Professional licenceSpain
FIR — Farmacéutico Interno Residente
The residency exam for pharmacy graduates who want hospital or industrial pharmacy specialties.
- Who sits it
- Pharmacy graduates aiming at hospital pharmacy, clinical analysis or industrial pharmacy.
- When it happens
- After the five-year Pharmacy degree.
- Preparation time
- 8 to 12 months of focused study.
- How often
- Once a year.
- Cost
- Low registration fee; academia courses cost 2,000–4,000 EUR.
What the exam is like
Multiple-choice exam sat with the rest of the FSE family.
Stage by stage
1
Register in the annual convocatoria
2
Sit the exam in January
3
Choose specialty and hospital by ranking
How the mark is used
Ranking from exam score plus academic record; hospital pharmacy places are the most contested.