<p>A UK university of caliber will certainly help you get a job in the US, just as a US university of caliber will help with jobs in the UK. International relevance of the various universities listed here is an entirely different matter, however, and requires a long explanation.</p>
<p>In general, British universities are ranked by subject, rather like US grad schools. However, public opinion suggests
Oxbridge
London Us
The rest of the Russel Group
Ex-polytechnics</p>
<p>Of course, public opinion doesn’t count for much, because, for example, in my discipline, Durham is very well respected and I’d say closer to Oxbridge than UCL/LSE because of LSE/UCL’s extreme focus on the humanistic aspect of the subject.</p>
<p>Asking how British universities “stack up” is an astonishingly American question. Really, why do you people insist on applying to foreign universities? Stay at home.</p>
<p>One of the main reasons for going to college for me is to get away from home and experience new things. Staying in familiar places destroys the purpose of going to college imo.</p>
<p>I don’t think ‘prestigious’ is exactly the right word. Many of the constituent colleges of UofL are very specialist so people won’t necessarily have heard of them outside of that particular field (e.g. Courtauld Institute of Art, SOAS, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine etc). Within their specialist fields, they are certainly all reputable. </p>
<p>QMUL is not specialist so more people will have heard of it. It’s a solid university and will be joining the Russell Group (a group of elite research universities) later this year. I believe that a team from QMUL was involved in the discovery of the new boson at CERN.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate will vary depending on the course you apply for. I don’t know much about QMUL but I hear it’s pretty good for sciences and engineering generally. There are only about 15 universities in the UK that offer dentistry and I imagine it’s kind of like medicine or nursing - the degree course is basically the same wherever you go!</p>
<p>If you’re interested in dentistry though you may want to check whethere a UK degree will qualify you as a dentist in the US, and if not what additional courses/exams you’ll need to be take.</p>
<p>Thanks! I am just asking these question out of curiosity.
If anything, I would get my dental education in the states and might thinking about living in the UK. Do you know what the procedures are for foreign dentists? Is it really difficult to get a job?</p>
<p>I recently read that the study of dentistry in the UK is very book heavy and more and more British wannabe dentists are choosing to study in Ireland (and even in Eastern Europe) because they want more hands on experience.</p>
<p>According to the General Dental Council (which regulates dentistry in the UK) dentistry is not considered to be a ‘shortage occupation’ by the Home Office, which means the UK is currently training enough dentists for its needs. So I think it would be fairly difficult to get a work visa as a dentist, particularly as you wouldn’t automatically be qualified to practice here with a US degree.</p>
<p>Thank you both for replying!
This might be a stupid question…NHS covers all British citizens, right? From what I understand, it also provides dental care. So why would someone go to a private dentist not covered by NHS? There are presumably many private practices in London. Would normal people go to a private dentist for better quality or procedures not covered by NHS? because it would definitely be a lot more expense.</p>
<p>Because NHS waiting lists are notorious for being unbelievably long whereas a private practice will see you much faster, probably do a better job, and give you better after care. Having said that for the average person the NHS is amazing.</p>
<p>People say that, in general, the NHS is absolutely unbeatable when it comes to Emergency care, but there are often long waiting lists for routine procedures. Which is why some people, if they can afford it, go elsewhere for these routine procedures.</p>
<p>My thought is also that these Dentistry “private practices” in the UK take NHS patients, but maybe I have got that wrong. I don’t think there are separate “private” dentists and “NHS” dentists. Like when I got my glasses in the UK, it was pretty much all covered by the NHS, with the actual glasses they basically said, “Okay, the NHS will pay completely for these ugly glasses here, or you can use that NHS money to get a discount on a nicer looking pair of glasses if you pay the rest of the cost yourself.”</p>