Overview
Two years of structured postgraduate surgical training at RCSI training sites in Ireland for sponsored international surgical trainees, available in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery among other specialties.
The programme
- Focus
- General otolaryngology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- July intake
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Delivered under the HSE International Medical Graduate Training Initiative
- Department
- RCSI Surgical Training (International Medical Graduate Training Initiative)
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Suitably qualified surgical trainees nominated by their employer or another sponsoring agency; international medical graduates from outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland
- International applicants
- Yes — designed for IMGs from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Regulatory requirement: registration with the Medical Council of Ireland in the appropriate division (e.g. General, Supervised or Trainee Specialist) is mandatory to practise
How to apply
- Deadline
- July 2027 intake closed; 2028 applications to open later (register interest)
- Application method
- Apply to RCSI ISFP with sponsor nomination
Funding
- Funding
- Sponsored by nominating employer/agency (per programme design)