Institutions offering pharmacy degrees and courses
The Pre-registration examination for pharmacists is a bi-yearly examination for pharmacists that finished their internship programme. It is a requirement for pharmacists to be registered and licensed in Nigeria by the PCN. The examination is a 200 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) to be answered in 2 hours. The examination is a Computer Based Test (CBT) … Read more
American International University West Africa, Banjul, Gambia is an accredited institution by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of The Gambia. The university is offering admission for prospective international students for the January 2022 trimester. Courses offered Medicine (18 Trimesters or 6 Years) Transfer … Read more
Taipei Medical University is offering the opportunities for international students to partake in Master Degree (M.Sc) in many medical courses such as Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Science and Technology. The Master Degree programme, which is scheduled to start in late 2022 has already opened the application process. The pharmacy programme has three specialities: … Read more
The pharmacy internship programme is compulsory one-year training for all pharmacists in the country. All graduates of accredited pharmacy schools in Nigeria, as well as all foreign pharmacy graduates, are mandated to go through this training before they are licensed. There are many institutions that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has given the approval to … Read more
The Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Orientation Programme – FPGOP is a training exercise and examination conducted by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria for pharmacists trained outside the shores of Nigeria to enable them to practice as pharmacists in Nigeria. The FPGOP programme is only for candidates who passed through a recognised foreign pharmacy school to test … Read more
Ghana currently runs a six-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree programme as the minimal requirement to practice as a pharmacist. This means all the universities in Ghana have moved on from Bachelor of Pharmacy degree to Pharm. D. Studying in Ghana is an enjoyable experience, since the country is relatively peaceful and has stable power. The … Read more
With so much competition for admission into indigenous federal, state and private universities, many Nigerians go to study in Pharmacy in Benin Republic and other African countries. This is because the admission process is relatively quick, and the duration of education is generally shorter. There is also a relatively stable power supply. The school calendar … Read more
The West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) is a body responsible for harmonizing pharmacy education and practice across selected countries in West Africa. West African Pharmaceutical Federation (WAPF) was established by an ECOWAS protocol on 13th October 1976 in Monrovia, Liberia. Representatives of the National Pharmaceutical Societies from eight West African countries – Nigeria, … Read more
Pharmacy technicians help in the running of pharmacies by providing valuable assistance to the pharmacists. Pharmacy Technician in Nigeria has helped in the early days of pharmacy practice as there were fewer licensed pharmacists as compared to technicians. A pharmacy technician is a medical personnel who works together with a pharmacist assisting in compounding, dispensing … Read more
The Pharmacist Technician education is a three-year Programme in Nigeria. Candidates seeking admission into pharmacy technician schools in Nigeria must have passed their secondary education certificate examination. Accepted results are Senior Secondary Certificate, GCE, NABTEB, or West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate with at least five credits in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (maximum … Read more