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Find upcoming RCOphth exam dates and key deadlines. Browse the exams calendar to plan your application and prepare for your next exam.

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Part 2 Fellowship Oral Examination (Swansea) November 2026

This examination is open to candidates who have passed the Part 1 FRCOphth + Refraction Certificate + Part 2 FRCOphth Written examinations and is held twice a year. Candidates in OST are required to pass this examination by the end of year seven of ophthalmic specialist training.

  • Applications open: 20 July 2026

  • Applications close for first time applicants: 11 September 2026

  • Applications close for all other applicants: 11 September 2026

  • Examination date(s): 9 November 2026 - 13 November 2026

  • Results date: 4 December 2026

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Refraction Certificate (Cairo) November 2026

No previous experience in ophthalmology is necessary for candidates to sit the Refraction Certificate but candidates are unlikely to pass this assessment if they have not undertaken a large number of clinical refractions in the clinical settings of either the hospital workplace or in optometric establishments. Candidates in OST are required to pass this examination before they enter into the fourth year of ophthalmic specialist training.

  • Cairo

  • Applications open: 31 July 2026

  • Applications close for first time applicants: 30 September 2026

  • Applications close for all other applicants: 2 October 2026

  • Examination date(s): 21 November 2026 - 23 November 2026

  • Results date: 18 December 2026

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Part 2 Fellowship Oral Examination (Cairo) November 2026

This examination is open to candidates who have passed the Part 1 FRCOphth + Refraction Certificate + Part 2 FRCOphth Written examinations and is held twice a year. Candidates in OST are required to pass this examination by the end of year seven of ophthalmic specialist training.

  • Cairo

  • Applications open: 31 July 2026

  • Applications close for first time applicants: 2 October 2026

  • Applications close for all other applicants: 2 October 2026

  • Examination date(s): 23 November 2026 - 25 November 2026

  • Results date: 18 December 2026

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Part 2 Fellowship Written Examination December 2026

This examination is open to candidates who have passed the Part 1 FRCOphth and is held twice a year. The structure is based on learning outcomes from the curriculum in its entirety. The syllabus is assessed by a 180, single best answer, multiple choice question paper, split into two papers of 90 questions each taken on the same day.

  • Online

  • Applications open: 10 August 2026

  • Applications close for first time applicants: 16 October 2026

  • Applications close for all other applicants: 16 October 2026

  • Examination date(s): 2 December 2026

  • Results date: 8 January 2027

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Refraction Certificate (Birmingham) December 2026

No previous experience in ophthalmology is necessary for candidates to sit the Refraction Certificate but candidates are unlikely to pass this assessment if they have not undertaken a large number of clinical refractions in the clinical settings of either the hospital workplace or in optometric establishments. Candidates in OST are required to pass this examination before they enter into the fourth year of ophthalmic specialist training.

  • Birmingham

  • Applications open: 27 July 2026

  • Applications close for first time applicants: 23 September 2026

  • Applications close for all other applicants: 25 September 2026

  • Examination date(s): 7 December 2026 - 11 December 2026

  • Results date: 15 January 2027

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