What interview format does University of Glasgow use for dentistry?

Glasgow interviews applicants for dentistry, and lists interview alongside grades and the UCAT in the entry requirements for every qualification route. Selected applicants are invited to interview in late January or early February. Glasgow also states that the UCAT forms an extremely important part of its BDS entry requirements, and that if your score is judged too low you will not be selected for interview regardless of your qualifications. Glasgow does not publish the interview format on its public dentistry pages: the Dental School page that describes its interviews is restricted to members of the University, so the number of stations, how long each one lasts and what they cover are not publicly available. Station counts and timings for Glasgow published on other websites cannot be checked against any page Glasgow makes public..

University of Glasgow Dentistry: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements

Q: What UCAT score do I need for University of Glasgow Dentistry?

University of Glasgow has not published a fixed minimum score for 2027 entry. Instead: 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.

University of Glasgow 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

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.

SJT policy

Not used. Glasgow states explicitly that it does not take SJT banding into account in its decision making.

A-level requirements

AAA in three different subjects by the end of Year 13, plus the GCSE requirements below. The A-levels must include Biology or Human Biology at grade A and Chemistry at grade A. General Studies is not acceptable as a third A-level. GCSEs: six subjects at grade A/7, which must include Maths or Physics, and English Language or Literature; English is accepted at grade B/6 provided six other GCSEs have been attained at A/7.

Interview

Glasgow publishes no interview format at all. We read its own admissions pages and they do not say.

Glasgow does not publish five of the five things a candidate needs before an interview.

Glasgow interview: full format, stations, dates and what is not published

Resits

University of Glasgow publishes no resit policy. That is not the same as resits being accepted, and it is worth asking admissions directly before relying on either reading.

Personal statement

University of Glasgow does not publish how it uses the personal statement. Schools in this dataset range from scoring it to refusing to read it, so nothing can safely be assumed from silence.

What the UCAT had to be, 2026 entry

University of Glasgow does not publish one.

That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. Any specific number quoted for University of Glasgow elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction from reported scores, not a figure the medical school has confirmed. Treat it accordingly.

Glasgow's dental school says the cut-off point varies year to year and, pointedly, that it is not released during the application cycle. So there is a number, it simply is not knowable while it would be useful. Any figure quoted for Glasgow dentistry mid-cycle did not come from the school.

University of Glasgow application data, checked 2026-09-01.

Applications, interviews and offers

University of Glasgow publishes none.

That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. We read the page below and it carries no application, interview or offer counts. Any funnel quoted for University of Glasgow elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction, so treat it accordingly.

University of Glasgow application data, checked 2026-09-23.

National benchmark, for context

For context, the UCAT Consortium's own 2026 statistics report a mean cognitive score of 1918 (out of 2,700) across 42,359 tests, with the median (5th decile) at 1920 and the top decile at 2250+. This is a national figure, not University of Glasgow's own threshold, since University of Glasgow doesn't publish one for the current cycle.

UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2026

Standard A-level offer: AAA in three different subjects by the end of Year 13, plus the GCSE requirements below. The A-levels must include Biology or Human Biology at grade A and Chemistry at grade A. General Studies is not acceptable as a third A-level. GCSEs: six subjects at grade A/7, which must include Maths or Physics, and English Language or Literature; English is accepted at grade B/6 provided six other GCSEs have been attained at A/7. SJT policy: Not used. Glasgow states explicitly that it does not take SJT banding into account in its decision making. Worth knowing: Glasgow Dentistry does not take the SJT banding into account at all, matching Glasgow Medicine, so a weak band costs nothing here either. It publishes past cut-offs but states that the cut-off point varies year to year, is not released during the cycle, and that published scores including 2025 entry have no bearing on future ones. Glasgow states that warning explicitly, so the last published number is worth reading as history rather than as a target. 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 Glasgow's own admissions page. Last checked 13 September 2026.

Every figure above is taken from that page. Where University of Glasgow publishes nothing, this page says so rather than quoting a number reconstructed from student reports.

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