University of Birmingham Dentistry: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements
University of Birmingham has not published a fixed UCAT cut-off for 2027 entry. Here's how UCAT, A-levels, SJT and the interview all fit together for dentistry.
- 2027 UCAT cut off
- Not published
- How the UCAT is weighted
- 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.
- SJT policy
- Not used in the ranking score at this stage. Only Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning count.
- A-level requirements
- AAA including Biology/Human Biology and Chemistry, predicted grades. Resits not considered. General Studies, Critical Thinking and EPQ are not accepted as a third A-level. GCSEs: 7+ including English Language and Maths at grade A/7, and Biology and Chemistry (or dual award science) at grade A*/8.
- Interview format
- Not published on the university's dentistry admissions pages at the time of writing.
National benchmark, for context
For context, the UCAT Consortium's own 2025 statistics report a mean cognitive score of 1891 (out of 2,700) across 41,354 tests, with the median (5th decile) at 1880 and the top decile at 2220+. This is a national figure, not University of Birmingham's own threshold, since University of Birmingham doesn't publish one for the current cycle.
UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2025Standard A-level offer: AAA including Biology/Human Biology and Chemistry, predicted grades. Resits not considered. General Studies, Critical Thinking and EPQ are not accepted as a third A-level. GCSEs: 7+ including English Language and Maths at grade A/7, and Biology and Chemistry (or dual award science) at grade A*/8. SJT policy: Not used in the ranking score at this stage. Only Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning count. Worth knowing: Admission is highly competitive; meeting the minimum UCAT and academic criteria does not guarantee an interview. Always confirm against the official page before applying, since this is the most recent published position rather than a guarantee for the live cycle.
Source: University of Birmingham admissions Last checked 2026-08-11.
Schools worth comparing University of Birmingham against
- Birmingham MedicineMedicine at the same university
- Glasgow DentistryAlso ranks applicants by UCAT score and publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Newcastle DentistryAlso ranks applicants by UCAT score and leaves the SJT out of the score it ranks on
- Queen's Belfast DentistryAlso ranks applicants by UCAT score and publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Bristol DentistryAlso asks AAA at A-level
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