Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Advanced Dental Clinical Practice) - MSc

The programme is delivered by Kent's Global and Lifelong Learning (GLL) team, based at the Medway campus. It is a joint collaboration between GLL and the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP (UK)). Candidates who have successfully completed an FGDP post-registration Diploma or other appropriate programmes may apply for direct access entry with advanced standing of 90 credits to the next available MSc in Advanced and Specialist Healthcare cohort. The programme fosters intellectual and professional development of experienced healthcare practitioners allowing them to extend and deepen the analytical and critical reasoning powers which underpin practice (e.g. in organisational leadership and change, health and welfare systems, organisations and services and advanced technical procedures and practices). Due to visa restrictions, students who require a student visa to study cannot study part-time, unless undertaking a distance or blended-learning programme with no on-campus provision. Global and Lifelong Learning offers flexible part-time academic work-related programmes for Postgraduate and Undergraduate students. Our programmes are founded on the belief that employers can benefit from the University of Kent’s academic and research excellence, quality teaching, design and development activities to create positive change and to forge new knowledge within their organisation. We work with a wide range of external partners and employers to create distinct and original work-based and work-related developmental and educational solutions, which respond to the unique workforce challenges experienced by employees and organisations across the region and beyond. Global and Lifelong Learning's programmes are designed to enhance career progression and foster intellectual and professional development and practice.

FGDP Post-registration Diploma programme Entry to the programme is via an approved articulation arrangement route. Applicants need to have successfully completed an FGDP Post-registration Diploma programme or other appropriate qualification; this provides 90 credits in the form of approved Accreditation of Prior Experiential and Certificated Learning (APECL). Applicants must also be working in a dental workplace setting.

IELTS 6.0 overall, minimum 5.5 in each component

International students: £6,200 per year

UK students: £6,200 per year

UK/Home: £6,200 per year

International: £6,200 per year

January

24 August 2026

• Medway, United Kingdom