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BSc Oral Health Science / Overview

Year of entry: 2020

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Information for offer-holders

Degree awarded: BSc
Duration: 3 years
Typical A-level offer: ABB (including specific subjects)
Typical contextual A-level offer (what is this?): BBB (including Biology)
Typical International Baccalaureate offer: We require 34 points overall, including 6,5,5 in the higher level subjects (including Biology at higher level). If Maths and English Language are not offered as part of the Diploma, they should be offered at GCSE or IGCSE at grade C (4) or above. We accept both Maths options as part of the Diploma.; Full entry requirements
Number of places/applicants: 14/280
How to apply: Apply through UCAS .

Course overview

Learn the skills and knowledge you need to register with the General Dental Council as a dental therapist or hygienist.
Study at a university ranked 4th in the UK for dentistry, according to the QS World University Rankings 2019.
95% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of completing this course.

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Fees

Tuition fees for home/EU students commencing their studies in September 2020 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £24,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Additional expenses

When on the clinics you will need to wear a tunic - which cost approximately £25 each - as well as black trousers or skirt and black leather duty shoes that are close fitting around the toes and heels.

There will be travel costs when attending community clinics in the Greater Manchester area. There is no discounted parking on campus for students if you have a car.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

As per the recent government announcement, all nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. The funding will be given to all new and continuing degree-level nursing, midwifery and many allied health students from September 2020. Please click here for more detail.

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NHS bursaries are not available for this course.

Contact details

School/Faculty: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Telephone: +44 (0)161 306 0231
Email: ug.dentistry@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/dentistry/
School/Faculty overview: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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