CPSP 2027 Exam Calendar: FCPS-I Dates and How to Plan Your Year

The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) published its theory examination schedule for 2027 on 19 May 2026, giving candidates more than a year's notice of every FCPS-I, IMM, MCPS and FCPS-II paper. With the October 2026 FCPS-I sitting (6 October) now behind us and its result awaited on candidates' e-Portal accounts, this is the moment to choose a 2027 date and plan backwards from it.

The 2027 theory dates

• FCPS-I: 5 January, 6 April, 6 July and 5 October 2027.
• Intermediate Module (IMM): 16 February and 17 August 2027.
• MCPS: 13 April and 28 September 2027.
• FCPS-II (major subjects): 16 February and 17 August 2027.
• FCPS-II (other subjects): 13 April and 28 September 2027.

For comparison, the 2026 FCPS-I sittings were 5 January, 7 April, 7 July and 6 October, so the college has kept its quarterly rhythm. Form-submission windows and late-fee dates are published in each sitting's notification rather than on the calendar page; the January 2026 notification, for example, set separate windows for fresh and repeat candidates several weeks before the paper.

Rules that shape your choice

1. Three attempts in a year. CPSP's notifications state that FCPS-I is held four times a year but a candidate may appear in only three of them in one year. If you plan to sit in January and April, you have one more chance in 2027, not two.
2. The house job must be complete a month before the paper. Eligibility requires one year of house job at a recognised institution, completed at least one month before the exam date, together with valid PM&DC registration. A house officer finishing in June 2027 is looking at October, not July.
3. Centre and subject changes go through the e-Portal. Hard-copy and email requests are not accepted, and refunds after the withdrawal deadline are not given, so decide the subject before you pay.

Planning backwards from each sitting

A workable FCPS-I preparation runs about 12 to 16 weeks for a candidate who is working, with the last four weeks devoted to timed mixed practice. Counting back:

• 5 January 2027: start full preparation by late September 2026 (that is, now), with December reserved for mocks.
• 6 April 2027: start in December 2026; March for mocks.
• 6 July 2027: start in March 2027; June for mocks.
• 5 October 2027: start in June 2027; September for mocks.

Candidates who sat on 6 October 2026 and are waiting for a result should plan as if preparing for January: if the result is a pass, the preparation is not wasted, because the IMM and the training itself build on the same basic sciences; if it is not, there is no lost month.

The exam itself has not changed

FCPS-I remains a computer-based examination of two papers, each with 100 single-best-answer MCQs in two hours, sat in two sessions across up to three days depending on candidate numbers, at centres from Karachi to Gilgit. Eleven subject groups are offered, from Medicine and Allied and Surgery and Allied to Anaesthesiology, Community Medicine, Dentistry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pathology, Diagnostic Radiology, Psychiatry and ENT. The exact date and time of each candidate's paper appear on the admit card.

What this means for you

Choose the sitting your house-job date allows, write the start date of preparation in your diary today, and build the plan around questions: subject-wise practice first, then mixed timed blocks. FAME's FCPS-1 specialty-wise plans and question bank are aligned to the eleven CPSP subject groups and include timed mock tests for the final month.

Sources and references

• CPSP: Examinations schedule (2026 and 2027 theory examinations, issued 19 May 2026)
• CPSP: Notification for the FCPS-I online examination (January 2026 sitting: format, eligibility, centres)
• CPSP: FCPS programme overview