Pharmacy, State Examination
The Pharmacy State Examination program at the University of Regensburg provides a strong scientific and medical education focused on medicines, their development, production, effects and safe use. The program combines chemistry, biology, pharmacology, clinical pharmacy and extensive laboratory practice and leads to pharmacist licensure through three state examinations.
Programme facts
| Degree | State Examination |
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| Duration | 8 semesters |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €199 per semester |
| Practical semester | Yes, mandatory |
| Campus | A Campus University |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The program is regulated nationwide by the German licensing regulations for pharmacists and is divided into a basic stage, an advanced stage and a practical year. The basic stage focuses on scientific foundations. The advanced stage deepens pharmaceutical, clinical and legal knowledge. The practical year prepares students for the profession and for the third part of the Pharmaceutical Examination.
What you study
Semesters 1 to 4 – Basic study phase
- General, inorganic, organic, physical, pharmaceutical and analytical chemistry
- Biology, anatomy, physiology, mathematics, physics
- Dosage form science, toxicology, medical microbiology, terminology, nutrition
- Eight-week traineeship (Famulatur) during the lecture-free period
- Completion with the 1st state examination
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
- Community pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Research and teaching
- Authorities, drug surveillance and regulatory work
- Further specialized fields such as toxicology, consulting or science communication
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €199 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Interest in natural sciences, especially chemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine and physics Enjoyment of laboratory work Structured, careful and persistent work habits Readiness for continuous learning in a demanding content-heavy program Sense of responsibility and communication skills |
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| Language | German C2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C2 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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What language level do I need?
When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.