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Implant Dentistry MSc

London, Bloomsbury

UK students International students

Study mode

Part-time

UK tuition fees (2026/27)

£12,650

Overseas tuition fees (2026/27)

£17,700

Duration

3 calendar years

Programme starts

September 2026

Applications accepted

All applicants: 20 Oct 2025 – 30 Jun 2026

Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Entry requirements

Applicants must possess an approved undergraduate dental qualification (i.e. BDS, or equivalent from a recognised institution) and have a minimum of one year clinical experience post-qualification. This programme will be open to GDC registered dentists due to the clinical nature of treating patients in the UK. Applicants must have full and current registration with the UK General Dental Council and be in dental practice with access to patients for the duration of the programme.

The English language level for this course is: Level 3

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

The full-time and part-time versions of this course are taught primarily online with some teaching taking place on campus in London. As such, international students who apply to this course are not eligible to apply for a regular Student visa for full-time study in the UK.

To attend the on-campus teaching sessions for this course, international students will ordinarily use a UK Standard Visitor visa for study.

Please note that UK immigration rules are subject to change by the UK Government, as such, there is no guarantee that the current rules referred to here will be in place for the duration of your study with UCL.

Should you have any questions regarding visa compliance, please contact the UCL Student Immigration Compliance Team.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

Modern implant dentistry is constantly evolving and presents challenges that require new skills. Our MSc programme provides the skills for dental implant case selection and planning, and to place and restore straightforward implant cases.

You will learn to assess, plan, and execute both the surgical and restorative aspects of dental implant treatment in straightforward cases. You will be able to identify low and high-risk dental implant cases, to formulate and prescribe an appropriate implant maintenance plan in relation to patient risk profile, and to recognise and manage complications in dental implantology.

The three-year Implant Dentistry MSc gives you an opportunity to progress based on your individual needs and interests. The programme offers online teaching combined with residential sessions of face-to-face teaching in London.

Who this course is for

The programme is ideal for Dental Practitioners wishing to develop their practice in Implant Dentistry to improve job satisfaction and to be able to offer patients a higher level of implant care.

Read about what it takes to study for a Master's at UCL

What this course will give you

This programme offers you the following benefits and opportunities:

This blended-learning programme is ideal for busy practitioners working in UK dental practices.
You will have the opportunity to treat your patients in our top-class facilities with specialist supervision.
You will experience lectures in a seminar setting, hands-on workshops, interactive case discussions and treatment planning exercises. Live surgeries of patient treatment will be performed as well as video demonstrations.
The programme is taught by experienced specialist dentists from the institute faculty and complemented by respected visiting clinicians and teachers.

Read about what you'll get out of a graduate programme

The foundation of your career

This programme enables dentists to bring implant dentistry into their everyday practice. Students should be able to embark on implant treatment in their own practices during the programme.

Graduates will gain the skills for dental implant case selection, planning, surgery, and restoration of straightforward implant cases.

Employability

This Implant Dentistry MSc provides the skills to manage and treat implant patients, which will bring increased opportunities for working in private dental practices. It also creates opportunities for further study in the field of dentistry.

Recent alumni have progressed to the specialist programme in prosthodontics at UCL Eastman Dental Institute and roles such as associates in UK private practices.

Networking

There are regular networking opportunities, including events where you can hear from expert speakers. We encourage students to broaden their skills and expand their networks by attending and participating at conferences.

Teaching and learning

We combine remote teaching with some face-to-face sessions. Remote teaching consists of webinars and self-directed study.

Face-to-face teaching comprises interactive lectures, seminars, hands-on training, live surgery, and supervised clinical treatment (both surgical and restorative implant treatment) in our state-of-the-art facilities.

During attendance days, you will engage in hands on practical skills work to develop practical and transferable skills. You will receive personal feedback. At the end of each attendance day, you will engage in a consolidation and feedback session with your peers.

To maximise the benefits of the programme, we strongly encourage students to attend all scheduled teaching sessions.

Throughout the programme you will be assessed by a variety of methods, including unseen written and oral examinations, multiple choice questions (MCQ), short answer questions, in-class essays, practical lab exercises and presentations (PowerPoint, video).

Clinical case presentations and reflective portfolios are formative assessments, where candidates gather evidence across the board over their day-to-day practice of clinical dentistry in relation to the patients they treat and their reflective qualitative learning.

The dissertation will be a relevant piece of scientific research.

This part-time MSc requires 600 learning hours per year for three years (1,800 hours total). It includes around 574 contact hours over the three years. These are split into around 73 contact teaching days, as follows:

Year 1: 21 contact teaching days. These are usually held fortnightly alternating between onsite at the Eastman in London and remote teaching via Teams.
Year 2: 40-42 days (4 days/month) all onsite for didactic and clinical sessions
Year 3: 10 days (1 day/month) of contact days with project supervisor, in addition to self-study for the dissertation.

The MSc in Implant Dentistry offers three exit points. Students can exit the programme as follows:

At the end of Year 1 with a Postgraduate Certificate in Implant Dentistry,
At the end of Year 2 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Implant Dentistry,
At the end of Year 3 with an MSc in Implant Dentistry.

Certificate

The PG Cert programme requires approximately 600 learning hours to complete.

You will have around 21 contact teaching days for this programme. These are usually held fortnightly alternating between onsite at the Eastman in London and remote teaching via Teams.

Each teaching day starts at 9.30am and finishes at 5pm.

These teaching sessions will comprise 147 learning hours, with the remainder being made up of reading materials, coursework, revision and other self-directed learning, spread evenly across the academic year.

Diploma

The PG Diploma requires 600 learning hours to complete.

This comprises of around 40-42 (c. 495 hours) contact days on site spread evenly throughout the academic year.

Approximately half of the days are spent on clinic at the Eastman, assessing implant patients, surgically placing implants and then restoring them, all under direct supervision.

The remaining contact days cover lectures and workshops on advanced implant topics as well as case presentations, and preparation for the exams.

Each teaching day starts at 9 am on a clinic or 9.30am for didactic teaching and finishes at 5pm.

The remaining c. 105 learning hours will be comprised of reading materials, case write ups and revision, spread evenly across the year.

Masters

Continuation requirements: only the students who have obtained an overall average of Distinction (70%-100%) across their Certificate and Diploma years will be eligible to progress to the Masters year.

The PG MSc requires 600 learning hours with the emphasis very much on self-directed learning.

The aim of the year is for students to submit 2 pieces of work for assessment:

• A 4000-word research paper

• A 10-minute video presentation of their research

Students will have around 10 contact days spread roughly evenly over the academic year. These will comprise teaching sessions on topics such as research methodology and statistics, with the remaining contact days organised on an individual basis with their supervisors. The number and frequency of contacts day with supervisors may vary slightly depending on each research topic’s requirements.

Usually, 2 of these contact days will be onsite at the Eastman (9.30am – 5pm) with the remainder being carried out remotely as Teams meetings with supervisors with timings that are mutually convenient.

The remaining 530 learning hours will be spent on composing their assessment submissions and should be spread evenly across the academic year.

Modules

In Year 1, you will complete three compulsory modules:

Implant Planning
Implant Science I
Implant Prosthodontics.

This year has up to 21 contact days. These are usually held fortnightly alternating between onsite at the Eastman Dental Institute in London and remote teaching via Teams.

In Year 2, you will complete three compulsory taught modules:

Implant Science II
Implant Practical
Implant Clinical.

This will involve approximately 40-42 contact days with an initial commitment of one day per week for the first term. These will be mainly clinical sessions to assess, plan, surgically place and restore implants.

In Year 3, you will complete one compulsory taught module:

Implant Dissertation.

The third year will have 10 contact days, usually one day per month to research and complete the dissertation. This will run from October to the September of the following year.

Compulsory modules

Implant Planning

Implant Science II

Implant Dissertation

Implant Science I

Implant Practical

Implant Prosthodontics

Implant Clinical

Year 1 to 2 Progression

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students take modules to the value of 60 credits for each year of study totalling 180 credits for the three years. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MSc in Implant Dentistry.

Accessibility

The department will endeavour to make reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities, including those with long-term health conditions, neurodivergence, learning differences and mental health conditions. This list is not exhaustive. If you're unsure of your eligibility for reasonable adjustments at UCL, please contact Student Support and Wellbeing Services.

Reasonable adjustments are implemented on a case-by-case basis. With the student's consent, reasonable adjustments are considered by UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services, and where required, in collaboration with the respective department.

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble. Further information about support available can be obtained from UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services.

For more information about the department and accessibility arrangements for your course, please contact the department.

Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students

Fee description	Part-time
Tuition fees (2026/27)	£12,650
Tuition fees (2026/27)	£17,700

The published fee is for Year 1 only. Year 2 is £21,150 (UK) and £23,625 (Overseas). Year 3 is £14,750 (UK) and £19,950 (Overseas).

Postgraduate Taught students benefit from a cohort guarantee, meaning that their tuition fees will not increase during the course of the programme, but UCL reserves the right to increase tuition fees to reflect any sums (including levies, taxes, or similar financial charges) that UCL is required to pay any governmental authority in connection with tuition fees.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Where the course is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees.

Additional costs

For full-time and part-time offer holders with a fee status classification of UK, a fee deposit will be charged at 2.5% of the first year fee.

For full-time and part-time offer holders with a fee status classification of Overseas, a fee deposit will be charged at 10% of the first year fee.

Further information can be found in the Tuition fee deposits section on this page: Tuition fees.

Travel and accommodation

Students must meet the costs of travel to London and accommodation (where required) during the campus-based teaching blocks.

Costs related to implant treatment

Computer hardware for digital implant planning (approx. £2,000).
Printed guided stents, actual implants, implant components, laboratory work, drape packs and biomaterials (approx. £1,500 per implant). These costs can be passed to the patient if required.

Additional equipment

An SLR camera set up with appropriate lens and ring flash for documentation of clinical cases (approx. £1,400)
Camcorder (approx. £300-400)
Semi-adjustable articulator (preferably a Denar) and facebow (approx. £750).

For in-person teaching, UCL’s main teaching locations are in zones 1 (Bloomsbury) and zones 2/3 (UCL East). The cost of a monthly 18+ Oyster travel card for zones 1-2 is £119.90. This price was published by TfL in 2025. For more information on additional costs for prospective students and the cost of living in London, please view our estimated cost of essential expenditure at UCL's cost of living guide.

Funding your studies

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

See all the ways you can fund your studies

Next steps

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for Eastman Dental Institute courses of £120 for online applications. Further information can be found at Application fees.

When we assess your application we would like to learn:

why you want to study Implant Dentistry at graduate level
why you want to study Implant Dentistry at UCL
what particularly attracts you to the chosen programme
how your academic and professional background meets the demands of this challenging programme
where you would like to go professionally with your degree.

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate courses (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

This course only requires one reference in support of your application. Your reference should be academic unless you have been out of university education for more than four years. Further information regarding references can be found on this Selecting your references page.

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Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.