2025 Exams
| Examination | Max number of places | Opening date | Closing date | Examination dates | Results date |
| Refraction Certificate (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | 65 | 17 February 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 9 April 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 11 April 2025 |
16-18 June 2025 | 11 July 2025 |
| Part 2 FRCOphth Oral (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | 20 | 17 February 2025 | 11 April 2025 | 19-22 June 2025 | 11 July 2025 |
|
Part 2 FRCOphth Written (Online) |
Unlimited | 3 March 2025 | 2 May 2025 | 25 June 2025 | 18 July 2025 |
|
Duke Elder Undergraduate Prize Examination (Online) |
Unlimited | April 2025 (info packs sent to medical schools) | 16 June 2025 | 3 September 2025 | 3 October 2025 |
|
Certificate in Laser and Refractive Surgery (London) |
75 | 26 May 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 16 July 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 18 July 2025 |
Viva: 22-24 September 2025
MCQ: 25 September 2025 |
17 October 2025 |
| Refraction Certificate (New Delhi) | 45 | 16 June 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 6 August 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 8 August 2025 |
6 – 7 October 2025 | 7 November 2025 |
| Part 2 FRCOphth Oral (New Delhi) | 20 | 16 June 2025 | 8 August 2025 | 9 – 10 October 2025 | 7 November 2025 |
|
Part 1 FRCOphth (Online) |
Unlimited | 30 June 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 20 August 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 22 August 2025 |
23 October 2025 | 7 November 2025 |
| Refraction Certificate (Rawalpindi, Pakistan) | 60 | 12 May 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 13 August 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 15 August 2025 |
28-29 October 2025 | 28 November 2025 |
| Part 2 FRCOphth Oral (Rawalpindi, Pakistan) | 20 | 12 May 2025 | 15 August 2025 | 30-31 October 2025 | 28 November 2025 |
| Part 2 FRCOphth Oral (York) | 168 | 21 July 2025 | 12 September 2025 | 10-14 November 2025 | 12 December 2025 |
| Refraction Certificate (Cairo) | 45 | 4 August 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 24 September 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 26 September 2025 |
22-23 November 2025 | 19 December 2025 |
| Part 2 FRCOphth Oral (Cairo) | 20 | 4 August 2025 | 26 September 2025 | 25-26 November 2025 | 19 December 2025 |
|
Part 2 FRCOphth Written (Online) |
Unlimited | 11 August 2025 | 3 October 2025 | 3 December 2025 | 2 January 2026 |
| Refraction Certificate (Birmingham) | 160 | 28 July 2025 |
Application closing date for first time applicants – 17 September 2025 Application payment closing date for all other applicants – 19 September 2025 |
8-12 December 2025 | 2 January 2026 |
Exam results will be released by the deadline in our published examinations calendar. We only publish them early if they are ready and at our own discretion. Please do not contact the College examinations department before the published results date asking for when results will be released.