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Fellowship subscription fees

To maintain Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), Fellows must keep their RACS membership current. This allows Fellows to continue using their FRACS post nominal and gives them automatic enrolment into an accredited CPD program (and for Australian Fellows, an accredited CPD home). RACS Fellowship provides many other benefits as well. The RACS annual membership period runs from 1 January to 31 December. 

 

Interested to know how we spend your fees? The spend breakdown (PDF 75.4KB) shows 76 per cent of Fellowship subscription fees goes towards the provision of core membership benefits.

 

Annual Fellowship subscription rates for 2025

 
  
There is no increase to 2025 Fellowship subscription fees, or the 2025 RACS component of Surgical Education and Training (SET) fees.

 

To access the fee freeze, invoices must be paid by the due date of 15 January 2025, either in full or the first instalment if you choose to pay by instalments. A 3.5 per cent late payment fee may be applied to overdue invoices for 2025 Fellowship subscription fees or the RACS component of SET fees.


Talk to us. Discounted rates are available for Fellows who are retired, are not engaged in clinical practice or who are not working. If the subscription categories don't adequately describe your circumstances, or you are experiencing financial hardship, please contact the College Subscriptions team via [email protected] and we can assist.

 

Key dates

  • Subscription invoices sent to Fellows by 25 November 2024
  • Invoices due by 15 January (either to be paid in full or the first partial instalment paid*)

    * 3.5 per cent instalment surcharge applies

 

How to pay

We have a new streamlined fees management system, which will make paying your annual subscription easier than ever. Learn more.

 

Contact us

For questions about your annual subscription, email [email protected] or call +61 3 9276 7439.

For your general Fellowship queries, email [email protected] or call reception on +61 3 9249 1290.

 

SET fees

The surgical education and training (SET) fee is charged annually to RACS surgical Trainees. It consists of two components: 

  1. The RACS SET fee: This is charged at the same rate to Trainees of all specialties (although weighting will be applied to those on part time or interrupted training). It funds RACS’ training accreditation, legal, compliance and regulatory requirements as well as education-related activities and resources and includes RACS membership and the Wellbeing Support Program. Find out more about the benefits we offer to Trainees. 
  2. The specialty SET fee: This funds the delivery of each specialty training program. The rate is set by the specialty training boards/committees and will differ depending on which of RACS’ nine surgical specialties a Trainee is pursuing and which country they are training in (Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand). 

Are you a Trainee who is not in clinical training in 2025? You will still be invoiced an administration fee by RACS and, in some cases, your specialty. This is to maintain your place on the SET program and keep you up to date by providing continued access to online resources such as the RACS Library, logbooks and, for Australian Trainees, CPD.  


Interested to know how we spend the RACS component of your SET fees? The spend breakdown (JPG 228.91KB) shows 86 per cent of the RACS component of SET fees goes towards the provision of core Trainee benefits.

 

SET fees for 2025

 
  
There is no increase to the RACS component of the SET fee in 2025. The administration surcharge on instalment payments has also dropped for 2025, from A$290 to A$200 in Australia and NZ$355 to NZ$250 in Aotearoa New Zealand. Please note, the specialty component of your overall SET fee is set by your specialty training board/committee and may still increase in 2025. 

Invoices must be paid by the due date of 15 January 2025, either in full or the first instalment if you choose to pay by instalments. Please note, a 3.5 per cent late payment fee may be applied to overdue invoices for 2025 Fellowship subscription fees or the RACS component of SET fees.

 

Key dates

  • SET fee invoices sent to Trainees by 12 December 2024
  • Invoices due by 15 January (either to be paid in full or the first partial instalment paid*)
    * Instalment surcharge applies: A$200 in Australia and NZ$250 in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

How to pay

We have a new streamlined fees management system, which will make paying your SET fee easier than ever. Learn more.

 

Contact us

If you are experiencing financial hardship or have other questions about your SET fee, please reach out as soon as possible via [email protected] or +61 3 9249 1114. Did you know we offer a range of scholarships and grants to RACS Trainees? Find out if you could be eligible. 

 

Other College fees

See the full 2025 fee list (PDF 217.83KB) for pricing of other College activities including assessment, professional development and events.