Country/institution agreement Registration requirements for all other countries:

Country Registering
authority Country or Requirements Fees Prerequisite Language Examinations Fees Supervised
institution requirements practice
Australia State Ireland APEC Assessment APEC Completion of >3 English: APEC Stage I Examination APEC Assessment = 340 2000 hours
Pharmacy New Assessment year pharmacy OET or – basic sciences AUS
Boards (8) Zealand Variable, may include: = 340 AUS course. IELTS
United • 4 weeks supervised APEC Stage II Examination Stage I Exam
Kingdom practice State Registered or – competency assessment = 1210 AUS
• Tutorials registration eligible for
• Law (forensic) + registration in + State Board requirements Stage II Exam
assessment application country of training. = 1740 AUS
• Interview fee
• First aid certificate (variable): APEC Assessment. + State registration /
• 12 months work as 130 – 450 application fee
pharmacist in country AUS
of training

Canada Provincial N/A Pharmacy degree English: PEBC Evaluating Exam PEBC Evaluating Exam= Variable
Pharmacy TSE 460CAD depending on
Boards (10) (in some provinces: PEBC Qualifying province: 360
graduated from an French Examination Parts I and II PEBC Qualifying Exam= - 1280 hours
approved or (1 province) 1650 CAD (maximum 2
accredited ACP Internship Program yrs)May also
programme) English or + Provincial include 16
French (2 Law Examination requirements (variable) weeks of
provinces) including: studentship at
University.
Internship fee = 100 CAD

Practical Assessment
fee= 500 CAD

Law Examination: 63 -
230 CAD

Provincial registration
and licence fee: up to
$950 CAD

Ghana Pharmacy N/A Pharmacy degree English Ghana Pharmacy Practicing pharmacist: Practicing
Council or qualification that Professional Qualifying $500 pharmacist:
enables applicant Examination 480 hours (12
to be registered as New graduate: $100 weeks)New
pharmacist in the graduate:
country where 1500 hours
qualification (40 weeks)
obtained.

Kenya Pharmacy PBB 52 weeks supervised Stage II Bachelor of English Stage I Examination - Stage I Examination: 1 year total: 6
and Poisons recog- practice period. Examina- Pharmacy degree and pharmaceutical sciences 5000 Kshs months hos-
Board (PPB) nised tion: of minimum 4 Kiswahili pital pharmacy
institu- Stage II Examination -Kenyans: years. Stage II Examination – Stage II Examination: + 3 months
tions – pharmacy practice 2000 Kshs pharmacy practice and law -Kenyans: 2000 Kshs community
and law -Non- PPB committee -Non-Kenyan: 10,000 pharmacy +
Kenyan: assessment. Kshs 3 months
10,000 pharmaceutical
Kshs industry
 Country/institution agreement Registration requirements for all other countries:
Country Registering
authority Country or Requirements Fees Prerequisite Language Examinations Fees Supervised
institution requirements practice
Ireland Pharma- IEU/EEA Pharmacy qualification. N/A Adjudicating route suspended until further notice.
ceutical Australia
Society New Zealand 4 week supervised
practice (Australia and
New Zealand)

Oral Forensic
Examination.

Council of
Pharmaceutical Society
approval of registration.

New Pharmacy Australia 4 weeks supervised Applicati Original qualifica- English: PSNZ Inc Application = 675 NZD > 26 weeks
Zealand Council Ireland practice on fee = tion deemed OET or Preregistration (Pre-
United 337.50 equivalent to New IELTS Programme and Application Assessment registration
Kingdom Interview NZD Zealand BPharm Assessment = 1250 NZD programme)
qualification.
Prac- First Aid Certificate Interview = 1100 NZD
ticing
Certifi- Law exam Application and certificate =
cate = 290 NZD
308 NZD
Preregistration programme
and assessment = 2475 NZD

Law exam = 695 NZD

South Pharmacy Great Britain 1 year pharmaceutical Law Approval from None Professional Professional Examination = 1 year public
Africa Council Ireland (degree community service in Examina- Adjudication mentioned Examination – 2800 Rands sector
<1978) public sector. tion = Committee of SA pharmaceutical pharma-
Northern 700 Pharmacy Council. sciences and Pre-registration Evaluation = ceutical
Ireland Law Examination Rands pharmacy practice. 106 Rands community
Rhodesia Pharmacy service
Zimbabwe qualification. Pre-registration + 14% tax
(degree < 1985) evaluation –
12 months practical pharmacist
South Africans training prior to competence.
trained in: registration as
pharmacist.
Germany (2
schools)
USA (4 schools)

Uganda The Council Ugandan Completion of pharmacy 500 USD Pharmacy degree Interview Several three hour Evaluation fee: 300 USD 12 months
of the pharmacists degree and pre- and pre-registration to assess examinations in (pre-
Pharma- who have registration training in training in country English. theory and practical Pre-registration fee: 500 USD registration
ceutical trained the country of study. of study. aspects. training).
Society of overseas. Registration fee: 200 USD
Uganda Registration approval Preliminary consid- Interview.
subject to Council’s eration of phar-
decision macy curriculum, Registration
academic transcript examination.
and internship
experience.
 Country/institution agreement Registration requirements for all other countries:
Country Registering
authority Country or Requirements Fees Prerequisite Language Examinations Fees Supervised
institution requirements practice
United Royal Australia 12 months employment 125 GBP Adjudicating English: 1 year OSPAP Application fee = 556 GBP 12 months
Kingdom Pharmaceu New Zealand in pharmacy following Committee IELTS supervised
tical Society (ends 30th June registration in original evaluation. (+ Pre-Registration Interview fee = 556 GBP practice (Pre-
of Great 2006) country Interview if Training. registration
Britain necessary) OSPAP fee = provider Training)
4 week supervised Registration dependent
practice in the UK Pharmacy degree. Examination.
Registration fee = 125 GBP
Attend reciprocity
meeting

European Original pharmacy Applica-

Economic Area qualification must be > 5 tion fee =
countries years total. 556 GBP

Application to Interview
Adjudicating committee. fee = 556
GBP
Variable (may include):
• 12 months pre-
registration training
• Registration
Examination
• OSPAP

United State Boards N/A Pharmacy degree English: FPGEE Examination FPGEE Examination = 700 State
States of (50) of > 5 years. TOEFL USD dependent:
America TSE NAPLEX 1000-2000
Examination NAPLEX Examination = 430 hours
USD
MPJE Examination
MPJE Examination = 170
USD

State licence fee = 120-150+

USD (variable)

Abbreviations:

APEC Inc: Australia Pharmacy Examining Council Incorporated EU: European Union
EEA: European Economic Area FPGEE: Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (USA)
IELTS: International English Language Testing System MPJE: Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam (USA)
NAPLEX: North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (USA) OET: Occupational English Test
OSPAP: Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (Great Britain) PPB: Pharmacy and Poisons Board
PEBC: Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada PSNZ Inc: Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Incorporated
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language TSE: Test of Spoken English

Information accurate as of 24st October 2005.