Medicine and Dentistry selection and admissions process
Our selection and admissions processes

Applications should be made through UCAS by the published deadline. This is typically the 15th October for clinical courses (such as Medicine and Dentistry) and the 15th January for all other courses including Dental Therapy and Hygiene and Diagnostic Radiography. You can apply to no more than four of the same clinical course choice, so although you cannot apply for five dental courses, four dental courses and one medical course would be permitted.
We are unable to consider any
applicant who will be under the age of 18 on the first day of the first
academic year of the course. Applicants who will be 17 on commencement of the
course will be considered for deferred entry.
Whilst there is no strict upper age limit for starting your degree, the length of the course and period of time in which you can practise after qualifying will be taken into account.
The interview
Prior to receiving an offer to study on one of our clinical programmes you will be invited to attend an interview.
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak and in the interest of keeping applicants, interviewers and staff safe, we will be completing all interviews in the 2020 admissions cycle online. For further information, including the interview format, timings and attributes being assessed, please refer to our interview information for medicine and dentistry.
The interview attempts to identify whether a candidate has the personal attributes required to become a doctor, dentist, dental care professional or radiographer of tomorrow. We place great value on the following qualities and we are looking for you to demonstrate these at your interview:
The interviews follow a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) structure. You will be assessed across seven single assessor stations. The interview will take approximately 50 minutes. It is not a test of medical or scientific knowledge, but aims to explore your attitudes, outlook and way of thinking.
The interview assessors are made up of clinicians, the public and patients. The interview process is patient and public inclusive. We expect students to demonstrate the values set out in the NHS constitution including: working together for patients, respect and dignity, commitment to quality of care, compassion and improving lives. The full list of values can viewed on the nhs.uk website.
We are only able to provide the overall score achieved at interview. Feedback is only given directly to unsuccessful applicants who request it in writing by email or letter. Please contact the schools’ Admissions Team should you wish to receive feedback on your application at meddent-admissions@plymouth.ac.uk.