King's College London

We will use a delivery method that will ensure you have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that you also experience elements of digital learning and assessment.

The integrated nature of our course means that basic science teaching will relate to clinical practice and clinical teaching will be underpinned by scientific understanding. Our course emphasises whole patient care, which requires consideration of the patients’ total dental and medical needs, rather than just the provision of individual items of treatment. Our curriculum enables you to assist in the sustainable oral health care of patients from year one and assume an appropriate level of responsibility for patient care at an early stage

Our working environment is structured into cross-year undergraduate teams so that you benefit from working and studying with the same group peers throughout their time at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.

Course Stage	% time in scheduled learning & teaching activities	% time in guided independent study	% time on placements	Credit Value
Year 1	11%	34%	55%	120
Year 2	16%	27%	57%	135
Year 3	31%	7%	62%	120

The timings detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if course modules change. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

 

Assessment

The assessments may include:

Formative:

• E-Portfolio

Summative:

• Computer-based assessments (e.g.: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Situational Judgement tests (SJTs), Ranking Questions)
• Short Answer Questions Examinations
• Tutor Marked Assessments
• Written (Typed) Essays
• Case Based Poster presentation
• Structured Clinical Reasoning Examination
• Clinical OSCE’s (Objective Structured Clinical Examination)
• Unseen Clinical scenarios & Structured Oral Test

Course Structure

The programme is divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 390 credits over 3 years.

• Year 1 comprises modules totalling 135 credits.
• Year 2 comprises modules totalling 135 credits.
• Year 3 comprises modules totalling 120 credits.

Although you join year 3 of the standard BDS programme, your first year will be customized to cover topics studied in year one/two of the standard five-year BDS course that may not have already been covered by an MBBS degree. This will be achieved by means of an introductory week and a DPMG specific 30 credit module in your first year.

 

DISCLAIMER

The information above programme represents the updated DPMG programme that is being introduced by the faculty in 2026/27. Whilst there are no plans to further modify the structure of the programme (as described above), please be aware that some changes may be required in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

 

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this webpage for updates.