Check your eligibility
Fellowship Exams Policy
General Practice Experience Pathway – Exam Eligibility
Practice Experience Program – Specialist Stream Partially Comparable Exam Eligibility
PEP Standard and FSP registrars must submit a complete GPE application by 5:00pm (AEST) Friday 20 June 2025 to receive an outcome advising whether they meet the experience requirements to enrol for the 2026.1 AKT and KFP.
Applications submitted after this date will not be guaranteed an outcome in time to enrol. Declining to address feedback will result in a delayed outcome.
The
KFP format has been updated to remove handwritten responses. The first Self-Assessment Progress Testing (SAPT) with the updated KFP format will be released on 10 March and a half-length practice exam will be emailed to enrolled candidates approximately six weeks before the exam. Further resources and sample questions are available, including:
If you have any questions, please reach out to your training program contact or email examinations@racgp.org.au
Enrolment dates
| Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) |
| 2025.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Friday 4 April 2025
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Thursday 1 May 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Tuesday 2 September 2025
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 30 September 2025 |
| 2026.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Thursday 26 March 2026
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Thursday 23 April 2026 |
| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2025.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Friday 4 April 2025
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Thursday 1 May 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Tuesday 2 September 2025
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 30 September 2025 |
| 2026.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Thursday 26 March 2026
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Thursday 23 April 2026 |
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2025.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Tuesday 29 July 2025
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) Tuesday 26 August 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Thursday 19 February 2026
Close: 11:59pm (AEDT) on Monday 23 March 2026 |
| 2026.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Thursday 30 July 2026
Close: 11:59pm (AEST) on Monday 31 August 2026 |
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’.
Access My candidacy portal
Exam dates
| Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) |
| 2025.2 |
Friday 4 July 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Friday 16 January 2026 |
| 2026.2 |
Friday 3 July 2026 |
| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2025.2 |
Saturday 5 July 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Saturday 17 January 2026 |
| 2026.2 |
Saturday 4 July 2026 |
Important: Make sure you note down the correct day and date for each exam.
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2025.1 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
14-15 June 2025
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
21-22 June 2025 |
| 2025.2 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
18-19 October 2025
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
25-26 October 2025 |
| 2026.1 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
13-14 June 2026
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
20-21 June 2026 |
| 2026.2 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
7-8 November 2026
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
14-15 November 2026 |
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) |
| 2025.2 |
AKT: $2,721 |
| 2026.1 |
AKT: $2,721 |
| Key Feature Problem (KFP) |
| 2025.2 |
KFP: $2,721 |
| 2026.1 |
KFP: $2,721 |
| Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) |
| 2025.2 |
$5,565 |
| 2026.1 |
$5,565 |
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.