The MRCPUK Part 2 written examination is available to physicians undergoing training who successfully completed the MRCPUK Part 1 assessment. It extends upon the knowledge evaluated in Part 1. It examines acquiring diverse medical knowledge, skills, and conduct outlined in the UK Specialty Training Curriculum for Core Medical Training and the Curriculum for Internal Medicine.
Since 2018, the exam format has been revised to include two three-hour papers, each containing 100 questions. This examination evaluates your capacity to apply
clinical comprehension, make clinical decisions, and take charge of various aspects, including
- Prioritizing diagnostic or problem lists,
- Planning investigations,
- Choosing immediate management strategies,
- Selecting long-term management plans and
- Assessing prognosis.
MRCP UK Part 2 Exam deadlines
The home-based online exam is only available to UK-based candidates and international candidates. From the 2023/4 diet moved to online, centre-based exams
The below table consists of the MRCP part 2 application deadline, Exam and Result dates for each slot for the year.
| Slot |
Application period |
Exam date |
Deadline |
Results by |
| 2024/1 |
04 -11 Dec 23 |
21 Feb 24 |
18 Dec 23 |
22 Mar 24 |
| 2024/2 |
18 -25 Mar 2024 |
15 May 2024 |
01 Apr 24 |
14 June 24 |
| 2024/3 |
08 -15 July 24 |
11 Sep 2024 |
22 July 2024 |
11 Oct 2024 |
| 2024/4 |
16 Sept-23 Sept 2024 |
20 Nov 2024 |
30 Sept 2024 |
20 Dec 2024 |
MRCP Part 2 Exam Centres in India
The MRCP Part 2 online Exam was conducted at 6 Indian centres, the highest among all countries.
- Chennai
- Hyderabad
- Kolkata
- Kerala
- Mumbai
- New Delhi
MRCP Part 2 Test Fee
The MRCP Part 2 fee is £616 for International Students against the MRCP test price for UK Students, which is £460. For Indian students, the MRCP cost in INR is approx. 65,000.
MRCP Part 2 Exam format
The questions are usually clinical scenario-based may require investigations and images such as pathology slides, clinical photographs, , inheritance trees X-rays, CT Scans, ECGs, and MRI. Below are the key points of the MRCP part 2 Exam
- Two papers are conducted in one day.
- The duration of each paper is 3 hours.
- 100 MCQs in each paper; you need to answer the best of five.
- The four other options will be closely related to the most correct option.
- MCQs consist of images.
- Computer-based, administered by Surpass
- +1 Mark is awarded for each correct answer and zero for the wrong answer.
Speciality-wise distribution of the MRCP Part 2 Exam
The composition of the MRCP Part 2 papers is as follows
| Specialty |
Number of questions* |
| Cardiology |
19 |
| Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
18 |
| Dermatology |
9 |
| Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic medicine |
19 |
| Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
19 |
| Geriatric medicine |
9 |
| Haematology |
9 |
| Infectious diseases |
19 |
| Medical ophthalmology |
3 |
| Neurology |
17 |
| Oncology |
6 |
| Palliative medicine and end-of-life care |
3 |
| Psychiatry |
3 |
| Renal medicine |
19 |
| Respiratory medicine |
19 |
| Rheumatology |
9 |
| Total |
200 |
Number of questions are only indicative and may differ in the actual exam.
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