Information regarding Portugal pharmacist license

You will need to apply online application for degree equivalency or reconhecimentos de graus (see this forum https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=906428] ... you will need to have your university documents and internships all legalised from the appropriate bodies such as the university, foreign affairs, and portuguese embassy in the country where you studied.

your credentials will be compared with the master in pharmacy degree here in portugal and you will be given courses to attend if you did not study these in your university. there will be a theory and practical exams, and enterview all in portuguese.

So I suggest you to improve your portuguese before you start this step. At least, for me the language is the biggest obstacle.

I believe if you finish these steps you can register with the pharmacy syndicate ...

I tried to delete my previous comment but I could not ... wish there was a delete button.

You will need to apply online application for degree equivalency or reconhecimentos de graus [https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition] ... There are three types of degrees recognition:

1) Automatic recognition (possible for mostly European countries);
2) Level recognition (recognizes the degree);
3) Specific recognition (recognizes the degree and field of studies).

To work as a pharmacist in Portugal, you must have the specific type of recognition, the specific one for an Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Level recognition does not allow you to enroll in the Ordem dos Farmacêuticos and to practice the profession.

In order to do the step of degree recognition, you will need to submit an online application and provide your university documents and internships all legalised from the appropriate bodies such as the university, foreign affairs, and portuguese embassy in the country where you studied.

your credentials will be compared with the master in pharmacy degree here in portugal and you will be given courses to attend if you did not study these in your university. there will be a theory and practical exams, and enterview all in portuguese.

So I suggest you to improve your portuguese before you start this step. At least, for me the language is the biggest obstacle.

I believe if you finish these steps you can register with the pharmacy syndicate ...

You can see the forum here under the name "Recognition of Foreign Academic Diplomas / Higher Education Degrees"

Recognition of Foreign Academic Diplomas / Higher Education Degrees
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Gentleman_H wrote:

I tried to delete my previous comment but I could not ... wish there was a delete button.

You have 1 hour to edit your post.

Within that one hour, it let me only to edit but not to delete the comment.

Thank you so much ...so nice of you

I am a forgniner business man in Portugal and I need to Open a pharmacy..can I please know what are the requirements and the distance in area where there are already 3 pharmacies.

Opening a pharmacy must follow a set of rules ...and follows a public tender process (concurso público para novo licenciamento de farmácia)....

https://www.infarmed.pt/web/infarmed/en … s/abertura

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