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Bachelor of Dental Surgery - BDS
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Full Time
SEP-25
5 Years
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery - BDS
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-25
5 Years
This innovative programme has been specifically designed to facilitate the development of real-world clinical, team working, and leadership skills, along with essential personal growth. The BDS programme embraces the University’s hallmarks of active learning, confidence, authentic assessment, and research-connected teaching, as well as having many notable and unique design elements.The programme shares a three year Collaborative Learning Core (CLC) with dental therapy students, where learning and collaborating in teams builds mutual respect and understanding of the varied roles of the dental team. The remaining two years of the programme will prepare you to undertake the scope of practice of a Dentist. Components within the programme are closely integrated and provide clear steps for you to develop, integrate and demonstrate your skills before building to the next level of clinical capability. Clinical experience commences in the first year of the programme and is underpinned by aligned medical and anatomical knowledge; communication skills; professionalism; ethics and clinical safety. During the programme, you will also have opportunities to experience and develop your skills in a primary care setting and engage with the local community. Quality improvement projects are also included in the programme to ensure an in-depth understanding of clinical governance. Learning and assessment are supported by state-of-the-art technology to provide a personalised mechanism for monitoring your progress and allowing you to take control of your own learning.Through embedding continuous personal development within the curriculum, you will understand the importance of self-reflection, goal setting and on-going professional development, an ethos aimed at ensuring that you will be prepared for the demands of both the profession and life after University. Please note that all applicants are required to sit the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) in the year of application.Prior to applying for a place on the Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS course, applicants should read the admissions information on the following web page:https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/dentistry/study/undergraduate/bachelorofdentalsurgery2025entrya200/
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAA Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AAAAA Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
AA Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:45 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
36 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H1,H1,H2,H2,H2,H2 Grades / Points required
AAA in 3 A levels (including Chemistry and Biology) taken at one sitting after two years of study. A level Chemistry and Biology are required. The third subject may be from the Arts or Sciences. General Studies, Critical Thinking and Vocational/Applied A levels are not accepted. Requirements in respect of GCSEs must also be met (for further information please read the admissions information on the following web page: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/dentistry/study/undergraduate/bachelorofdentalsurgery2025entrya200/). For applicants from England: Where a science has been taken at A level (Chemistry, Biology or Physics), a pass in the Science practical of each subject will be required. Applicants must complete the UCAT by the appropriate closing date for year of entry.
AAAAA at Higher level and AA at Advanced Higher level including Chemistry and Biology
AAAAA at Higher level and AA at Advanced Higher level including Chemistry and Biology
Applicants offering Access to Higher Education Diplomas should present from courses with significant Biology and Chemistry content at level 3. Candidates are expected to achieve distinction in 45 credits at level 3. For the full Access course requirements please read the admissions information on the following web page: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/dentistry/study/undergraduate/bachelorofdentalsurgery2025entrya200/
36 Points with 6 in Higher level Chemistry and Biology
Leaving Certificate – Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H1, H1, H2, H2, H2, H2 including H1 in Chemistry and Biology.
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