MRCP Part 1 Exam Dates 2027

Applications are made online through your MyMRCP(UK) account during the one-week window shown in the table above. The window opens and closes at 8:00am UK local time, and late applications are not accepted, so diarise the opening date rather than the exam date.

1. Create or sign in to your MyMRCP(UK) account before the window opens.
2. Select the diet you want and your preferred examination centre.
3. Pay the fee for that diet — £520 for UK centres and £696 internationally from the September 2026 diet onwards.
4. Submit any reasonable-adjustment request by the separate, earlier adjustments deadline listed for your diet.

Centre availability is finite and popular centres fill early in the window, so apply on the opening day if your centre choice matters.

Part 1 is the entry examination for MRCP(UK) and is normally taken after a period of postgraduate clinical experience following primary medical qualification. Eligibility is assessed by MRCP(UK) from the qualification and experience details held on your account, and trainees inside and outside UK training programmes may sit the exam.

Eligibility criteria are set and periodically revised by the Federation, so check the current requirements on the official MRCP(UK) site before you apply — your details must be verified on your account before an application can be accepted.

MRCP(UK) applies a limit to the number of Part 1 attempts, and candidates who reach that limit must satisfy additional requirements before applying again. Because attempt rules are reviewed from time to time, confirm the current limit with MRCP(UK) rather than relying on advice from previous cohorts.

If you are re-sitting, the practical constraint is the calendar: with three diets a year and a one-week application window, a failed attempt usually means the next realistic sitting is about four months later. Use the interval to work through your incorrect and flagged questions rather than restarting revision from the beginning.

Results are confirmed by the examination board approximately six weeks after the exam and are published through your MyMRCP(UK) account. Each diet also has a published "results by" date, shown in the table above — for the January 2027 diet that is 5 March 2027.

Your result shows your total mark out of 200, the pass mark set for that diet by standard-setting, and a breakdown of performance by specialty. There is no negative marking, and the pass mark moves slightly between diets according to paper difficulty.

Passing Part 1 makes you eligible to apply for Part 2 Written and, once that is passed, for PACES. Most candidates move on to Part 2 within one or two diets while the medicine is still fresh, since the syllabus overlaps heavily and the step up is in clinical reasoning rather than new content.

Part 1 also has a validity period for progression through the MRCP(UK) diploma, so plan your Part 2 and PACES attempts rather than leaving a long gap. Check the current validity rules on the official site when you plan your timeline.