Every dental school in the UK and Ireland
Seventeen schools in the Dental Schools Council's 2027 entry guide, and three more set apart. Three things almost nobody knows, then the full list.
3 things almost nobody knows about them
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Contextual offers are one grade below the standard offer at A level, for students enrolled on a recognised Widening Participation course.
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The DSC guide publishes no contextual figure for Cardiff. It points to the university's own widening participation and contextual offers pages instead, so check there - the absence of a number here is not the absence of a route.
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Irish institution — admission is mainly via the Leaving Certificate, but UCC's own A-level page lists a route for UK applicants: at least two A levels at grade C, with Chemistry and either Physics or Biology (checked 27 September 2026). Registering with the GDC on an Irish degree currently depends on EEA recognition arrangements that were extended for five years from June 2023; the GDC has not said what will replace them. See Alternative routes for what that means.
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No contextual offers are made on the standard BDS (A205), though contextual information is taken into account during assessment. The separate Enhanced Support Dentistry Programme (A206) asks AAB and is open only to applicants who have attended non-selective state education in a London borough since the age of 11.
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Access to Leeds offers can be up to two grades below the published requirement, so ABB against a standard AAA. Separately, applicants from a Low Progression Neighbourhood may have an offer reduced by one grade instead.
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A typical contextual offer, including Chemistry and Biology or Human Biology. Available to applicants under 21 living in an area of disadvantage or low progression to higher education, who attended a UK school performing below the national average.
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Typically a two-grade drop through the PARTNERS programme, for applicants meeting a range of widening participation criteria. Newcastle also applies a slightly reduced UCAT threshold for invitation to interview.
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Plymouth's standard offer is a range (A*AA–AAB) rather than one fixed grade string, requiring Biology at A and a second science subject at A. The AAB contextual offer requires meeting a minimum of 3 widening access indicators.
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Portsmouth's own course page sets a flat AAA (144 UCAS points), with Biology and one other science at A (checked 27 September 2026). The Dental Schools Council 2027 guide gives a tariff range of 136–152 instead; we follow the university's own page.
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Applicants may receive a one-grade reduction where personal circumstances and background are taken into account, so AAA against a standard A*AA.
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For applicants who meet the Access+ criteria or who take part in Access to Sheffield (Dentistry). Includes Chemistry and Biology, plus a pass in the practical element of any science A level.
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Irish institution (Trinity College Dublin) — primarily admits via the Leaving Certificate, but does list a specific UK A-level entry route (Grade B + Grade C in two of Physics, Chemistry, or Biology) for UK-qualified applicants. Registering with the GDC on an Irish degree currently depends on EEA recognition arrangements that were extended for five years from June 2023; the GDC has not said what will replace them. See Alternative routes for what that means.
Offers, admissions tests and contextual routes read from the Dental Schools Council’s 2027 entry guide, cross-checked against each school’s own page. Verified 18 August 2026. Where a school has published nothing, this page says so rather than inferring it from what other schools do.
Three more, set apart
Dental schools without a standard-entry route in the Dental Schools Council's 2027 guide.
Starting a dental degree in England in autumn 2027 or later?
A minimum period of NHS work will apply to you. What has been decided, what has not, and who disagrees with it.
What the NHS commitment meansApplying with a contextual offer?
A university's widening access page may differ from the arrangement for its dental course. See how each school handles contextual applicants for dentistry.
School by schoolUCAS applications for dentistry close on 15 October
Earlier than most courses, and it applies to every UK school above. Ireland’s CAO runs to its own timetable.