Dentistry
The 5-year curriculum has been designed to ensure our graduates have the knowledge, skills and attributes to work effectively and successfully in the dental profession.
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Queens University Belfast |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 | Queens University Belfast |
Duration
5 years (Full Time)
Entry Requirements
Irish Leaving Certificate
H1H1H1H1H2H2 including Higher Level grade H1 in Biology and Chemistry + if not offered at Higher Level then Ordinary Level grade O3 in Mathematics.
For applicants offering Irish Leaving Certificate, please note that performance at Junior Certificate is taken into account when shortlisting for interview.
Careers / Further progression
Career Prospects
There are a wide range of career opportunities available in dentistry. Following graduation it is mandatory to undergo a further one year of training in a Dental Foundation Training Scheme. Dentists can then decide to follow a career as a general dental practitioner or train to become a specialist in a dental discipline. Other dental career options include hospital dentistry, community dentistry, armed forces dentistry and university teaching and research.
Further Study
A number of our graduates combine specialist clinical training with further study at Queen’s at PhD or Master’s level in research or education.
Further information
Start date: September 2024
Deadlines for on-time applications
2024 entry application deadlines
For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.
16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.
31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.
Some course providers require additional admissions tests to be taken alongside the UCAS application, and these may have a deadline. Find out more about these tests at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/admissions-tests
Check course information in the search tool to see which deadline applies to you at the application weblink below.
Apply as soon as possible: Student funding arrangements mean that as offers are made and places fill up, some courses may only have vacancies for students from certain locations. It’s therefore really important that you apply for your chosen courses by the appropriate deadlines mentioned above, as not all courses will have places for all students.
All applications received after 30 June are entered into Clearing - find out more about Clearing at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/clearing-and-results-day/what-clearing
The Dental School at Queen's has been responsible for delivering dental education in Northern Ireland since 1920. The 5-year curriculum has been designed to ensure our graduates have the knowledge, skills and attributes to work effectively and successfully in the dental profession.
Professional Accreditations
The Queen’s University Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree programme is recognised and accredited by the United Kingdom’s General Dental Council (GDC) as a registrable qualification.
International applicants should ensure that they thoroughly research the licensing requirements for practising dentistry in their home country after graduation from Queen’s University Belfast. Canadian students should note that as Queen’s University is in the United Kingdom we do not, therefore, participate in the reciprocity agreement which applies only to the Republic of Ireland. Further information regarding becoming a licensed dentist in Canada can be found on the website for the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, at:
https://ndeb-bned.ca/en/requirements
Year 1 and 2
Students are attached to dental clinics and also undertake modules where they learn about the foundations of clinical practice including the biomedical and behavioural sciences as well as the principles of dental patient management, dental health promotion and core clinical dental skills.
Year 3
Introduces a greater clinical component within the various clinical dental specialties. Students continue to develop their clinical skills in Restorative Dentistry, carrying out assessment and treatment of their own patients. Students also begin their teaching and core training in the specialty areas of Oral Surgery, Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry. In parallel, students also learn about the impact of systemic disease in dentistry.
Year 4 and 5
Emphasis is on teaching advanced dental clinical skills within the range of clinical specialties in dentistry. Students carry out the full range of dental treatment for their own adult and child patients. Clinical teaching takes place both within the Dental School and in Outreach dental clinics.
The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2023/24). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.
Year 1
Core Modules
• Anatomy for Dentistry (40 credits)
• Clinical and Professional Skills 1 (40 credits)
• Biomedical Sciences for Dentistry (40 credits)
Year 2
Core Modules
• Disease Mechanisms for Dentistry (20 credits)
• Dental Public Health and Behavioural Science (15 credits)
• Pharmacology for Dentistry (20 credits)
• Clinical and Professional Skills 2 (35 credits)
• Physiology for Dentistry (30 credits)
Year 3
Core Modules
• Periodontics (15 credits)
• Orthodontics (10 credits)
• Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine & Oral Pathology (15 credits)
• Systemic Disease and Dentistry (20 credits)
• Prosthetics (15 credits)
• Paediatric Dentistry & Special Care Dentistry (15 credits)
• Conservation (30 credits)
Year 4
Core Modules
• Paediatric Dentistry & Special Care Dentistry (20 credits)
• Final BDS Part 1: Periodontics (20 credits)
• Evidence Based Dentistry (10 credits)
• Orthodontics (10 credits)
• Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine & Oral Pathology (20 credits)
• Final BDS Part 1: Prosthetics (20 credits)
• Final BDS Part 1: Conservation (30 credits)
Year 5
Core Modules
• Final BDS Part 2: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology (15 credits)
• Final BDS Part 2: Paediatric Dentistry and Special Care Dentistry (15 credits)
• Final BDS Part 2: Orthodontics (15 credits)
• Final BDS Part 3: Practice of Dentistry (75 credits)
The way in which you are assessed will vary according to the learning outcomes for each module.
Assessments range from written exams, MCQs, case studies and group projects to Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and clinical procedures with patients. Details of how each module is assessed are shown in Canvas (Virtual Learning Environment).
Admissions
Tel: 028 9097 3838
Fax: 028 9097 5151
Email address: admissions@qub.ac.uk