Check your eligibility
Fellowship Exams Policy
General Practice Experience Pathway – Exam Eligibility
Practice Experience Program – Specialist Stream Partially Comparable Exam Eligibility
Remember, from 1 January 2022 GPE pathway candidates need to have completed the Practice Experience Program – Standard Stream or Fellowship Support Program before sitting exams. Candidates must also have a GPE outcome that is valid for enrolment and the exam. Check the General Practice Experience Pathway Exam Eligibility Policy or Fellowship Exams Policy for details.
Enrolment dates
| Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) |
| 2023.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Tuesday 28 March 2023
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 2 May 2023
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| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2023.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Tuesday 28 March 2023
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 2 May 2023
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Important: Make sure you record the correct date in your calendar. Late enrolments are only accepted within 10 calendar days of the deadline and will incur an additional fee of $100. No late enrolments will be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the closure of enrolments. We always recommend enrolling early to avoid missing out. For further details, please see the RACGP Assessments and Examinations Candidate Handbook.
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2023.1 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Tuesday 7 March 2023
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 4 April 2023
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| 2023.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Tuesday 1 August 2023
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 29 August 2023 |
Important: Make sure you record the correct date in your calendar. Late enrolments are only accepted within 10 calendar days of the deadline and will incur an additional fee of $100. No late enrolments will be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the closure of enrolments. We always recommend enrolling early to avoid missing out. For further details, please see the
RACGP Assessments and Examinations Candidate Handbook.
My candidacy
All candidates who enrol in a Fellowship exam after 1 January 2019 have three years to complete their candidacy. If you have enrolled in an exam since 2019.1, you can track your journey to Fellowship in the ‘My candidacy portal’.
Special arrangements are available to the following groups of candidates:
- All candidates eligible to sit the RCE or Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) in 2020 or 2021 will be granted an additional semester in their candidacy. Candidates can sit one or more exams in this semester or use the time to prepare for a later exam.
- All candidates who were enrolled in the 2020.2 AKT and/or KFP as at 9 am on Friday 9 October 2020 will be granted an additional semester in their candidacy. Candidates can sit one or more exams in this semester or use the time to prepare for a later exam.
Candidates may be eligible for more than one of these special arrangements. Eligible candidates may have a maximum of eight semesters in which they can enrol in exams over four years (plus approved suspensions and leave).
Access My candidacy portal
Exam dates
| Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) |
| 2023.2 |
Friday 7 July 2023
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| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2023.2 |
Saturday 8 July 2023
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Important: The days the AKT and KFP exams will be held in 2023 have changed from previous semesters. Make sure you note down the correct day and date for each exam.
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2023.1 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
17-18 June 2023
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
24-25 June 2023 |
| 2023.2 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
11-12 November 2023
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
18-19 November 2023 |
Important: The CCE is delivered across two consecutive weekends. Candidates will be allocated one exam session in the first weekend, and one session in the second weekend.
Exam fees
| Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) |
| 2023.2 |
AKT: $2440 |
| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2023.2 |
KFP: $2440 |
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2023.1 |
$4,799 |
| 2023.2 |
$4,990 |
Payment is made online at the time of enrolment via credit card.
Financial hardship
Candidates are encouraged to enrol into an examination as soon as possible after enrolments open, and to not wait until the end of the enrolment period. Any candidate experiencing financial hardship may make a request for an alternative payment arrangement by submitting an Application for Special Consideration for Financial Hardship via email to examinations@racgp.org.au.
Please see the RACGP Assessments and Examinations Candidate Handbook for further details.