MRCPCH Part 1: Where to take the exam

Exam Centres in the UK

There are a number of exam centres in the UK and candidates may sit the MRCP (UK) examination at any one of the centres listed below. However, candidates should apply early, as space is limited at each centre.

  • Belfast
  • Birmingham
  • Bristol
  • Cambridge
  • Cardiff
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Leeds
  • Leicester
  • Liverpool
  • London
  • Manchester
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Oxford
  • Sheffield
  • Southampton

Overseas candidates

MRCPCH Part 1 exam can be taken in a number of MRCPCH Part 1 exam centres overseas. However, registration to take the exam in these centres is limited to Doctors working in the same country as the exam centre.

Abu Dhabi
(also candidates from Qatar*)
Assistant Undersecretary for Curative Medicine
Ministry of Health
PO Box 848
*UAE candidates from Qatar should contact: Dr Mohamed Salem Al-Hassan MRCP(UK)
Director, Medical Education Department
Hamad Medical Corporation
P0 Box 3050, Doha
Bahrain The Amiri in Academy of Medical
Specialists of Bahrain
P0 Box 28958
Riffa
Bahrain
Egypt Egyptian Medical Syndicate
42 Kasr El Ainy Street
Cairo
Ghana The Dean
University of Ghana Medical School
P0 Box 4236
Accra
Ghana
Hong Kong Chief Executive
Hospital Authority Building
147B Argyle Street
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Jordan Director of Centre for Educational
Development of Health Personnel
University of Jordan
Amman
Jordan
Kuwait Director of Postgraduate Studies
Faculty of Medicine
Kuwait University
P0 Box 24923
Safat 13110
Malaysia
(also Brunei and Singapore)
The Dean
Faculty of Medicine
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malta Director, Postgraduate Medical Commmittee
University of Malta Medical School
Msida
Malta
Myanmar Director General
Ministry of Health
Department of Medical Sciences
Government of the Union of Myanmar
Ministry of Health
Yangon
Lather Township
Nepal The Chairman
Nepal Health Research Council
Bir Hospital
P0 Box 2587, Thapathali
Kathmandu
Oman Medicine & Head of Cardiology Dept
Royal Hospital
P0 Box 1331 Seeb Airport
Postal Code: 111
Sultanate of Oman
Saudi Arabia Examinations Secretary
Postgraduate Centre
College of Medicine
King Saud University
P0 Box 2925
Riyadh 11461
or
MRCP(UK) Coordinator
Department of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
P0 Box 6615
Jeddah 21452
Singapore Principal Administrative Officer
School of Postgraduate Medical Studies
National University of Singapore
Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119074
Sri Lanka MRCP(UK) Committee
Ceylon College of Physicians
Wijerama House
6 Wijerama Mawatha
Colombo 7
Sudan Director of Postgraduate Medical Studies
Faculty of Medicine
University of Khartoum
P0 Box 102
Khartoum
Syria General Director
White Headquarters, Teshreen Hospital
Damascus
Syria
West Indies The Dean
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of West Indies
Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
or
Professor G Nicholson
School of Clinical Medicine and Research
University of the West Indies
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Bridgetown, Barbados
Zimbabwe
(also Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia)
Director, ICHE
Faculty of Medicine
University of Zimbabwe
P0 Box A178, Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe

Doctors working in countries with no exam centre should apply in the UK to one of the three Colleges to sit the examination in the United Kingdom.

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