Dentistry UCAT Cut Off Scores
Dentistry is a smaller field than medicine, with fewer schools and typically tighter competition per place. Here's every dentistry programme we track side by side.
With fewer dental schools than medical schools nationally, the applicant pool per place is often tighter. The table below shows every dentistry programme in our directory with its published UCAT approach, SJT policy and interview format, so you can see where your score is genuinely competitive rather than guessing from medicine-focused advice.
| University | 2027 cut off | Weighting | SJT policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff University | Not published | UCAT may be used in the selection process where the number of applicants with the same academic score exceeds the number of interview places, acting as a tie-breaker rather than a fixed weighted component. There is no minimum score, and any cut-off used varies each cycle. Confirmed unchanged on the live 2027-entry course page; the detailed policy document describing this in full has not yet been reissued for 2027 as of this check. | Not mentioned anywhere in Cardiff's official BDS admissions materials for either the 2026 or 2027 cycle. Does not appear to be used in selection. |
| King's College London | Not published | King's does not publish a fixed UCAT threshold; applications are ranked on GCSE/IGCSE performance, UCAT score and contextual information. The overall UCAT score averaged across the four subtests carries more weight than any individual subtest score. | Taken into account when shortlisting alongside the overall UCAT average, but no specific SJT band or numerical cut-off is published. |
| Newcastle University | Not published | UCAT score is one of the main criteria used to shortlist applicants for interview, with applicants ranked by score until interview capacity is reached. UCAT scores are not disclosed to interviewers and play no role in the final offer decision, which rests solely on interview performance. No threshold has been published for the current cycle; Newcastle's own historical-cutoffs document shows thresholds are only ever released retrospectively (2025 entry: 2,800 standard, 2,770 contextual). | Not used or mentioned anywhere in Newcastle's admissions materials for either the 2026 or 2027 cycle. |
| Queen Mary University of London | Not published | UCAT contributes to a weighted score (alongside UCAS tariff or degree score for graduates) used to select applicants for interview; after interview, the final offer decision may weigh interview score, SJT, UCAS tariff/degree score and UCAT score together. QMUL states it cannot predict UCAT thresholds in advance. | SJT is scored alongside UCAT at first shortlisting: applicants must score Band 1 to 3 to proceed; a Band 4 SJT score results in the application not being considered further. |
| Queen's University Belfast | Not published | UCAT is compulsory for home/Republic of Ireland fee applicants only, not required for international applicants. It is scored via decile banding and added to a GCSE-derived academic score for a combined pre-interview ranking. No fixed cut-off is published; the qualifying threshold has historically ranged widely from cycle to cycle and cannot be predicted in advance. | The SJT is not scored directly into the ranking. It can be used to inform decisions on borderline applicants who have achieved a similar combined academic and UCAT score, or a similar score at interview. No specific SJT band cut-off is published. |
| University of Aberdeen | Not published | UCAT is combined with academic achievement using a fixed weighting of academic 60% / UCAT 40%. No minimum UCAT cut-off score is used; scores are instead ranked comparatively against all other applicants. | The SJT subtest is not formally scored as part of the ranking, but may be used in offer-making when candidates have similar scores. |
| University of Birmingham | Not published | No fixed UCAT cut-off. The university states the threshold varies each year with the strength of the applicant pool and cannot be advised in advance. UCAT is scored excluding the Situational Judgement Test to rank applicants who already meet the academic and personal statement requirements. | Not used in the ranking score at this stage. Only Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning count. |
| University of Bristol | Not published | Once minimum academic entry requirements are met, applications are scored with 100% weighting on the UCAT combined subtest score (excluding SJT), which is used to select candidates for interview. UCAT is also the primary tie-breaker between applicants with identical interview scores. | UCAT Situational Judgement Test must be sat but is explicitly excluded from the score used to select applicants for interview; no separate SJT band cut-off is published. |
| University of Dundee | Not published | Dundee states selection for interview is based on academic achievement to date, including predicted grades, and UCAT score, but publishes no percentage split between the two. There is no minimum UCAT cut-off score. | No standalone SJT requirement or SJT band cut-off is published on Dundee's official entry-requirements or interview pages for Dentistry. |
| University of Glasgow | Not published | UCAT is used as the ranking and shortlisting tool for interview selection; a score deemed too low results in no interview offer regardless of academic qualifications. No fixed cut-off score is published in advance or during the cycle. | Not used. Glasgow states explicitly that it does not take SJT banding into account in its decision making. |
| University of Lancashire | Not published | UCAT score considered in selection for graduate-entry route; entry into Year 2 only, not Year 1. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Leeds | Not published | Leeds does not currently impose a UCAT cut-off score. Applications are assessed against academic criteria (achieved and predicted grades) together with the UCAT score to determine who is invited to interview; no numeric weighting formula is published. | Not addressed on the official course page for the current cycle; no mention of the SJT, any band, or a cut-off. Third-party sites claim SJT is not used, but this is unconfirmed by the university itself. |
| University of Liverpool | Not published | No numeric weighting is published. The university states it has no set UCAT cut-off score, and that the total UCAT and SJT score is used, alongside a Non-Academic Information Questionnaire, to shortlist candidates for interview. | SJT is used at the shortlisting stage combined with the UCAT score. A Band 4 SJT score is explicitly stated as not competitive enough to be considered for the programme; no other band cut-offs are published. |
| University of Manchester | Not published | Applicants are ranked according to their overall UCAT score, and the Academic Lead for Admissions may also weigh individual sub-test scores. Those meeting the (unpublished for the current cycle) threshold are automatically invited to interview; those below it are considered via holistic assessment rather than automatic rejection. | Manchester does not consider applicants who achieve Band 3 or 4 in the SJT section of the UCAT; there is no further numeric band cut-off beyond this rule. |
| University of Plymouth | Not published | UCAT results are used alongside A-levels and GCSEs to select candidates for interview. Plymouth applies a UCAT threshold score each year but does not confirm it until all applications for that cycle have been assessed, so no cut-off has been published for the current cycle; the most recently published figure is 2,690 (home) / 2,640 (international) for a prior cycle. | SJT is part of the UCAT taken alongside the three cognitive subtests, used within the overall UCAT threshold for interview shortlisting; no separate SJT band cut-off is published. |
| University of Sheffield | Not published | No numeric UCAT score is published. Sheffield requires an average or above total score in the cognitive components of the UCAT to pass Phase 1 screening; where eligible applicants exceed interview places, the UCAT cognitive component is used to prioritise invitations. | SJT is used at Phase 1 screening. Applicants must achieve Bands 1 or 2 in the UCAT Situational Judgement Test to progress. |
Cut-offs move every admissions cycle. A published figure reflects the most recent cycle a school has confirmed, not a promise for the one you're applying in. Always check the school's own page (linked from its row above) before finalising your UCAS choices.