Dundee's five-year BDS (A200) is consistently among the UK's top-rated dental schools, known for early clinical skills and simulation training. It selects for interview by combining your academic achievement with your UCAT — there's no hard cut-off, but competition is intense.
Dundee selects for interview using a combination of your academic achievement (including predicted grades) and your UCAT score, so neither stands alone. There's no hard cut-off — the line depends on the strength of each year's applicants — but with roughly 370 applications for around 130 places, and about 250 interviewed, strong grades and a solid UCAT are both needed to progress.
Dundee suits a strong all-rounder, since academics and UCAT are weighed together. A solid UCAT plus excellent predicted grades is the combination to aim for; a weakness in one needs real strength in the other. Check your percentile to see where you stand.
Check your percentile →AAA including Biology and Chemistry (Scottish applicants: AAAAB at Higher including Biology and Chemistry).
Grade 6 (B) or above in English and Maths.
Dundee values reflective insight into dentistry and patient care, explored at the MMI.
MMI. A seven-station in-person multiple mini-interview, focused on the dentist you could become rather than your grades.
Dundee receives around 370 applications for roughly 130 places, interviewing about 250 — competitive, but more interviews than many schools.
Paraphrased themes from student discussion: impressions, not facts. Visit and judge for yourself.
Dundee has no hard cut-off — it combines your UCAT with your academic achievement to select for interview, so strong predicted grades share the load. With heavy competition (around 370 applications for ~130 places), aim for a solid, above-average UCAT.
Very — roughly 370 applications for about 130 places, with around 250 interviewed. It interviews a relatively high share of applicants, so a strong application that reaches interview has a real chance.
A seven-station in-person MMI designed to assess the kind of dentist you could become, rather than re-testing your grades.
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