The presentation highlights brief instructions and guidelines on how you can aspire your professional career in Sweden as Registered Pharmacist from Pakistan.

1. Ghulam Murtaza Hamad
SWEDEN
PHARMACIST

2. The slides contain brief instructions
and guidelines on how you can aspire
and settle in Sweden as Registered
Pharmacist from Pakistan.
OVERVIEW

3. CONTENTS
1. Education Assessment
2. Registration
3. Course in Swedish Law & Regulations
4. Clinical Training
5. License Application

4. EDUCATION ASSESSMENT
An application is submitted for the assessmentof documents
The application must contain:
• AssessmentForm
https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-
dokument/dokument-webb/blankett/ansokan-granskning-eu-ees-
eng-rutor-ifyllbar.pdf
• Copy of First page of valid Passport
• University Degree (English Language otherwise translated)
• PharmD Transcript
Send all documents in PDF form via email on
socialstyrelsen@socialstyrelsen.se
It takes about 3 months to get your education assessed. You will
receive decision on email.

5. REGISTRATION
There are two ways to register in Sweden for
International Pharmacists:
1. Proficiency Test
2. Complementary Program
Uppsala University arranges both test and
complementaryprogram and sends the results to
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.

6. PROFICIENCY TEST
• Once your education has been assessed, the next step is to take a proficiency test.
• The test is administered in Swedish and you will have to know Swedish in order to pass the test.
It has two parts – a theoretical part and a practical part, taken on separate days in Uppsala.
• Both parts are split into different sections. You need to receive a passing grade in each section on
the same occasion in order to pass that part of the proficiency test. The test is administered in
Swedish. A part of the theoretical test includes a scientific test in English.
• You have a total of five attemptsto pass the theory test and three attemptsto pass the practical
test. From the first test, you have a total of five years to pass the entire proficiency test.
• The theoretical part questions are divided between the various disciplines of chemistry,
pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
• The practical part of the proficiency test assesses the individual's skills and professional working
ability as a pharmacist.

7. COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM
The complementaryprogram has three semesters:
1. Swedish for academic studies for pharmacists with a foreign degree (semester 1)
2. Theoretical courses with a pharmaceutical focus (semester 2)
3. Internship including pharmaceutical constitutions(semester3)
• After the theoretical courses, you undergo six months of business-based training (VFU), i.e.
internship at a pharmacy. The VFU is organized by the university.
Fee ranges are:
• Registration fee: SEK 900
• Tuition fee, first payment: SEK 95,000
• Tuition fee, total: SEK 316,667
After completing complementaryprogram, you become eligible to undergo law & regulation
training to apply for license.

8. SWEDISH LAW & REGULATION
COURSE
• Once you have received a decision from Swedish
Board that you have passed the proficiency test, the
next step is to take a web course in Swedish laws
and regulations.
• The course focuses on the laws and regulations to
which the healthcare system is subject. The course is
free of charge.
• Sign up for the course in Swedish laws and
regulations at https://www.umu.se/juridiska-
institutionen/samarbeta-med-
oss/uppdragsutbildning/forfattningskunskap/

9. CLINICAL TRAINING
• You have to find a workplace yourself where you can
do your clinical training.
• During your six months clinical training period you
demonstrate your practical knowledge and skills and
your suitability for the profession.
• When you have completed your training, your
manager and your supervisor will fill out a certificate
for your clinical training.

10. LICENSE APPLICATION
When you have gone through all the stepsit is time to
apply for a licence.
1. Fill out the application form to obtain a licence and
make sure you have all the required documents.
2. Pay the application fee.
3. Send the application by mail.
Your application should contain:
• A completed application form
• A copy of the first page of your valid passport
• A copy of your certificate of Swedish proficiency
• A certificate that you have successfully completed
clinical training in original.
The fee to apply for a licence is SEK 870

11. PHARMACIST SCOPE IN
SWEDEN
• High demand profession
• The average pay for a Pharmacist is SEK 351,356 a
year and SEK 352 an hour in Sweden.
• Working in Industry or private company as a
Pharmacist doesn’t require Swedish Pharmacist
License.
• Higher salaries in Retail and Hospital, both require
Swedish Pharmacist license.

12. ThankYou
Ghulam MurtazaHamad
gmhamad4@gmail.com