DClinDent programmes: pre-arrival information

Congratulations on securing your place to study a DClinDent Restorative Dentistry course with us this September. On this page you’ll find useful information and tasks to help make your transition to the University of Sheffield as smooth as possible.

We know this can be a busy time for you, and we want to make preparing to start your course as straightforward as possible. This pre-arrival page is just for new DClinDent Restorative Dentistry students starting in September 2025. Here you’ll find information and tasks to complete specific to you and your DClinDent pathway.

Complete your registration

Follow this link for a step-by-step outline of everything you need to do in order to complete your registration at the University.

Welcome from the Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry

I write to offer you a very warm welcome as a new student in the School of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sheffield.

During Welcome Week, you will be introduced to teaching staff on the programme, and will be allocated an Academic Tutor whose role is to provide pastoral support and academic guidance.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to pgtdentalteam@sheffield.ac.uk.

Should you believe that, for whatever reason, you may have difficulty in taking up your place, please contact us immediately rather than wait until you are due to arrive in Sheffield.

I hope you will enjoy your time studying with us; I look forward to meeting you.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Ali Khurram
Dean of School of Clinical Dentistry
University of Sheffield

Intro Week timetable

This year Intro Week takes place on week commencing Monday 22 September.

Throughout the week there'll be lots of events to help you explore the campus and city, make friends, and find out how the university can support you. Information about University-wide activities will be shared with you directly in the run-up to Intro Week.

During Intro Week, we’ll also be holding important introductory talks and activities to introduce you to the DClinDent in restorative dentistry.

Your Intro Week timetable will be shared in early September. Please bookmark this page and check back soon.

Occupational Health questionnaire reminder

You will have already received an email with an Occupational Health Questionnaire from MyCority. If you have not received this email please check your spam folder.

If you have not already done so we need you to complete and submit this health questionnaire as soon as you can. This will have been emailed to the email address which was on your application to the University of Sheffield.

All students will have a compulsory appointment with Occupational Health during Intro Week.

Police report/certificate of good conduct

As a requirement of your course we require you to obtain a police report/certificate of good conduct from your home country and any country you have visited for a three month period over the last 5 years. We require you to bring this official document to Sheffield with you and hand it in at your DBS appointment which will be arranged for you in Intro Week.

Please note this document must be an original stamped document (photocopied documents are not accepted) and this original document must be dated WITHIN 3 MONTHS of you starting your Course with us.

If you have been in the UK for at least a three month period within the last 5 years we will require you to complete a UK DBS check and you will receive an email from a company called Know Your People. You will need to click on the link in this email and complete and submit a DBS application to us. If you have completed this application you will need to bring the same original ID documents to your appointment in Intro week which you selected on line to complete the application. We can only accept original ID documents no photocopied documents are accepted

Healthcare in the UK

In the UK, public healthcare is provided by the NHS.

Watch the video below to find out how you can get registered with the NHS, what the University Health Service and the NHS can do for you, where you can get medication, and what support is available to help you with your physical and mental wellbeing.

Registering with the University Health Service

As a student at the University of Sheffield you may want to register at the University Health Service, your on-campus NHS GP Practice dedicated to students. It's free, quick and easy to sign up.

Find out more here.

Contact us

If you have any questions prior to Intro Week, please get in touch with us via email: pgtdentalteam@sheffield.ac.uk.