University of Dundee UCAS Points: 2026 Entry Requirements

Quick answer: No — the University of Dundee does not make offers in UCAS Tariff points. Every course page states a grade set instead — CCCC for Forensic Anthropology, BBCC for Scots Law, AAAAB for Medicine — and right now, several of those pages are showing live September 2026 Clearing figures rather than the standard offer a January applicant would have seen.

Dundee sits geographically and academically close to Aberdeen, but its admissions pages behave differently in a way that matters if you're applying to both: Dundee names each course's requirement individually rather than banding subjects into groups, several of its course pages have been overwritten by Clearing for the current cycle, and one of its design degrees runs an accelerated entry route unlike anything on Aberdeen's tables. This page works through four named Dundee courses, all fetched directly from dundee.ac.uk, and flags exactly which figures are today's Clearing numbers rather than the standard 2026 offer.

Does the University of Dundee use UCAS points?

No. Every course page carries its own Higher or Advanced Higher grade condition, stated as a letter set rather than a number. Forensic Anthropology's page asks for CCCC; Scots Law's for BBCC; Medicine's for AAAAB. None of these pages mention a UCAS Tariff total, and Dundee's contextual admissions policy — covered below — talks about grades and evidence, never points. If you're used to a points-based offer from an English post-1992 university, do all universities use UCAS points explains why Scottish institutions like Dundee mostly don't work that way.

Four Dundee courses, four 2026 pictures

Requirements vary enough by course that a single university-wide figure would be misleading. Here is what four named Dundee degrees ask for, with the current listing status noted for each:

Essential subjects sit on top of every row. Forensic Anthropology wants Higher Biology, Human Biology or Chemistry, plus National 5 grade C in Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Scots Law recommends Higher English at B and National 5 Mathematics at B. Medicine's subject conditions are the tightest on this page and are covered in full below.

Why some course pages show one flat grade right now

Three of the four courses above currently carry the exact same figure in their standard and widening-access columns, and that isn't a coincidence of subject difficulty — it's Clearing. Scots Law's and Product Design's pages are headed, word for word, "Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (Clearing)", and both display one grade set rather than two. Computer Science BSc (Hons) shows the same pattern: a single CCCC, under the identical Clearing heading, standing in for what would otherwise be separate standard and widening-access requirements.

Medicine is not in Clearing, and its page still shows Dundee's normal two-column structure: AAAAB standard against AAABB for widening access — a gap of exactly one grade, in one subject, at Higher.

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Product Design's Level 2 entry: Advanced Highers into a design degree

Dundee's Product Design BSc (Hons) runs two routes into the same degree, and which one you take depends on whether you hold Advanced Highers. Without them, you enter Year 1 through a 4-year route via a General Foundation year, needing BCCC at Higher with a recommended literate or art-and-design subject. With BB at Advanced Higher plus BB at Higher, in different subjects from each other, you go straight into Year 2 on a 3-year route instead — Dundee's version of the direct-entry mechanism that several Scottish universities build around Advanced Highers, applied here to an art and design degree rather than a science or arts one. Both routes require a portfolio of art, design or creative work, and the standard and widening-access figures are currently identical for each.

What Dundee's grades are worth in Tariff points

Converting Dundee's published grade sets shows how much a fifth subject or an Advanced Higher pulls the total up. Forensic Anthropology's CCCC comes to 84 points; Scots Law's BBCC to 96; Product Design's 4-year BCCC to 90. Medicine's AAAAB is worth 159 points, and its widening-access AAABB comes to 153 — a six-point gap for one grade step in one subject. Product Design's 3-year route combines two qualification levels: BB at Advanced Higher (96 points on its own) plus BB at Higher (54 points) totals 150 points once both are added together, comfortably above any of the four-Higher sets in the table above. The per-grade values behind these sums sit on the Scottish Highers UCAS points and Advanced Highers UCAS points pages.

Medicine's S6 requirement — BB at Advanced Higher, required of every candidate regardless of which other subjects they present — is worth 96 points on its own, but Dundee doesn't specify what the remaining S6 subjects need to be, so this page stops at that figure rather than inventing a full S6 total.

Contextual admissions: no automatic reduction

Dundee's contextual admissions policy sets out the factors it will weigh: a home postcode in Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation Quintile 1, current or past eligibility for free school meals, unpaid caring responsibilities for a family member, care experience — including as an adopted child — estrangement from family for at least 12 months, refugee or asylum status, and other education-disrupting circumstances assessed case by case.

None of this happens automatically. Dundee's own policy is explicit that "indicating circumstances on UCAS alone is not sufficient" — applicants must submit evidence through the university's portal or via a referee statement before a contextual flag is applied. Where a flag is confirmed, Dundee assesses the application against its widening access entry requirements rather than the standard ones, or, for interviewing courses such as Medicine, normally guarantees an interview instead. Eligible Scottish applicants who fall short of the standard academic profile may also be offered a place on Dundee's Access Summer School as an alternative route in, rather than a straight grades reduction. How contextual schemes differ in structure across universities is covered in contextual offers explained.

Planning a Dundee application

Check the specific course page for your subject before you compare Dundee with anywhere else — its courses don't sit in the neat subject bands that some other Scottish universities use, and the number you see may be a temporary Clearing figure rather than a fixed 2026 requirement. If your course is currently in Clearing, ring the number on the page to confirm what's actually being offered this week rather than relying on the published grade set alone. And if you think a contextual factor applies to you, gather the evidence Dundee asks for before you submit your UCAS form — a circumstance mentioned only in your personal statement will not trigger a review. For the rest of your application, how many UCAS points do I need sets out what different Tariff totals open up elsewhere on your UCAS form.

University of Dundee UCAS points: FAQ

Does the University of Dundee use UCAS points?

No. Dundee's course pages publish a Highers or Advanced Higher grade set for each degree — Forensic Anthropology asks for CCCC, Medicine for AAAAB — never a points total. UCAS Tariff points do not appear anywhere in Dundee's own entry requirements listings.

What are Dundee's 2026 entry requirements for Medicine?

Standard entry is AAAAB at Higher, with widening access at AAABB. Every candidate also needs BB at Advanced Higher in S6, Chemistry or Biology plus another science at Higher, and Biology and Chemistry at National 5 grade A. All applicants sit the UCAT, with no minimum cut-off score published.

Why do some Dundee course pages show a single flat grade right now?

Because Clearing for September 2026 entry is live. Computer Science, Product Design and Scots Law are headed "Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (Clearing)" and show one CCCC, BCCC or BBCC figure for standard and widening-access applicants alike, collapsing the usual two columns into one for the rest of the cycle.

How does Product Design's Level 2 entry work at Dundee?

Applicants with BB at Advanced Higher plus BB at Higher, in different subjects, join a 3-year route directly into Year 2, alongside a portfolio. Without Advanced Highers, the same degree runs as a 4-year route starting at BCCC via a General Foundation year.

Is Dundee's contextual admissions reduction automatic?

No. Dundee's contextual admissions policy states that applicants must provide evidence through its portal or a referee statement — noting circumstances on the UCAS form alone "is not sufficient." Recognised factors include a SIMD Quintile 1 postcode, free school meals, care experience, being a carer, estrangement, and refugee status.