eGDCNew programme submissions
As of 1 November 2025, we are not accepting new programme submissions while we update our quality assurance processes and documentation to reflect the revised Standards for Education published on 25 September 2025.
This update will ensure that all future programme submissions are fully aligned with the new standards and that providers have clear, up-to-date guidance and documentation. We also wish to avoid any duplication of effort by providers.
Existing submissions already under review will continue to be processed.
Updated guidance for providers will be published by 1 January 2026, when the new programme submissions will reopen.
Programme Modifications for existing programmes will still be available.
For any questions, please contact the Education Quality Assurance team.
If an education provider proposes to deliver a new programme that will lead to GDC registration, they are required to demonstrate how the programme will meet the Standards for Education. Please contact the GDC’s Education Quality Assurance team if you would like to discuss this further – we are happy to help, or you can view the full new programme submission process.
Providers need to complete an online form and a curriculum mapping document that describes how the programme will meet the Standards and what evidence is, or will be, available to prove this. Providers will also need to demonstrate how they will achieve the relevant learning outcomes by completing the curriculum mapping table and indicating where and how each outcome will be assessed in the programme. We will also want to see how behaviours will be monitored by providers.
The curriculum mapping table is specific for the programme type you are applying to deliver:
The documentary evidence and mapping documents are reviewed by a panel of our education associates. They will then make a recommendation on whether the programme is likely to meet the Standards and learning outcomes. This recommendation is presented to the Registrar who makes a final decision on whether to grant provisional approval of the programme. If so, the programme will be subject to a full inspection for full approval.
If you have any questions or wish to start a new submission, please contact the Education Quality Assurance Team.