Which dental schools' requirements do my grades meet?
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What A-levels do you need for dentistry?
Most schools ask for AAA with Biology and Chemistry. Dundee, King's, Queen Mary and Plymouth ask for A*AA. Bristol takes Chemistry with Biology, Physics or Maths, Portsmouth Biology with Chemistry, Physics, Maths or Psychology, and UEA Biology or Chemistry.
Which dental schools have the lowest entry requirements?
The standard offer is AAA at most schools. King's Enhanced Support Dentistry asks AAB for eligible London students. Contextual offers go down to ABB at Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle, and AAB at Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth and Sheffield.
Do dental schools look at GCSEs?
Most set GCSE minimums. Birmingham asks for 8 in Biology and Chemistry and Sheffield for six GCSEs at 7, while Newcastle and Queen's Belfast ask for English and Maths at 4.
Do I need the UCAT for dentistry?
Yes. Every UK dental school here asks for the UCAT, taken in the year you apply.
How many dental schools are there in the UK?
16 universities run five-year dentistry for school leavers. Aberdeen and Lancashire run graduate-entry courses, which our graduate entry dentistry checker covers.
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How we work this out
What it does
Enter your A-levels and GCSEs to see, school by school, which published rules you meet for 2027 entry.
Standard five-year dentistry at 16 UK universities (17 courses, with King's Enhanced Support Dentistry) for 2027 entry, for A-level and GCSE applicants. Graduate-entry and foundation routes are not included.
Method
- Each school's A-level and GCSE rules come from its own 2027 dentistry pages, read on 4 and 5 October 2026 and checked by an independent review.
- Each rule is a separate clause: the grade pattern, required subjects, GCSE English and Maths, the science rule and GCSE counts.
- Grades are compared best first. Required subjects must be met by different A-levels.
- A rule your answers cannot settle is shown as a check, never as a pass or a fail.