Professional Registration Exam

The Professional Registration Examination (PRE) is held twice annually.

A person is eligible to apply to sit the PRE under two circumstances:

• After successful completion of the in-service practical training by a pharmacy intern, or
• After successful completion of the Third Country Qualification Recognition process.

Sittings of the Professional Registration Examination

The next sittings of the Professional Registration Examination (PRE) will be held on 2 May and 5 October 2019.

For students who completed their training in 2015 and are sitting the PRE for the first time, the following documentation should be read, prior to sitting the PRE:

• The examination procedures and standards for the May and October 2019 sittings of the PRE.
• Marks and Standards 2018-2019
• Rules of Conduct

The following syllabus is for the October 2018 and May 2019 sittings of the PRE:

• Curriculum overview of the National Pharmacy Internship Programme 2017-2019

For students who completed their training in 2014 or prior to 2014, the following document should be read prior to sitting the PRE:

• The examination procedures and standards document to be achieved in the October 2015 and May 2016 sittings of the PRE