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Membership Fees
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It's easy to join the College. Find more information on membership fees below: from free membership for Student & Foundation Members, to Retired Fellowship.
Membership rates
If you are a medical student or within your first two years of training you can join the College for free as a Student & Foundation Member.
Refugees who are currently living in the UK and who have trained as doctors or who began studying medicine in their home country may apply to become a member of the College free of charge.
Please note that our membership year starts from 1st October.
- Associate/Collegiate subscriptions are payable on joining the College and renewed annually on 1st October.
- Please note that reduced rates available during ‘Joining’ and ‘Reduced Rate’ years are normally applicable to new Associate or Collegiate members only and are not available to re-joiners or those converting from Associate Membership.
- Membership and Fellowship subscription fees are tax deductible.
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Category of membership Standard rate Fellow (Physician) £459 Fellow (Non-Physician) £361 Retired £96 Student & Foundation £0 Lifetime Fellowship* £799 Collegiate Member Joining year (from 1st October) £65 Reduced rate year/ second year of membership £122 Standard Rate - less than 10 years £148 Standard Rate 10-14 years and Consultant level £190 Standard Rate 15 years + and Consultant level £213 Retired £40 Associate Member Joining year (from 1st October) £62 Reduced rate year/ second year of membership £116 Standard rate £141 Retired £35
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Our system of tiered subscription rates has been introduced using the following country bandings, based on the World Bank Development Indicators. Please access our list of country bandings for details of the countries within each band.
Country Band Fellowship Associate and Collegiate
MembershipFirst Year (from 1st October ) Reduced rate year/second year Bands A & B £207 £128 £62 £103 Band C £156 £96 £47 £78 Band D £97 £64 £31 £52 Retired £58 £35 / /
Membership discounts
Members and Fellows working part-time
A 25% discount for subscription is available for those working up to 0.8 whole time equivalents. Discounts will be awarded from the subscription due date following application. To apply please email memsubs@rcpe.ac.uk.
Members and Fellows on parental leave
A 50% discount will be applied to the next College subscription due after the maternity, paternity or adoption leave period starts and is for one year only. Discounts will be awarded from the subscription due date following application. To apply please email memsubs@rcpe.ac.uk.
Lifetime Fellowship
Lifetime Fellowship is available to existing Fellows of 10 years’ standing at time of retiral, and who are completely retired from remunerative practice, in lieu of future annual retired subscriptions. This would take the form of a one-off payment of £799 for UK Fellows or £475 for International Fellows.
Payment Methods
If you hold a UK bank account and wish to pay your current and future subscriptions by annual or monthly Direct Debit please download a Direct Debit Instruction.
You can join or renew your membership online using a debit or credit card by logging in to the secure Member & Fellows area on the top right of this page on the gold button.
To pay by telephone using a debit or credit card, contact the Membership Subscriptions Team on : +44 (0)131 247 3657, +44 (0)131 247 3675 or +44 (0)131 247 3641.
