Barts and The London (Queen Mary) runs a five-year BDS with big clinical exposure across East London. Like its medical school, it sets a UCAT floor and then ranks applicants on a combination of their UCAT and UCAS tariff — so both your score and your grades count.
Queen Mary sets a UCAT floor — score below the 4th decile (the bottom 40% of takers) and your application isn't considered further. Above the floor, it adds your overall UCAT score to your UCAS tariff to give a single total, and ranks everyone in the cycle; those above the weighted cut-off are invited to interview. After interview, selection can take in the SJT, tariff and UCAT alongside your interview score. Clearing the decile floor is necessary but not sufficient — your combined rank decides it.
Queen Mary rewards a balanced profile — clear the 4th-decile UCAT floor, then let a good score and strong tariff (A*AA) lift your combined rank. If your UCAT is decent and your grades are strong, it's a competitive but realistic London option. Check your percentile and your decile.
Check your percentile →A*AA (a UCAS tariff of at least 152), with the required science subjects.
Six GCSEs at 777666 including Biology, Chemistry, English Language or Literature, and Maths.
Queen Mary wants genuine insight into dentistry and motivation for the profession, shown at interview.
Panel interview. A values-based panel interview; after interview, selection may weigh the SJT, UCAS tariff and UCAT too.
Paraphrased themes from student discussion: impressions, not facts. Visit and judge for yourself.
You need at least a 4th-decile UCAT to be considered (the bottom 40% are excluded). Above the floor, your UCAT is added to your UCAS tariff and ranked, so a balanced, above-average score plus strong grades is the aim. The cut-off moves each year.
It adds your overall UCAT score to your UCAS tariff to give a single total, ranks all applicants in the cycle, and invites those above the weighted cut-off to interview.
A UCAS tariff of at least 152 (which A*AA delivers), plus six GCSEs at 777666 including Biology, Chemistry, English and Maths.
See where your UCAT lands in percentiles, then build the score Queen Mary is looking for, or talk it through with a 98th-percentile tutor, free.