Specialist training costs, Australia, 2026

Basic and advanced training with the RACP costs $32,768 in college fees alone.

That is six years of training fees, one go at each exam, and the Fellowship admission fee. It does not count courses, travel or resits.

I'm a physician trainee. I got sick of digging through PDFs to work out what training costs, so I put it all here. Every number links to where I found it. If one's wrong, tell me.

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What each college charges over a full pathway

2026 fees. Default training length, one attempt per exam, one-off fees included. Surgery is General Surgery.

College fees only. Courses, travel, indemnity and anything I couldn't find a published figure for are left out.

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Same assumptions as the chart above.

How much the annual fee has gone up

From the earliest year I could source to 2026. Click a college for the year by year figures.

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How these numbers are worked out. Tags: official from the college or government page. third-party from someone else’s summary. unverified not checked yet.

This is not tax advice. The tax line is just your fees times your marginal rate. It is a rough guide. Deductions apply only to costs you paid, weren't reimbursed for, and that relate to your current employment; allowances are generally taxable income. See the ATO self-education rules and a registered tax agent.

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