Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Exams
Membership of the Faculty of Public Health consists of the Diplomate (DFPH) and the Final Membership (MFPH) examinations.
If you are interested in sitting the exams, please see the next available dates for the Diplomate and the Final Membership exams
The Faculty of Public Health Diplomate Examination (DFPH)
The DFPH (formerly the Part A exam) is intended to test a candidate's knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis of public health. Success in the DFPH leads to election into Diplomate Membership.
The Final Membership Examination (MFPH)
The MFPH (formerly the Part B exam) is designed as a 'show how' assessment of the candidate's ability to apply relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes to the practice of public health. Success in the MFPH examination leads to election into Full Membership of the Faculty of Public Health.
We welcome applications from anyone with a university degree, it is not necessary to have a medical qualification or to be enrolled in a training course.
Delivery of FPH examinations
The Final Membership Exam will be taken in a face-to-face format, subject to any Government guidance and COVID-related restrictions.
Following discussions with registrars, Heads of School, Training Programme Directors and the FPH Board, the Faculty has decided to move away from holding remotely invigilated exams for the Diplomate Exam. From March 2025, the DFPH exam will be delivered through a network of distributed test centres with in-person invigilation. There will be a number of centres across the UK and one in Hong Kong. Candidates will still be required to use the TestReach platform but without the need to connect to a remote invigilator. Regulatory approval for this change in delivery was given by the GMC, with endorsement from the UKPHR on 15 January 2025. We will monitor the exam and seek feedback from candidates in light of this change in format and will be surveying all candidates following the March 2025 exam, in addition to gathering feedback through the training programmes and Specialty Registrars’ Committee.
The Exam Regulations, Extenuating Circumstances and Misconduct Policy will shortly be updated to reflect the new format. All candidates will be contacted when these updated documents are available.
The application window will close at 5pm on Friday 17 January. FPH will be liaising with the test centre provider once candidate numbers are finalised to confirm specific test centre locations. The Exams team will be in touch with candidates as soon as possible to confirm these on an individual basis.
Please refer to the Candidate Timeline for other key dates for the exam
Please contact educ@fph.org.uk if you have any queries in the meantime.
FAQs
We have published a comprehensive set of FAQs below relating to exams and you can contact the exams team: educ@fph.org.uk with any queries.
Please see the links below for exam-specific FAQs
If you do have other concerns and questions please do not hesitate to get in touch by emailing educ@fph.org.uk
