Leeds's five-year BChD is a well-regarded dental degree with early clinical contact and a strong reputation in Yorkshire. It uses the UCAT alongside your academics to decide interviews — and then, distinctively, makes offers on interview performance alone.
Leeds doesn't impose a UCAT cut-off; instead it uses your UCAT alongside your academic achievement to decide who's invited to interview. The key quirk is what happens next: the decision to make an offer depends entirely on your interview performance, not on your UCAT or your grades. So the UCAT gets you through the door, but the interview alone decides the offer.
Leeds rewards a solid UCAT and strong academics to reach interview — but because the offer rests entirely on interview performance, your preparation should shift hard towards the MMI once you're shortlisted. A balanced applicant who interviews well does best here.
Check your percentile →AAA including Biology and Chemistry (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking).
Six GCSEs at grade 6 (B) or above including Chemistry, Biology (or Dual Science), English and Maths.
Leeds values reflective insight into dentistry and patient care, explored at the MMI.
MMI. An online multiple mini-interview; offers depend entirely on interview performance.
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Leeds doesn't impose a UCAT cut-off — it uses your UCAT alongside academic achievement to shortlist for interview, so there's no fixed number. Aim for a solid, competitive score; after interview, offers rest entirely on interview performance.
Entirely on interview performance — once you're shortlisted, your UCAT and grades don't carry into the offer decision.
The BChD (Bachelor of Dental Surgery), a five-year course with early clinical contact.
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