Non EU/EEA

The Society is governed by the European directive on the free movement of pharmacists in the European Economic Area. Please click here for a summary of this directive. Currently the Society does not recognise pharmacy qualifications obtained outside the EEC area.  This is an issue we are to review.

Currently to register in Northern Ireland it would first be necessary to contact the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), in London, who offer qualifying courses to overseas pharmacists (OSPAP) at five university locations in GB. An applicant would then have to complete the pre registration requirements, which is one year in either GB or NI and then register in Great Britain or Northern Ireland depending on where the pre registration training was undertaken.

Any updates relating to the development of the Non-EU/EEA route of registration will be published in this section of the website.

Overseas pharmacists who wish to register in Northern Ireland should approach the Registrar for further information at:

Registration Department
Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
73 University Street
Belfast BT7 1HL

Tel: 028 9032 6927
Fax: 028 9043 9919
Email: registration@psni.org.uk