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Membership fees
To maintain Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), members must keep their RACS membership current. This allows members 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 membership 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 membership fees go towards the provision of core membership benefit.
Annual membership subscription rates for 2025
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 will apply to overdue invoices for 2025 membership or the RACS component of SET fees after 14 February 2025.
* Please note, you won't be able to pay in instalments until late Nov/early Dec. Keep an eye out for more news on this and learn about our new fees management system.
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 members by 25 November 2024
- Invoices due by 15 January (either to be paid in full or the first partial instalment paid*)
- Late payment fee of 3.5% applied after 14 February
* 3.5 per cent administration 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 membership queries, email [email protected] or call reception on +61 3 9249 1290.
Other College fees
See the full 2025 fee list (PDF 217.83KB) for pricing of other College activities including assessment, professional development and events.