MRCP 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
The MRCP Part 1 exam can be taken in a number of MRCP 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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