Statistics for BDS A100 dentistry admissions at Dundee

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Dear University of Dundee,
I would like to request the following information -

. The average UCAT score of successful RUK undergraduate applicants invited to interview for dentistry for the most recent cycles
. The number of RUK applicants that applied for dentistry and the number of interviews given out for RUK applicants in the most recent cycles

Yours faithfully,

Ali Choudhury

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Dear Ali Choudhury

Many thanks for your request for information. Please find below the
figures you requested for 2020 and 2021. 

BDS Dentistry (A200) Home Rest of UK fee status
applicants
2020/1 entry 2021/2 entry
Applications 165 224
Invited to Interview 78 54
Average UCAT 2589 2591
Median UCAT 2585 2575
Lowest UCAT 2060 2120
Lowest UCAT (no contextual factors) 2370 2120
Offers 35 *

Please note that there was no offer making / intake for 2021/2 entry due
to the Covid-19 pandemic. No contextual factors: This data excludes any
applicant invited to interview who had any one or more Category 1 or
Category 2 contextual factors as detailed in our Contextual Admissions
Policy
here: [1]https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-infor...
With regards to spaces for 2023 - our numbers are set by the Scottish
Funding Council and these figures have not yet been released. The numbers
of spaces for 2012/22 and 2022/23 were split over two years but as there
was no intake in 2021, the figures were 100% in 2022. The numbers set by
the SFC were in 2020/21 57 places 9 of which were international, there was
no intake in 2021/22 and in 2022/23 the numbers were the same (57
including 9 international). There is no specified quota for Scottish
students vs RUK.
See [2]https://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications-stati...
You may also find these statistics for 2022 useful.

BDS Dentistry (A200) Applications

  

Fee Status  2021/2 entry  2022/3 entry 
Home EU  55  12 
Home Rest of UK (RUK)  224  329 
Home Scottish  155  241 
Overseas (not EU)  78  105 

  

BDS Dentistry (A200) - Offers

 

Fee status 2020/1 entry 2022/3 entry
Home Rest of UK 35 54
Home Scottish 62 64

Please let me know if you would like further information. 
Kind regards 
Caroline Brown
FOI Team

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Dear University of Dundee,
I would like to request the following information -

. The average UCAT score of successful RUK undergraduate applicants
invited to interview for dentistry for the most recent cycles
. The number of RUK applicants that applied for dentistry and the number
of interviews given out for RUK applicants in the most recent cycles

Yours faithfully,

Ali Choudhury

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