Undergraduate medical and dental training is jointly funded by:
- OfS high-cost funding for teaching costs
- Health Education England clinical placements costs
- the fees paid by students to providers.
Our high-cost funding for teaching takes the form of a grant allocated as part of our annual funding allocations to eligible providers. These grants are based on the number of medical and dental students studying at each provider.
The number of places available to study medicine and dentistry is regulated by the government and controlled through the use of intake targets.
Education standards
Medical and dental schools set their own admissions criteria. Standards for medical and dental education are set by the General Medical Council and the General Dental Council.
Read about the General Medical Council’s role in setting education standards
Read about the General Dental Council’s role in setting education standards
