Professional licenceSpain
PIR — Psicólogo Interno Residente
The only route to becoming a clinical psychologist in the Spanish public health system.
- Who sits it
- Psychology graduates who want to work clinically in public health.
- When it happens
- After the Psychology degree.
- Preparation time
- 12 to 24 months — one of the most competitive ratios of candidates to places.
- How often
- Once a year.
- Cost
- Low fee; most candidates use an academia over one or two years.
What the exam is like
Multiple-choice exam of around 200 questions on clinical psychology.
Stage by stage
1
Register in the annual convocatoria
2
Sit the exam in January
3
Take up a four-year residency if your number reaches a place
How the mark is used
Ranking from exam and record. Only a few hundred places nationally each year.