Program Overview

Program Details

Dentistry Graduate/Professional Entry Programme BDS

Overview

Our innovative entry route into dentistry is designed to enable graduates with honours degrees in biomedical-related science subjects and healthcare professionals with a degree, to study for a Dentistry BDS. Our course combines the very latest thinking in dental education with early clinical experience.

Key Benefits

• Evidence-based and research-led degree course with a high level of clinical experience in all areas
• Global recognition of teaching excellence (Dentistry at King’s is ranked 1st in the UK and 4th in the world - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
• State-of-the-art clinical, simulation (both low fidelity phantom head simulation and high fidelity augmented reality haptic simulation) and technical facilities
• Largest dental school in the UK graduating around 150 dentists a year
• Partnership with world-famous Guy’s and St Thomas' and King’s College Hospitals

Course Essentials

Base Campuses

• Guy’s Campus
  • The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.
• Denmark Hill Campus
  • Home to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
• St Thomas’ Campus
  • Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.

Additional Locations

• Clinical placements are currently based at: Guy’s Hospital; University of Portsmouth Dental Academy; King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill and West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre; Queen Mary Hospital (Sidcup); Community Clinics as part of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Entry Requirements

University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)

• All applicants are required to sit the UCAT (previously known as UKCAT), prior to applying to this programme, and the UCAT must be taken the same year you apply in order to be valid.

Meeting Deadlines

• In order to enrol onto our programmes, successful offer holders must be able to evidence that they can meet our requirements by the beginning of August in year of entry.

English Language Requirements

• Nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries (as defined by UKVI) who have successfully completed high school in the respective country, are not required to complete an English language test.

Selection Process

• Applications are ranked based on UCAT score.
• We then review the rest of the application including achieved/predicted grades, personal statement and reference.
• Further consideration for eligible mitigating circumstances are reviewed to finalise interview eligibility.

Teaching and Structure

Teaching Methods

• We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start.
• Face-to-face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment.

Assessment

• Course Work
• Written/Practical Examinations
• Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations and there are ongoing competence-based simulation or clinical assessments throughout the programme which must be passed prior to progress to the next level.

Structure

• The programme is divided into modules.
• You will normally take modules totaling 660 credits over 4 years.
• Year one comprises modules totaling 120 credits.
• Year two comprises modules totaling 180 credits.
• Year three comprises modules totaling 180 credits.
• Year four comprises modules totaling 180 credits.

Required Modules

• Human Health and Disease I (30 credits)
• Restoration and Maintenance of Adult Oral Health I (15 credits)
• Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing II (15 credits)
• Dentistry in Society II (15 credits)
• Simulated Clinical Practice II (30 credits)
• Student Selected Component II (15 credits)

Careers

Employability

• A variety of career pathways are open to new dental graduates.
• The career path for many graduates is general practice, with others aiming to be consultants in the hospital dental service, senior clinical academics in a teaching hospital, or specialist practitioners.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

• Full time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year (based on the UK Government's cap)
• Full time tuition fees International: £58,200 per year (subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King's terms and conditions)

Additional Costs

• Accommodation and subsistence expenses
• Books if you choose to buy your own copies
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
• Library fees and fines
• Personal photocopies
• Printing course handouts
• Stationery
• Society membership fees
• Graduation costs
• Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses