The BChD and how the five years run
The School of Dentistry is in the Worsley Building with the Leeds Dental Institute, where you treat patients; the Health Sciences library is in the same building. The first two years are taught with the BSc Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy students.
Teaching uses a refurbished clinical skills classroom, a haptic simulator classroom, digital scanning and printing, and a medical emergency simulation room with video feedback. As a senior student you complete a Capstone project with the school's researchers.
The five years, from Leeds' module list
- Year 1
Clinical basics
Oral hygiene instruction, clinical observation, haptic simulation and small-group clinical work.
Skills classroom - Year 2 · Patients
First patients
Common dental diseases, examination and prevention, and basic care of your own patients.
Close supervision - Year 3
Restoring teeth
More complex restoration in adults, children's dentistry, and regular patient care.
Dental Institute - Year 4
Specialties
Orthodontics, oral surgery and extractions, with your own patients in outreach too.
Outreach - Year 5
Comprehensive care
Care for adults and children, with patient case presentations.
BChD
Entry requirements and how to apply
A-level route
AAA including Biology and Chemistry, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking, with a pass in any science practical.
Access to Leeds
Chemistry and Biology must both be taken, with an A in either one.
Multiple mini-interviews
Leeds uses the stations to assess your non-academic qualities.
Contextual offers
Access to Leeds gives ABB, with an A in Chemistry or Biology. See how it compares with the other dental schools.
Clinical training and outreach
Outreach centres
In years 4 and 5 you treat patients at outreach centres, which Leeds names as Beeston, Bradford and Chapel Allerton.
Simulation
A haptic simulator classroom, digital scanning and printing, and a medical emergency simulation room with video feedback.
Clinic shoes (about £40) and your own travel to outreach in years 4 and 5, with £50 towards it in year 4. In the final year you pay for GDC registration, a DBS check and occupational health before foundation training.
Student life in Leeds
DentSoc
The dental student society organises social and sports events, visits and talks. Membership is about £90 for all five years.
Leeds: Dental SurgeryUnder one roof
The school, the Dental Institute, a student common room, a café and the Health Sciences library share one building.
Leeds: Dental SurgeryThe dental family
A student-led support network, alongside an academic personal tutor and the school's own study support team.
Leeds: Dental SurgeryFees and key dates
Home fee for 2026/27 entry: £9,790.
Key dates
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.
Strengths and things to plan for
- Early patients. Your own patients from year 2, under close supervision.
- One building. School, Dental Institute and library together.
- Team training. Two years alongside hygiene and therapy students.
- February interviews. Keep February free.
- Outreach travel. Budget for it in years 4 and 5.
- Final-year costs. GDC registration, DBS and occupational health.
- International fee. £53,900 a year for 2027 entry.
Who to believe, and in what order
DentiSpark is not the authority on any of this, and does not want to be. University of Leeds'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:
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