Queen's University Belfast Dentistry: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements
Queen's University Belfast 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 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.
- SJT policy
- 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.
- A-level requirements
- Standard offer AAA including Chemistry and Biology/Human Biology. Critical Thinking and General Studies are not acceptable; only one Applied A-level and one Mathematics A-level are counted. GCSE Mathematics and English minimum grade C/4 required if not offered at AS or A-level.
- Interview format
- Home/RoI fee applicants are ranked on academic plus UCAT score, then shortlisted for an in-person interview in Belfast; offers are made solely on interview performance. International/EU (non-RoI) applicants are ranked holistically and interviewed online. QUB's Dentistry-specific materials do not confirm MMI terminology or a station count for this course.
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 Queen's University Belfast's own threshold, since Queen's University Belfast doesn't publish one for the current cycle.
UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2025Standard A-level offer: Standard offer AAA including Chemistry and Biology/Human Biology. Critical Thinking and General Studies are not acceptable; only one Applied A-level and one Mathematics A-level are counted. GCSE Mathematics and English minimum grade C/4 required if not offered at AS or A-level. SJT policy: 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. Worth knowing: No admissions policy document explicitly labelled for the current cycle had been published as of this check, despite the university's own target of mid-2026; only the prior cycle's policy PDF exists, used here only for scoring mechanics that are not cycle-specific. 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: Queen's University Belfast admissions Last checked 2026-08-11.
Schools worth comparing Queen's University Belfast against
- Queen's Belfast MedicineMedicine at the same university
- Glasgow DentistryAlso ranks applicants by UCAT score and publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Liverpool DentistryAlso folds UCAT into a combined score and ranks applicants by UCAT score
- Birmingham DentistryAlso ranks applicants by UCAT score and publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Bristol DentistryAlso asks AAA at A-level
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