Dentistry BDS

Queen Mary University of London

Study an innovative dental curriculum at a top school with world-class facilities and access to London’s diverse population.

This five-year degree is designed to help you build the skills you will need as a dental professional. The Institute of Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London follows a new and innovative curriculum: you will study care of the mouth, including prevention and treatment of dental diseases, screening for oral cancers, managing trauma, orthodontics and oral surgery.

Our location in east London means you will serve a population of great diversity and encounter a wide range of disease, including some of the more unusual oral cancers. Our dental degree is based at the Institute of Dentistry, and is attached to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. You will be exposed to patients early on, and as you progress in your studies, you will also undertake extended outreach periods in a number of locations in the Docklands, Southend Outreach and the new dental outreach clinic at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Centre in the former Olympic Polyclinic in Stratford.

The Institute of Dentistry provides a wide range of services and operates as a major center for the local community and for patients who need specialist treatment. Experience of dental practice outside the Institute also forms an important part of your learning.

We encourage you to take a holistic approach to dentistry by studying the human sciences along with your core dentistry modules – including sociology and psychology – to examine patients’ attitude to oral healthcare and the dental profession.

Found to be sufficient by the General Dental Council (GDC) for the purpose of eligibility for registration with that body.