funding
Scholarships and bursaries
We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.
Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.
Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
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Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
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Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package.
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If you are from a low income household our Financial Bursary may be able to help.
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Frequently asked questions
This course is delivered by the School of Medicine and Dentistry
For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information
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