Program Overview

BDS Dentistry (first-year entry)

Overview

Our BDS course offers a first step towards becoming a dentist.

Key Features

• Accredited course
• Duration: 5 years
• Year of entry: 2025
• UCAS course code: A206 / Institution code: M20

Entry Requirements

• Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
• Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
• Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
• Typical International Baccalaureate offer: See full entry requirements

Course Details

• Train as a dentist by combining the study of basic and advanced dental sciences with extensive clinical experience in our dental hospital and local clinics.
• Study at a dental school ranked in the top 10 in the UK (QS World Rankings 2025).
• Have the option to study for an intercalated BDS degree, where you interrupt the course for a year to achieve a BSc award in a related subject.

A Study Experience that Makes a Difference

We place social responsibility at the heart of your learning, which means you can take advantage of unique ways to make a difference while studying with us, through your course or through extra-curricular activities.

• Complete our Ethical Grand Challenges to learn how you can create a better world and become more socially responsible.
• Work with an external organisation to tackle real-world sustainability problems through our University Living Lab.
• Discover subjects that broaden your horizon with our interdisciplinary learning opportunities.

Every course at Manchester contributes towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, so no matter what you're studying, you'll be playing an active role in the protection of people and planet.

You will explore the following goals in your course:

• Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Careers

90% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

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