Dentistry UCAT Cut Off Scores
Dentistry is a smaller field than medicine: 17 dentistry courses in this directory against 51 in medicine. Here's every dentistry programme we track side by side.
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There are far fewer dental schools than medical schools, so a dentistry application has fewer places to spread across. Only 2 of the 17 dentistry courses here publish a numeric UCAT threshold, so for most of them there is no number to aim at. The table below shows every dentistry programme in our directory with whatever it has actually published, plus its SJT policy and interview format, so you can read what each one has said rather than guessing from medicine-focused advice.
| University | 2027 cut off | Weighting | SJT policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff University | Not published | Applicants to the BDS must take the UCAT between July and October of the year of application, and results from previous years are not accepted. Cardiff states the UCAT score may be used as part of the interview shortlisting or offer selection process, and specifically that it may be used in the selection process where the number of applicants on the same academic score exceeds the number of interview places. There is no minimum score, and the cut-off, if the UCAT is used at all, varies each cycle. | 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 scores are one of the main criteria used for shortlisting for the BDS. Newcastle states there is no absolute UCAT score below which applications will not be accepted: applicants are ranked on UCAT score and no further interviews are offered once the maximum number it can accommodate is reached, so the effective bar is set by that year's field rather than by a published standard. Interviewers are given neither UCAT scores nor predicted or achieved grades, and the decision to offer a place rests on interview scores alone. The score below which interviews are not offered differs between cycles and Newcastle says it cannot predict it. | 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 | The UCAT is required of applicants assigned Northern Ireland, Great Britain or European Union (Republic of Ireland) fee status, and the result is used as part of selection before interview. International and EU (non-Republic of Ireland) applicants are ranked solely on academic ability, so the UCAT does not apply to them. For those who sit it, the UCAT score is added to a GCSE-derived academic score to produce a pre-interview score used to rank for interview. Queen's most recently published dentistry admissions policy statement, which covers 2026 entry, sets that pre-interview score at a maximum of 45 points: up to 36 points for academic background, scored from the best nine GCSEs, and up to nine points for the UCAT, awarded on the decile rank achieved, running from zero points at or below the tenth centile to nine points above the ninetieth. No cut-off is published: Queen's states that the threshold required to qualify for an interview varies from year to year depending on competition for places and cannot be predicted in advance. | QUB's dentistry course page does not mention the SJT at all. QUB's medicine admissions FAQ describes an SJT tie-break rule for medicine specifically; QUB has not published whether the same rule applies to dentistry. |
| University of Aberdeen | Not published | Aberdeen combines UCAT with academic achievement on a fixed weighting of academic 60% and UCAT 40%, and states in those words that a minimum UCAT cut-off score is NOT used. In place of a threshold, a score is allocated based on overall UCAT performance compared with all other applicants to Aberdeen, so the bar moves with the strength of that year's field rather than sitting at a fixed number. Aberdeen does publish the lowest UCAT score invited to interview each year, which for 2025 was 2320 at Scottish fee status and 2470 for the rest of the UK. | 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. | The University of Lancashire does not state whether the SJT component of the UCAT is used in selection for the graduate-entry BDS; its published entry requirements name only the UCAT score and interview. |
| 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. | Leeds names the Situational Judgement Test as one of the UCAT's four components on the page covering all three of its UCAT-requiring courses, including Dental Surgery BChD, but does not publish a separate SJT band or cut-off specific to dentistry. |
| University of Liverpool | Not published | No numeric weighting is published. Liverpool states it has no set UCAT cut-off score because the figure changes every year, and that the total UCAT and SJT score is used to shortlist candidates for interview. | The SJT is used at the shortlisting stage combined with the UCAT score. Liverpool states that a Band 4 in Situational Judgement would not be a competitive enough score for an applicant to be considered for the BDS 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. Manchester does not describe what happens to applicants below its threshold in these terms; it does not state whether they are automatically rejected or reviewed further, only that the threshold itself is not published in advance. | 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 Portsmouth | Not published | The UCAT is the admissions test for the BDS. Portsmouth publishes no threshold score. | No separate SJT policy is published in the entry requirements. |
| 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.