UK Dental Schools.
Visit each university website to discover more about the course, entry requirements and teaching methods.
Undergraduate dental schools.
There are sixteen dental schools in the UK.
Out of these sixteen, two are graduate entry (they only accept students with university degrees).
Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast, Centre for Dental Education
Grosvenor Road
Belfast
Royal Victoria Hospital
Northern Ireland
BT12 6BP
Tel: 02890 976268
Email: dentistry@qub.ac.uk
Web: qub.ac.uk/schools/mdbs/
Dundee
University of Dundee
Dental School
Park Place
Dundee
DD1 4HN
Tel: 01382 381 600
Email: asrs-dentistry@dundee.ac.uk
Web: dentistry.dundee.ac.uk/
Birmingham
Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry
5 Mill Pool Way
Birmingham
B5 7EG
Tel: 0121 466 5472
Email: dentadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Glasgow
University of Glasgow, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
378 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3JZ
Tel: 0141 211 9703
Email: med-sch-dental-ug@glasgow.ac.uk
Web: gla.ac.uk/schools/dental
Bristol
University of Bristol, Bristol Dental Hospital
Lower Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS1 2LY
Tel: 0117 394 1649
Email: choosebristol-ug@bristol.ac.uk
Leeds
University of Leeds, School of Dentistry
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 9922
Email: denadmissions@leeds.ac.uk
Web: medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/dentistry
Cardiff
Wales College of Medicine
Dental School
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XY
Tel: 029 2074 2470
Email: dentalhos@cardiff.ac.uk
Web: cardiff.ac.uk/dentistry
Liverpool
University of Liverpool, School of Dentistry
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L3 5PS
Tel: 0151 794 2000 (BDS admissions tutor: 0151 706 5298)
Email: dentenq@liverpool.ac.uk
London – King’s College
King’s College London, Faculty of Dentistry
Guy's Tower
Guy's Hospital
Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 1UL
Tel: 020 7848 7000
Web: kcl.ac.uk/dentistry
Sheffield
University of Sheffield, School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
Tel: 0114 215 9304/9306
Email: dental.genenquiries@sheffield.ac.uk
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Garrod Building
Turner Street
London
E1 2AD
Tel: 020 7882 2240 / 8478
Email: smdadmissions@qmul.ac.uk
Newcastle
Newcastle University, School of Dental Sciences
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4BW
Tel: 0191 208 8245
Web: ncl.ac.uk/dental
Manchester
University of Manchester, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 306 0211
Plymouth
University of Plymouth, Peninsula Dental School
Portland Square
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 437333
Email: meddent-admissions@plymouth.ac.uk
Graduate entry dental schools
Graduate entry schools formally accept individuals who have completed an undergraduate degree previously. Kings College London also offers a fastback (4 year) Dentistry undergraduate programme for graduates.
Plymouth and Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, also formally accept graduates only their 5-year graduate entry Dentistry programme.
Learn more about what schools consider graduates here.
Aberdeen
Institute of Dentistry
University of Aberdeen
Cornhill Road
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZR
Tel: 01224 551 901
Email: dentistry@abdn.ac.uk
Web: abdn.ac.uk/dental/
Preston (University of Central Lancashire)
School of Dentistry
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2HE
Tel: 01772 892 400
Web: uclan.ac.uk/schools/dentistry/
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