Sit the PPB pre-registration / pre-enrolment exams
Pharmacy and Poisons Board · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Set up a student account on the PPB online portal, then open Exams, make your exam application, upload documents and pay the invoice. Once it is processed you download your exam card, and you sit the exam on your own laptop using Safe Exam Browser.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Where
- Online on the PPB Online Services Portal (practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org); the exam itself is at a PPB exam centre
What you need
- The documents the exam application asks you to upload
- A working, fully charged laptop to sit the exam on
Steps
- Get an account. If you are still in college, your institution indexes you and you get an email link. Otherwise register on the PPB Online Services Portal via 'Not Registered' and pick 'Student' as your cadre.
- Click Exams, then Exam Application. Choose 'First Attempt' if it is your first board exam, or 'Resit' and the number of attempts.
- Upload your documents, click Save & Continue, then Make Payments and follow the instructions on the invoice.
- After payment you can download a receipt. When the application is processed you get another notice and can download your exam card.
- Install Safe Exam Browser, try a mock, and attend the mandatory rehearsal at your exam centre with the laptop you will use.
Watch out
- If you fail, you can resit at most two times within five years.
- You can only do the mocks and the exam in Safe Exam Browser, so install it early on your laptop.
- Sit the exam only at your assigned centre. Doing it anywhere else means disqualification.
Who can apply
- Pharmacists: a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) with a curriculum PPB accepts
- Pharmacists: KCSE (O-level) C+ or equivalent
- Pharmacists: good English and basic Kiswahili
- Part-time or distance-learning B.Pharm degrees are not recognised
Official sources (3)
- Students: Exams, Licensing, Registration and Enrollment ppb.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Exams web.pharmacyboardkenya.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- PPB Online Services Portal practice.pharmacyboardkenya.org · read 2 Oct 2026