University Intake Targets for Dentistry AY 2025-26

2. SFC receives annual guidance from the Chief Dental Officer (CDO) and Dentistry Division, providing recommended intakes for dental schools in Scotland. This letter of guidance for AY 2025-26, dated 8 May 2025, is provided in Annex A.

3. The guidance received from the CDO recommends that, reflecting the Scottish Government’s Operational Improvement Plan published on 31 March 2025, intake targets should be increased by 17 on last year’s target.
4. In line with this guidance, the overall university intake target for Dentistry for
   AY 2025-26 is 172 students; with an intake target for Scottish-domiciled/’home fee’, rest of UK (rUK) and Republic of Ireland (RoI) students of 145, and an intake target for international students of 27. This is shown in Table 1 below.
5. For the first time, AY 2025-26 will see all three universities – University of Aberdeen, University of Dundee and University of Glasgow – being allowed to recruit international Dentistry students (see Table 1). International students will be expected to contribute towards Additional Cost of Teaching (Dentistry) via their student fees as previously agreed.

6. The University Final Funding Allocations for AY 2025-26 were published on 29 May 2025 and set out the funded places for Dentistry, incorporating the intake targets set out in this announcement.

7. Please contact Duncan Condie, Senior Funding Policy Officer, tel: 0131 313 6671, email: dcondie@sfc.ac.uk.

Tiffany Ritchie
Acting Director of Finance