United Kingdom · 2026–2027 admissions cycle
Does University of Portsmouth - Dental Hygiene and Therapy require Casper?
Yes
Acuity Insights lists University of Portsmouth - Dental Hygiene and Therapy as requiring Casper for the 2026–2027 admissions cycle.
Source: Acuity Insights, Test date & school information. Checked October 7, 2026. Requirements change, so confirm on the school's admissions page before you book a test.
What Acuity lists for University of Portsmouth - Dental Hygiene and Therapy
| Program | Cycle | Casper | Duet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Hygiene and Therapy Programme | 2026–2027 | Required | Not required |
| BSc Dental Hygiene and Therapy Programme | 2025–2026 | Not stated | Not stated |
Which Casper test to book
Acuity groups programs into test types, and you sit the one your programs belong to. University of Portsmouth - Dental Hygiene and Therapy is listed under “United Kingdom Casper 1” for the United Kingdom. A Casper score counts for one admissions cycle and one test type, and you cannot sit the same test type twice in a cycle.
8 other programs in the United Kingdom are listed under the same test type for 2026–2027, so one sitting can cover any of them too:
- King’s College London - Dental Therapy & Hygiene
- Queen Mary University of London - Dental Therapy and Hygiene
- University of Essex - FdSc Dental Hygiene and BSc Dental Hygiene and Therapy
- University of Leeds - Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
- University of Lincoln - Dental Hygiene and Therapy
- University of Lincoln - Dental Hygiene and Therapy with Gateway Year
- University of Manchester - Dental Hygiene and Therapy
- University of Sheffield - Dental Therapy & Hygiene
What the Casper test is like
- Scenarios
- 11 in total: 4 video-response scenarios first, then 7 typed-response.
- Questions
- 2 for each scenario.
- Video answers
- A 10-second countdown, then 1 minute recorded for each answer.
- Typed answers
- 3.5 minutes to type both answers for a scenario.
- Breaks
- Optional breaks during the test.
- Scoring
- Raters score each response on a 1–9 scale. You only receive a quartile.
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More on Casper
- Casper typing speed
How many words fit in the 3.5-minute typed section.
- Casper test dates and registration
How to book, what it costs and which test dates are still open.
- How Casper is scored
Raters, quartiles and what programs see, from Acuity's own pages.
- Casper video responses
The 1-minute format, timing rules and how to prepare.
Practice Casper on the real timers
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