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Plymouth — Dentistry
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
Plymouth (Peninsula) - Dentistry
BDS Dental Surgery (A206), 5 years
How this university scores applications, with the figures it publishes.
High level summary
Simple summary. Excruciating detail below.
| Question | Answer |
|---|
| Is there a score to clear? | Yes. The university publishes a number, further down this page. Miss it and you are not shortlisted. It is reset every year, so last year’s figure is a guide, not a promise. |
| How to read the UCAT figures here | Neither a lowest score nor an average is published, so there is nothing here to measure against. |
| What else counts | GCSEs are a gate. Meeting the minimum is what counts; beating it earns nothing.
The personal statement is not used to shortlist.
No SJT rule is published. |
Summary of the selection model
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Scoring approach | Personal statement is not considered at all and work experience is not required. Contextual offer AAB for widening access applicants meeting three indicators |
| UCAT | Required |
| UCAT threshold | A FIXED THRESHOLD, no ranking. A206, 2026 entry, of 2700: 2100 widening access home, 2120 standard home plus an A-star requirement, 2140 international plus an A-star. All three sit at the 9th national decile. A205 uses no admissions test at all |
| Interview format | Online MMI |
| Data status | UCAT figures not published |
| UCAT threshold, A206 | 2026 entry, of 2700: widening access home 2100, standard home 2120 plus an A-star requirement, international 2140 plus an A-star requirement. 2025 entry, of 3600: 2690 for all groups, annotated (S4), which is unexplained. |
| Threshold in national terms | 2026 entry: widening access 9th decile, home 9th decile, international 9th decile. 2025 entry: 8th decile, about 1990 on the current scale. Dentistry at Plymouth sits a full four to five deciles above its own A100 threshold in the same cycle. |
| Contextual route | The widening access route lowers the threshold slightly and removes the A-star requirement that applies to standard home and international applicants. |
| Volumes | 2025 entry home: 1083 applications, 527 interviews, 171 offers, 61 accepted. 2025 international: 80, 29, 6, 1. 2026 entry figures recorded by the University as not yet available. |
| GAMSAT thresholds | 2026 entry: home 56 (54), international 65 (59). 2025 entry: 53 (45) for both. |
| Scoring approach (further detail) | No points or weighting. Threshold plus published academic requirements only. |
Source
https://www.dentalschoolscouncil.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC-Entry-Requirements-entry-2026.pdf
FOI0174/2026, University of Plymouth, response of 16 September 2026
Entry requirements
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Country | England |
| Course (UCAS code) | BDS Dental Surgery (A206), 5 years |
| GCSE | Seven GCSE/Scottish National passes at grade 4 or higher including English Language, Maths and two sciences |
| A level | A*AA to AAB including grade A in Biology and grade A in a second science from Chemistry, Physics, Maths or Psychology |
| Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | Contact admissions |
| IB | 36-38 points overall with HL6 in Biology and HL6 in one further science |
| English language | GCSE English Language grade 4 |
| Resits accepted? | Unknown |
Volumes, places and competition
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Figures cover | Places only: Office for Students maximum fundable limit, anticipated home students, 2025-26 entry cohort. This is the provider level limit across all of that provider's programmes in this subject, not a single course code. The OfS states it also applies for 2026-27 and beyond unless government asks for changes. |
| Places | 55 |
Further detail
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Course type | Standard entry |
| Degree requirement (graduate routes) | Unknown |
How the UCAT is turned into a score
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Is a UCAT points conversion published? | No points conversion has been published. What the University does say about the UCAT is in the row below. |
| How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words | Personal statement is not considered at all and work experience is not required. Contextual offer AAB for widening access applicants meeting three indicators A FIXED THRESHOLD, no ranking. A206, 2026 entry, of 2700: 2100 widening access home, 2120 standard home plus an A-star requirement, 2140 international plus an A-star. All three sit at the 9th national decile. A205 uses no admissions test at all |
Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Degree requirement | Unknown |
| SJT - how the band is used | Unknown. No SJT rule is published. |