Hello great people hope your days are full filled with happiness and joy ❤️
I’m at my final days as a senior pharmacy student. So, I started thinking about what i can do in the life after graduation. I started learning Japanese a month ago cause I really loved it but these days it turn out to be a lifestyle i study half of the day for my finals graduation project and the paper am working on and the 2nd half is for Japanese.. Then started searching what are the requirements to be a pharmacist in Japan or work in related fields and the results really disappointed me. I found 2 ways and am here to ask which one of them is right the 1st one is studying for another 6 then take the national exam to be a licensed pharmacist like you have studied nothing before. And the other way is bachelor transfer exam which takes 2-3 years of studying but will be graduated in few days already so idk if it is valid for me.
What am asking is there any other ways like studying and board exams or something so i can become a licensed pharmacist in Japan cause its my passion? Or sadly I have wasted alot of time for nothing at the end 🙁
Thanks for helping in advance and sorry for the long text cause am feeling overwhelmed and lost abit.
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**what can a foreign pharmay bachelor do?**
Hello great people hope your days are full filled with happiness and joy ❤️
I’m at my final days as a senior pharmacy student. So, I started thinking about what i can do in the life after graduation. I started learning Japanese a month ago cause I really loved it but these days it turn out to be a lifestyle i study half of the day for my finals graduation project and the paper am working on and the 2nd half is for Japanese.. Then started searching what are the requirements to be a pharmacist in Japan or work in related fields and the results really disappointed me. I found 2 ways and am here to ask which one of them is right the 1st one is studying for another 6 then take the national exam to be a licensed pharmacist like you have studied nothing before. And the other way is bachelor transfer exam which takes 2-3 years of studying but will be graduated in few days already so idk if it is valid for me.
What am asking is there any other ways like studying and board exams or something so i can become a licensed pharmacist in Japan cause its my passion? Or sadly I have wasted alot of time for nothing at the end 🙁
Thanks for helping in advance and sorry for the long text cause am feeling overwhelmed and lost abit.
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Having a look here:
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/kouseiroudoushou/shikaku_shiken/yakuzaishi/
It does say that if you’ve been educated in a foreign school you’d need to determine if the quality of education is equivalent (or better). Have a poke around to figure out the process for that as there is likely an international standards group. The link does include contact details for the relevant government body.
While proven language ability is not specifically listed as a requirement for taking the exam, I think it’s obvious that if you haven’t achieved JLPT N1 you’d be wasting your time.
Have you ever been to Japan? Have you ever worked there? How can it be your passion?