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When Addiction Medicine applications run, and what the round looks like.
Late Feb
Prospective approval runs on a first-half and second-half year training cycle, each with its own annual deadline (typically late February and late August).
Late applications accepted up to one month after the deadline, fees may apply.
Moderate
How Addiction Medicine training is structured.
3 years
Competencies
To complete
Research module
A short course in epidemiology or biostatistics at an Australian or New Zealand university, minimum 12 hours.
During Advanced Training
One set of categories across every specialty, so two can be compared. Only those with criteria recorded for this specialty are shown.
Rotations, logbooks, procedures, and exposure
Registration mechanics and logistics not covered above
Sourced from Australian medical community discussion.
Any time before entry
You do not need RACP Basic Training to enter. Fellows of several other colleges come in directly and an unlisted college is assessed case by case, so check your own fellowship against the eligible list rather than assuming you are excluded.
Selection and workforce history, transcribed as published.
175
Fellows in Australia
At 31 December 2025
One of the smallest specialties in the country, with 175 Fellows on the register at the end of 2025 and single-digit numbers in three jurisdictions.
How many Fellows of this specialty were on the register in each state at 31 December 2025. This is workforce size, not intake — a large number here does not mean a large number of training places.
| Jurisdiction | Fellows |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2 |
| New South Wales | 84 |
| Northern Territory |
Queensland Health is the only state department publishing these figures so far.
An individual Queensland Health facility accredited for training
No published selection-round figure available
Allocated by an individual Queensland Health facility accredited for training
Queensland Health, medi-nav, 31 July 2026. Selection numbers are for first-year entry and vary year to year.
Changes published by RACP.
The college appears to value alternative entry routes. Fellows of other colleges may enter, and a college not on the list is considered case by case.
26 posts across 26 hospitals in Australia. Each circle counts hospitals.
First Step Clinic (St Kilda), Kirketon Road Centre, Ramsay Clinic New Farm are not shown on the map, with no location on file. Their posts are still counted above.
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Hospital locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. State boundaries from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Colleges, portals and rubrics
Connected to this specialty by the Medical Board’s specialty structure, by college, or by a shared training pathway.
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| Queensland | 23 |
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| South Australia | 18 |
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| Tasmania | 4 |
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| Victoria | 25 |
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| Western Australia | 16 |
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| Australia, total | 175 |
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Source: Australian Government Department of Health. Medical Education and Training (2025), Chapter 4: Fellows — College Fellows by state, as at 31 December 2025. Figures are transcribed as published.