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Our ref: FOI-23-325
3 November 2023
Yash Belur
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Yash,
Further to your FOI request received on 18 September 2023 please find below the University’s response
to your request.
The information requested:
Re: Dental Surgery (BDS HONS) A200
“For the last 5 years where data is available could you please give me the average points score
of all applicants invited to interview and applicants given an offer and the lowest point
score/threshold of applicants invited to interview and applicants given an offer”.
Application Cycle
Minimum
Average
Minimum
Average
combined
combined
combined
combined
academic
and academic
and academic
and academic
and
UCAT
score UCAT
score UCAT score of UCAT score of
required to be required to be applicant
made applicant
made
shortlisted
for shortlisted
for an offer
an offer
interview
interview
2019
32.0
37.4
32.0
37.9
2020
32.0
37.4
32.0
38.1
2021
33.0
37.7
33.0
37.6
2022*
33.0
37.1
33.0
37.2
2023*
37.0
39.1
37.0
39.2
*Please note that from 2022 grades B and C were scored for the first time and the threshold is not
therefore directly comparable with previous years.
The data does not include a small number of applicants in the 2021 Application Cycle for whom COVID-
related adjustments were made. These students were originally holding offers in the 2020 Application
Cycle and were permitted to reapply without the requirement to complete UCAT or be interviewed. This
was the norm across the sector in response to COVID disruption.
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Yours sincerely
Information Compliance Unit