Last checked September 2026UCAS code: A200
UEA

University of East Anglia

Norwich Medical School, Edith Cavell Building

Norwich Research Park, NorwichBachelor of Dental Surgery, BDS
UEA's course pageContextual admissions

Key facts at a glance

From UEA's own pages, checked September 2026
Course length
5 years
BDS, full time
Entry
AAA
Biology or Chemistry
Places
25 UK
Plus 11 international
First intake
Sept 2027
A new school
Home fee
£10,050
A year, 2027/28
Regulator
GDC
Provisionally accepted
Before you applyCheck before applying to UEA

A new dental school, taking its first students in 2027

UEA's BDS takes its first students in September 2027, with 25 UK and 11 international places. It asks for AAA, including Biology or Chemistry, achieved over two consecutive years, and you must be 18 by the start date. Interviews are multiple mini-interviews between November and March, and the interview and UCAT scores are weighted equally to decide offers.

See the feesContextual offers
The course

The BDS and how the five years run

5 years, full time · UCAS code A200

UEA's dental school is in an extension to the Edith Cavell Building on Norwich Research Park, next to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, with dental chairs, phantom heads, a teaching laboratory and seminar rooms. Norfolk County Council contributed £1.5 million.

UEA describes a patient-centred approach from day one, with community-based training in real settings, and placements from the first year.

First intake 2027
Next to the hospital
Community-based
The Norwich skyline with the cathedral spire
Norwich skylinePhoto: Daniel Sturley, Unsplash

The five years, from UEA's course page

  1. Year 1

    Foundations

    Scientific foundations, simulation, and early clinical and communication skills.

    Simulation
  2. Year 2 · Patients

    Supervised patients

    More simulation and supervised patient interaction.

    Supervised
  3. Year 3

    Real settings

    Greater clinical exposure, applying your learning in real-world settings.

    Community
  4. Year 4

    Responsibility

    Advanced clinical skills and more responsibility for patient care.

    Clinics
  5. Year 5

    Into practice

    Consolidating your skills for independent practice and foundation training.

    BDS
Published criteria

Entry requirements and how to apply

Apply through UCAS by 15 October
Standard entryAAA

A-level route

AAA including Biology, Human Biology or Chemistry, over two consecutive years. Maths or Further Maths counts, not both.

GCSEs. Six at grade 6/B, including Maths, English Language and two sciences or Double Science.
Apply through UCAS by 15 October
Other routes34 IB

International Baccalaureate

34 points with Higher Level 666, including Biology or Chemistry.

Resits. Considered with ABB or AAC at first sitting, aiming for an A* in the resat subject.
Source: UEA's course page
InterviewMMI

Multiple mini-interviews

Five minutes at each station, with one and a half minutes to prepare.

Equal weighting. Interview and UCAT scores count equally for offers.
Interviews November to March

Contextual admissions

UEA's dentistry offer is AAA. See how other dental schools use contextual data.

Contextual admissions
Hands-on experience

Clinical training

Edith Cavell Building, Norwich Research Park
A dentist treating a patient, with a dental nurse assisting
Treating a patientLibrary photograph, not UEA
A dental treatment room with a chair and overhead light
A dental treatment roomLibrary photograph, not UEA

Community-based training

UEA describes learning in real settings, meeting diverse patient needs, with placements from the first year.

A new building

Dental chairs, phantom heads, a teaching laboratory and seminar rooms, beside the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Before you start

Offers depend on a successful interview and a satisfactory occupational health check, including evidence of immunisations. Deferred entry isn't available.

Living and community

Student life

Where the campus is
Two miles west of Norwich city centre, on a 320-acre parkland site with a lake, a sculpture park and walking trails.
Next door
Norwich Research Park, one of Europe's largest collaborative research sites, with over 150 science and technology companies.
The hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is on Colney Lane, on the same research park, one stop further along the campus bus route.
The library
Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Free entry to anyone between 8am and 6pm; a campus card is needed after that.
On site
A medical centre, an NHS dental practice, a pharmacy, a Post Office, a shop with its own bakery, and four laundrettes open around the clock.
Art
The Sainsbury Centre, Norman Foster's first public building, holding the collection the Sainsbury family gave to UEA in 1973.
Sport
Sportspark, with an Olympic-sized pool, a climbing wall and outdoor courts.
First years
Guaranteed a room if you choose UEA accommodation. Over 4,300 rooms.
Catering
All self-catered. UEA has no catered halls at all.
Bills
Internet, gas and electricity included, and no deposit on standard accommodation.
The Village, en suite
£178.50 a week in 2026/27, £7,318.50 over a 41-week year. The cheapest en suite, opposite the main campus entrance.

Britten, Browne, Colman, Kett, Paston, Victory: £195.00 a week in 2026/27, £7,995.00 over 41 weeks.

Nelson Court, Campus Plus
£199.50 a week in 2026/27, £8,179.50 over 41 weeks.
Barton, Hickling, Crome Court
£209.50 a week in 2026/27, £8,589.50 over 41 weeks. The most expensive, with flats of up to 14.
Sharing a twin
£97.50 a week each in 2026/27. Not available on the autumn-only contract.
Contract lengths
13 weeks for autumn, 23 for spring, 41 for the full year.
Deadlines
30 April for the best chance of your preferred room. 31 July for international offer holders to secure the guarantee.
Renting privately
UEA does not publish a typical Norwich student house rent. Most landlords want a UK-based guarantor. The students' union runs HomeRun, a free listings service.
Money and dates

Fees and key dates

In pounds · from UEA's course page
Fees, 2027/28 (A200)
UKStudents from the UK
£10,050 a yearRegulated fee
InternationalSet by UEA
£45,000 a year

UEA estimates living costs at £1,171 a month.

Source: UEA: BDS Dental Surgery

Key dates

15 October, 18:00UCAS deadline for dentistry
Main
November to MarchInterviews
Interview
September 2027First students start
Start
From UEA's course page.Course page

Funding and support

No funding specific to this school is listed here. What you can get depends on where you live and where you study.

Scholarships and funding
Weighing it up

Strengths and things to plan for

From what UEA publishes
Strengths
  • A founding cohort. Be part of the first year group in 2027.
  • Next to the hospital. On Norwich Research Park.
  • Community-based. Training in real settings from year 1.
Things to plan for
  • A new programme. Provisionally accepted by the GDC, as every new course is.
  • Age. You must be 18 by the start date.
  • No deferral. Apply for the year you want to start.
  • International fee. £45,000 a year in 2027/28.
Sources · last checked September 2026

Who to believe, and in what order

DentiSpark is not the authority on any of this, and does not want to be. University of East Anglia's own pages are the authority on what it will ask of you; where anything here disagrees with them, the school is right and we are not. Entry requirements, deadlines and course codes change from one cycle to the next.

Check these before you apply:

UEA: BDS Dental SurgeryUCASGeneral Dental Council

The regulator

The General Dental Council decides which degrees lead to registration as a dentist in the UK. Its list of approved providers is the only place to confirm where a programme stands.

GDC approved providers
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