Graduate entry dentistry in the UK is a shortened Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) route open only to applicants who already hold a degree. For 2027 entry the Dental Schools Council records exactly four such courses — and knowing which they are (and which will accept your degree) is the essential starting point. The four
King’s College London runs two graduate-entry dentistry routes — more than any other UK dental school. The Graduate/Professional Entry Programme (GPEP, A202) is a four-year BDS for bioscience graduates, and the A204 is a three-year BDS reserved for qualified, GMC-registered doctors — the only course of its kind in the UK. The A202 requires a
The University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Dentistry runs the only graduate-entry BDS in Scotland — a four-year accelerated A201 programme for graduates with a good honours degree in biosciences or an allied health profession. Aberdeen is graduate-only for dentistry: there is no school-leaver route. Entry centres on a 1st or 2:1 degree in an approved
The University of Lancashire (formerly UCLan) School of Dentistry in Preston runs one of the most distinctive routes into the profession: a four-year graduate-entry Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS, A202) for graduates who already hold a 2:1 in a biomedical discipline. There is no school-leaver route — this is a graduate-only dental school. UCLan has
