Offer information

For dental, medical, diagnostic radiography, physician associate, dental therapy and hygiene, and clinical physiology courses
Medicine students in the Clinical Skills Resource Centre, taking blood from simulated arm and completing patient paperwork

Student agreements

All students are required to sign a dental, medical, diagnostic radiography, physician associate or healthcare science Student Agreement as part of any conditional offer of a place on their respective programme.
Student Agreements form a contract between the respective school and its students and states clearly the level of behaviour expected by us of our students. Non-compliance with each Student Agreement may constitute a fitness to practise issue and may put at risk a student’s continued enrolment on BDS, BMBS, BMBSF, DTH, PA, DR or HCS programmes. A copy of each school Student Agreement is available as a download .
A copy of your programme student agreement has been sent for you to review and sign via your student portal.
The Dental Student Agreement is a code of conduct that derives from the General Dental Council’s statements on the duties of the dental team as outlined in Standards for the Dental Team (Sept 2013) and the duties of a dental surgery student as outlined in the GDC Safe Practitioners Framework (2025).
The Medical Student Agreement is a code of conduct that derives from the General Medical Council’s statements on the duties of a doctor as stated in Good Medical Practice (2024) of medical degree programmes, and the outcomes of the the GMC Outcomes for Graduates (2018).
The Physician Associate Student Agreement is a code of conduct that derives from the General Medical Council’s statements on the duties of a Medical Associate Professional as stated in Good Medical Practice (2024) and Shared Outcomes for PAs and AAs (2022).
The Diagnostic Radiography Student Agreement is a code of conduct that derives from the Health & Care Professions Council’s statements on Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008).
Clinical Physiology (Cardiac Physiology) Student Agreements are codes of conduct that derives from the Academy of Healthcare Science Good Scientific
Practice and Standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

Occupational Health

Applicants are required to undergo a health assessment prior to the start of the course. This is to ensure that you are physically and mentally suited to a career in education. If you have any concerns about your medical suitability, you are advised to discuss this with your GP.
We do appreciate that Occupational Health outcomes can take some time, however, you must ensure that you have completed at least the questionnaire by the 30 June deadline to ensure your assessment is in progress

Documents relating to all courses

Documents relevant to Dental Surgery (A206) and Dental Therapy and Hygiene (B750) offer holders only

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Our courses require students to work in positions requiring public trust. In order to ensure public protection and safety, all applicants will be asked to declare any convictions or cautions against them, and to declare any pending prosecutions. This can be done on the UCAS application form.
Enhanced disclosures will be made on all students when they hold unconditional firm status. You will be sent details of how to complete the check online as part of your offer, with details of how to do so at this point. This process must be completed, even if a check has recently been completed for another organisation. All information is treated in the utmost confidence.
A disclosure which contains details of an offence does not automatically preclude study on one of our courses. We operate a Professional Issues Committee which will consider each case individually and confidentially. In all instances, the committee is assessing whether the disclosure would prevent an applicant from going on placement or obtaining employment upon graduation.

Students with disabilities
We are committed to meeting the needs of students with disabilities and we recognise that they are an integral part of the academic community which we strive to make as inclusive as possible.
We will need to consider the impact of a disability on an applicant’s fitness to practise medicine, dentistry or healthcare science because we have a special responsibility to ensure that all students admitted to our programmes accredited by professional regulatory bodies will be eligible for registration by the GMC or GDC or HCPC on graduation.
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants who are judged to be academically suitable, are neither treated less favourably nor placed at a substantial disadvantage on the grounds of their disability. If you consider that you have a disability you should tick the relevant box on the UCAS form. Disclosing a disability on your UCAS application form will not affect the screening of your application, or, indeed, influence the decision to invite you to interview. If an offer is made, we will seek advice from the University’s Disability Inclusion Services and the Health and Wellbeing Service, so that the type of assistance needed to enable you to successfully follow our degree programmes can be assessed in more detail.
There may be rare occasions when, following professional assessment of a disability, a student’s suitability for admission may be affected. However, we will take a positive view and will try to meet the needs of students with disabilities by making, where possible, reasonable adjustments to their programme of study.
If you would like to discuss this further or would like general advice and information about the support available at the University of Plymouth for students with a disability, or a specific learning need, please contact:
Disability Inclusion Services
Student Hub
Tel: +44 1752 587676

Applicants who have lived/currently live outside of the UK
All applicants to this programme are required to complete a UK Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and / or obtain a Certificate of Good Character (a police certificate from abroad).
If any of the following statements apply to you, you will be required to obtain an Overseas Criminal Record Check from the relevant country or countries, as part of the conditions of your offer. (This is also known as a Certificate of Good Character or CoGC and is a catchall term for Police Certificates from countries outside of the UK).
  • I will be moving from a country outside of the UK to commence my studies
  • I have lived outside of the UK, on and after I turned 18, for more than 12 months (continuously or on and off), in the last 10 years.
(This includes, but is not limited to travelling, studying, working and postings with armed forces*).

How to apply for a Certificate of Good Conduct/Overseas Criminal Record Check
You can find details on how to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct (or Overseas Criminal Record Check) on GOV.UK: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
The information is listed alphabetically by the name of the Country.
If the country concerned is not listed, please contact the relevant embassy or consulate for further details.

Military service
If you were serving in the military during your time abroad, you may submit an extract from your military record instead of a Certificate of Good Conduct/Overseas Criminal Record Check. The extract you provide must:
  • be the original document you were given, not a copy
  • cover (and state that it covers) all of the periods within the past ten years during which you were overseas for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) and confirm you were serving in the military at this time
  • expressly disclose any and all convictions you may have received during this time
  • be from an identified source that we can contact if we need to verify the extract's authenticity.

What to do if you are unable to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct/Overseas Criminal Record Check

What to do if you are unable to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct/Overseas Criminal Record Check

It is not always possible to obtain a certificate from countries that do not have functioning criminal record regimes or refuse to provide these to anyone other than their own citizens.
If you are unable to obtain a certificate, please contact the Faculty Compliance Team at fohcompliance@plymouth.ac.uk.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Term dates

Medicine and Medicine with Foundation Year (A100 and A102)

Dental Surgery (A205 and A206)

Clinical Physiology (Cardiac Physiology) (B121)

Dental Therapy and Hygiene (B750 and B751)

Diagnostic Radiography courses (B821, B822 and B823)

MSc Physician Associate Studies (6510)

Documents relevant to Physician Associate Offer Holders (January 2026 entry) will be added in due course.