Update on MRCS Part B Examinations - RCSI 

• Bahrain March 2026
• Cairo, Egypt April 2026
• Sabah, Malaysia May 2026

Thank you for your interest in sitting the MRCS Part B Examinations with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

The four Royal Colleges of Surgeons will be opening 2026 diets post-March 2026 soon whereby you will be notified in due course with application details. All the colleges are working together on an agreed date to open within the next two weeks.

Because you have expressed an interest in sitting the MRCS Part B with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, we will ensure that you are the first to know when the diets from March 2026 open and we will keep in touch with you in the coming days.

To help you prepare for the Part B examinations, we are opening access to you to a free MRCS Part B Communications Preparation suite of videos to help you prepare for the various stations but particularly the communications skills stations. Communications skills is a very important element of the examination and these videos focus in on the elements where candidates have had difficulty in the past. To access our new suite of MRCS Part B videos, please visit the link below.

• Link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/11700964
• Password: RCSI2025

In addition, RCSI is acutely aware of our need to support all aspiring surgeons to meet the full potential in surgery so if and when you sign up to the MRCS examinations with RCSI you will get 1 years Affiliate Membership of RCSI. This prestigious membership offers you access to a comprehensive range of resources supporting candidates looking to complete the MRCS exams. Candidates sitting the MRCS Part A exam with RCSI will receive a free one-year access to our full Affiliate Membership suite of resources.

Resources include:

• Full access to the TeachMe Surgery and TeachMe Anatomy MRCS preparation resources.
• Access to surgical anatomy resources such as surface anatomy and dissection guides
• Access to exam specific Elsevier journals and full access to the Annals of Surgery
• Full access to the RCSI MRCS MCQ APP: SurgiQuiz
• Access to a suite of pathology and medical science lectures to prepare you for MRCS
• Access to over 50, Surgical kills and science videos and support guides
• 20% discount off Cambridge University Press
• 15% discount on Pastest MRCS resources

Kind regards,

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland