| Detail | FEBU Part 1, November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Date | Thursday 12 November 2026 |
| Questions | 110 single correct answer MCQs, commonly called single best answer questions |
| Duration | Two hours: approximately 65 seconds per question, including review time |
| Negative marking | None |
| Delivery | Closed book, remotely supervised on assessment |
| Pass mark | Cohort-based standard setting, using the mean score and standard deviation |
| Results | By email within three weeks |
Sources: EBU exam overview and 2026 candidate information.
The EBU recommends up-to-date textbooks and identifies the EAU Guidelines and Campbell Walsh Wein Urology as useful preparation resources. The guidelines are especially useful for management decisions, but the exam also covers basic science.
Use the current European Training Requirements as a checklist for breadth. Alongside oncology, stones, infections and male LUTS, check that you've covered functional and female urology, neuro-urology, andrology, paediatrics, trauma, urethral disease, renal failure and transplantation. Include the smaller cancer topics, such as penile and urethral cancer.
Keep anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, imaging and basic statistics in your mixed revision. These can be easy to neglect when most of your reading is about clinical management.
In the final month, give each guideline session a purpose. If you keep getting NMIBC questions wrong, work through risk groups, repeat TURBT, intravesical treatment and BCG failure. Reading the entire chapter again may leave the same uncertainties unresolved.
Start with:
A few areas worth checking against the current text are:
These are revision checks, not predictions of what will appear in November. Some principles, including triplet therapy and a strong recommendation for medical expulsive therapy, predate 2026. Our EAU 2026 update discusses several of these areas in more detail; use the current EAU text for the full recommendations.
Set aside one uninterrupted two-hour session for 110 timed questions, with no notes. Use questions you haven't recently seen where possible. The aim is to assess your breadth and pacing, so a paper full of familiar questions is less useful.
Review incorrect answers and correct answers you guessed. For each, decide whether you lacked the knowledge, confused two similar situations, misread the stem or ran out of time. Then choose three topics to prioritise. A low percentage based on two questions is less informative than a recurring problem across several blocks.
Keep a short error log. One line is usually enough: the fact or decision you missed, why you missed it and where to check it. Avoid copying whole explanations into another set of notes.
For each priority topic, read the relevant recommendations, close the page and explain the decision to yourself. Then do a focused question block and review it properly.
Return to the difficult points a few days later, then again the following week. Try to recall the answer before opening your notes. Keep a short mixed block in the routine so that you continue covering other subjects.
On a working day, a manageable session might be 10–15 questions, a review of the explanations and ten minutes on one recurring problem. Allow more time if the topic is unfamiliar. On a day off, use a longer session for guideline work or a mock. After a demanding on-call, a brief review may be more realistic than a new question block.
Sit a second full timed mock, ideally using a different set of questions. Compare the topics and types of error with your first attempt, as well as the overall score. If your score rises mostly on questions you recognise, test the same concepts with unfamiliar questions or explain them without answer options.
Use shorter sessions for factual recall: TNM staging, risk groups, IGCCCG and IMDC criteria, indications and limitations of scoring systems, drug mechanisms and relevant reference values. Check that you know which version or patient group a classification applies to.
Complete the EBU's technical checks or practice session as soon as they're available. By the end of this week, you should know what equipment, identification and room setup you'll need.
Return to recurring errors and the decisions you still hesitate over. Redo difficult questions, but make yourself explain why the alternatives are wrong.
Keep some short timed mixed blocks. Avoid committing to a large new resource this week, although a specific gap is still worth fixing. There is no need to leave an important topic untouched simply because you've reached the final week.
For the last day, plan a light review and finish at a sensible time. Have your equipment and ID ready, and protect your sleep.
Use the EBU's candidate instructions as your checklist. Complete any required system check on the computer and network you'll use on exam day, and read the rules for your room, permitted equipment and check-in.
Check these points early:
The EBU's published policy provides no refund for an ID mismatch preventing access or an inability to connect. If you need to withdraw, cancellation received before 1 November attracts a €25 deduction; cancellation received on or after 1 November is not refunded. See the official candidate information for the terms.
The average allowance is about 65 seconds per question, but that includes any review at the end. To leave ten minutes, aim for roughly one question per minute on your first pass. Practise that pace in your mocks.
Read what the question is asking, including words such as “next”, “initial” and “most appropriate”. Check the details that distinguish the options: stage, risk group, previous treatment, renal function or contraindications.
If you're stuck, choose your best answer and move on. Flag it for review if the platform permits. Reconsider an answer when you can explain why another option fits better; there is no need to defend your first answer simply because it was your first.
Before submitting, check that every question has an answer.
Use Customise Settings to choose topics for focused work on your weak areas, and Mock Mode for longer mixed practice. Standard mocks are set in blocks of 15 questions up to 120 and are untimed, so time yourself: 105 questions in about 1 hour 55 minutes is close to FEBU pace. Pre-Set Papers have a built-in timer, but they follow the FRCS(Urol) format of 120 questions in 135 minutes; to practise at FEBU pace, aim to finish one in about 130 minutes.
Q10 lets you target weak spots, least-practised questions or questions users find difficult when you have time for a short session. The Daily Recap lets you return to earlier questions and review or retake them.
The Exam Readiness Score brings together coverage, recent accuracy and progress towards your exam date. Use it to track your revision alongside timed practice and your error log; though bear in mind it is not a predicted FEBU result.
Good luck to everyone sitting in November.
Practise exam-style single best answer questions with referenced explanations, timed mocks and topic selection. Use your results to decide what to revise next.