University of Birmingham

Institution Narrative

The University of Birmingham School of Dentistry is one of the UK's most prestigious dental schools, located at the Birmingham Dental Hospital — a major NHS teaching dental hospital in the heart of England's second largest city. The school offers both the BDS degree and the BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy. Birmingham's dental programmes are renowned for their clinical excellence, research intensity, and excellent graduate outcomes. The school consistently achieves top positions in national rankings for both teaching quality and research. Students benefit from a large and diverse patient population and outstanding facilities at the Birmingham Dental Hospital. Research at Birmingham's dental school is internationally recognised, with particular strengths in oral biology, dental biomaterials, oral cancer biology, and regenerative dentistry.