Dentistry

The five-year dentistry degree programme at Queen’s University Belfast will help you build the professional behaviours, clinical operative skills, and confidence required to practice as a dental professional. During the programme you will develop a broad clinical experience on real patients, in a range of different clinical environments both within the dental school and in outreach placements.

The Dentistry degree programme at Queen's is Ranked 1st in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 and 2025, 2nd in the Guardian University Guide 2025 and 7th in the Complete University Guide 2025 out of the Dental Schools in the UK.

Internationally Renowned Experts
The Dentistry degree programme at Queen's is Ranked 1st in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 and 2025, 2nd in the Guardian University Guide 2025 and 7th in the Complete University Guide 2025 out of the Dental Schools in the UK.

Career Development
Students will have the opportunity to undertake clinical practice from year 1 of the course. During their course students will gain experience in a range of clinical settings to help develop their skills and career opportunities.

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. Our curriculum will encourage and support you to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to become a dentist across the range of dental disciplines.

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

Career Development
Students who successfully complete the BDS programme can apply for full registration with the GDC which allows the registrant to practise as a dentist in the UK if the student fulfils the UK government’s residency requirements.

World Class Facilities
We take great pride in our commitment to enhancing the student learning experience and our modern clinical facilities are a key part of this. Our students are working and learning in a range of clinics, some of which have been recently redeveloped to a high specification. The Clinical Techniques Laboratory (CTL) is used by students throughout the programme with additional sessions training with haptic dental simulators. A newly refurbished prosthetics Teaching Laboratory was opened in 2023 and we have recently introduced digital dentistry techniques to our programme.

Further Study Opportunities
During the course of their dental degree, some students opt to study for an extra year to achieve an additional intercalated MSc or BSc. Whilst some dental students work towards a BSc (taking a year out of the programme between years 2 and 3), others, after completion of year 3 of the course, enrol on a taught Master’s course. Those presently available within the School include the Master of Public Health (MPH), MPH in Global Health, MSc (Res) in Cancer Medicine, MSc in Experimental Medicine, MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, MSc in Clinical Anatomy. There are two additional MSc programmes available for intercalation in the School of Psychology: MSc Applied Developmental Psychology and MSc in Clinical Health Psychology. Further information is availability at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/mdbs/Study/IntercalatedDegrees/