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Welcome to the
Physical Therapy Department

PT students do testing on a patient's knee

The Physical Therapy Department at the University of Rhode Island prepares students for careers as licensed physical therapists. Through an intensive three year course of study, students are exposed to basic sciences, evaluative and treatment theories, intervention techniques, professional issues analysis, and skills development to allow autonomous practice.

The Physical Therapy Department is part of the College of Human Science and Services (CHSS). CHSS also offers programs of study in kinesiology, communicative disorders, education, human development & family studies, and textile marketing and design.

Application Deadline is November 1, 2011.  Please visit www.PTCAS.org to apply. Please read and follow the PTCAS instructions carefully to avoid unnecessary delays in processing your application.  We recommend that applications be submitted as early as possible in the admissions cycle.  Supplemental application is at www.uri.edu/gsadmis/

Announcements

  • Continuing Education Credits - Physical Therapy Presents: If You Can't Breathe, You Can't Function with Mary Massery, PT, DPT.  February 17th-19th, 2012.


  • The Physical Therapy Department at URI participates in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS). Applicants for the 2012 entering class can apply online using the PTCAS Web application, beginning on July 18, 2011. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit www.ptcas.org.

  • The Annual Open House will be held on October 13, 2010 from 4-6pm in Independence Square.

 

  • Interviews for the Class of 2015 will be held on January 6 and 7, 2012.  Interviews are by invitation only.

Program Highlights

 

RIAPTA Job Opportunities