College Membership

How to Join

The Royal College of Surgeons welcomes applications from surgical and dental professionals all over the world, at any stage of their career. Please see below for further details on how to become a fellow or a  member of the College.

Membership Benefits

All fellows and members of the College receive the following benefits:

• As authorised by the College’s Charter, the right to use post-nominals (MRCS, FRCS), as appropriate
• Discount on selected training courses
• FREE access to Online Surgeons' Portfolio to support revalidation
  
• Access to selected awards, bursaries, scholarships, research grants and prizes
• FREE use of College facilities, including Library facilities, Lumley Study Centre and Members’ Lounge with free Wi-Fi, newspapers, tea and coffee
  
• FREE access to Wellcome Museum of Anatomy & Pathology
  
• Fortnightly e-newsletter and regular President’s emails keeping you up-to-date with developments in surgery and relevant training information
  
• FREE College Diary
  
• Access to online Library services 
• Online Members’ Area with exclusive College merchandise for purchase
• Online recognition of membership on the College’s website (Members’ Online Register)
  
• FREE provision of Consultant Revalidation portfolio
  
• Discounted room and facility hire
  
• RCS wedding venue discount
  
• 20% off Nuffield accommodation
  
• FREE online access to the College’s Annals and Bulletin, FDJ, and other e-journals and e-resources
  
• Access to the Library’s professional and academic journals and archives
  
• Advance notice of relevant Education courses
  
• Hunterian Museum evening lectures free to fellows and members plus one guest
  
• Hunterian Museum family events free to fellows and members with their families (up to 4 people)
  
• MyCPD: a facility that allows FDS fellows and members to record their CPD online
• 20% discount on any book from Cambridge University Press
• 20% discount on medicine titles from Oxford University Press
  

How to Become a Fellow or a Member

For those seeking Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, the main route to membership is by examination. Our Examinations & Assessment Department works jointly with our intercollegiate partners to facilitate examination for FRCS, MRCS, FDSRCS, MFDS and MJDF.

Professionals may also join the College by special admission based upon eligibility criteria:-

Fellowship ad eundem

Surgeons may be admitted as Fellows ad eundem provided that if they are working in the UK they are on the Specialist Register or have passed the FRCS examination with one of the other UK or Irish Colleges.  Overseas surgeons must be working in a post equivalent to consultant surgeon and be board certified or equivalent by their country.

Membership ad eundem

Anyone who has passed the Intercollegiate MRCS examination is eligible for membership ad eundem of this College.

For further information on both of the Membership and Fellowship ad eundem.