Applying for Dentistry at Manchester - what you need to know.
Many applicants find the application forms, tests and interviews required when applying for undergraduate dentistry daunting.
This section explains how to apply for our dentistry courses and how we assess each part of your application. You should read through these pages carefully before you submit your application.
If you have any questions that aren't answered here, please contact us by emailing ug.dentistry@manchester.ac.uk.
Before you begin
Suggested reading before you apply.
The Dental Schools Council (DSC) provides free advice and support on how to apply to Dentistry courses. You can use this resource to complement the advice we provide here, which specifically relates to applying to Dentistry at Manchester.
Applicants are advised to carefully read the DSC's guidance on the core values and attributes needed to study dentistry (PDF) and reflect on how you might demonstrate these values and attributes during the selection process.
You may also want to read blog posts by our BDS students on their experiences of the dentistry application process.
Remember, the admissions tutors want to get the best students just as much as you want to go to the best university, so make sure you let them know how good you are!
Application deadline
All applications must be submitted through UCAS by the October application deadline.
All applications including those for deferred entry to our A206 (five-year Dentistry BDS) or A204 (six-year Dentistry BDS with a Foundation Year) courses must be submitted through UCAS by the October application deadline.
It is not possible to consider late applications. Receipt of applications to A204 and A206 will be acknowledged by the University's Central Admissions Office.
See details of the deadlines set by UCAS on the UCAS website: Dates and deadlines for uni applications.
Completing your application
Interviews
Our interview process and what we look for in candidates.
Our admissions team carries out the pre-interview screening process, which ensures that all candidates called to interview appear to have sufficient academic potential.
The purpose of the interview is to take a wider view of applicants and see if you satisfy our non-academic criteria in terms of the values and behaviours expected of a dentistry student.
If you are a home applicant selected for interview, you will be required to attend in person at The University of Manchester campus. Interviews normally run from January to March.
Decision and feedback
What happens next?
After interviews have finished, we use feedback from our interviewers along with the other elements of your application to reach a decision.
Application statistics
We often receive requests for quantitative data about the admissions process.
View figures for applications, shortlisting and offers for previous admissions cycles.
Frequently asked questions
Explore our FAQs.
See answers to common questions about our admissions processes, including information about qualifications, UCAT, interviews and international students.
Contact us
Get in touch to learn more.
If you have any questions about applying for BDS Dentistry at Manchester, please contact us.