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InterviewMMI
The University of Manchester
Stations5
Time per station7 min (8 min slot)
Total lengthAbout 50 min
Interviewers1 per station
WhenJanuary–March
Interviews and offers in recent years
356interviewed (2026 entry)
148offers made
About 42%of interviewees received an offer
| Entry | Applicants | Interviewed | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 entry | 1,116 | 356 | 148 |
| 2025 entry | 824 | 366 | 137 |
| 2024 entry | 952 | 357 | 115 |
| 2023 entry | 1,004 | 351 | 107 |
| 2022 entry | 1,053 | 318 | 92 |
Offers from the waiting list: not published by this university.
What these figures cover: BDS, Home and Overseas combined. Interviewed = shortlisted for interview.
Figures are as published by the university or released under Freedom of Information. Definitions differ between schools, so compare with care. A dash means the figure was not published.
Key dates
- Interviews normally run from January to March.
- You book your slot through Gecko.
- A reminder email arrives 7 days before; after that you cannot change your time.
- Online applicants get the Zoom link the working day before.
How the interview works
- You will rotate through five MMI stations, each a short conversation.
- Each station has its own interviewer.
- Each station slot is eight minutes: seven minutes of interview plus one minute to settle in.
- There are at least two minutes between stations.
- You start at a randomly allocated station and rotate through the rest in order.
- You get no information in advance.
- There is no reading or writing task.
- Home applicants must attend in person on campus.
- International applicants living overseas can interview online via Zoom, or attend in person if they wish.
What they assess
- Communication skills
- Motivation for dentistry
- Previous experience, which need not be dental, and what you learned
- Ethical reasoning
- Tolerance and understanding of others
- Ability to cope with the stresses of the career
- It is not a test of academic knowledge.
How it's scored and how offers are made
- Each interviewer scores you on an iPad at the end of the station.
- Interviewers cannot see your scores from other stations.
- All station scores are collated later.
- Interview feedback is combined with the rest of your application to reach a decision.
- The Academic Lead for Admissions makes the final decision.
- You will not get a decision on the day.
- Decisions are usually sent by spring through UCAS.
Official sources
- The interview – Dentistry (Manchester) ↗
- Interview day structure – Dentistry (Manchester) ↗
- Interviews – BDS Dentistry application (Manchester) ↗
- Required documents – Dentistry interview (Manchester) ↗
- Decision and feedback – BDS Dentistry (Manchester) ↗
- Application statistics – BDS Dentistry (Manchester) ↗