Physical Therapy Department
Applicant Information
We look forward to receiving applications from qualified individuals from which a class of approximately 30 students will be selected. Acceptance into the University of Rhode Island DPT Program is competitive. As we are a graduate program, applicants must have a bachelor's degree prior to enrollment. We do not require a specific undergraduate major, although the following pre-requisite courses need to be completed:- 12 credits of Biology, which includes 8 credits of human anatomy and physiology
- 8 credits of Chemistry (with lab)
- 8 credits of Physics (with lab)
- 6 credits of Psychology - General Psychology and a second level
- Psychology course (e.g. developmental, adolescent, social, child, etc.)
- 3 credits of Pre-calculus
- 3 credits of Statistics
- 3 credits of Communication (either speaking or writing)
You do not have to have all of your pre-requisite courses completed at the time you submit your application, but all must be completed prior to enrollment. Our curriculum begins in the first Summer Session, which is typically at the end of May.
Further requirements for our program include a minimum of 30 clinical hours with a physical therapist, 2 letters of recommendation (one from a physical therapist), personal statement, and acceptable GREs.
We are utilizing PTCAS - Physical Therapy Centralized Application System - to manage our application process. An applicant must submit his/her application materials to PTCAS and indicate that s/he would like to apply to the University of Rhode Island. We will then access those materials from PTCAS. All applicants are required to utilize PTCAS, any materials sent directly to the Physical Therapy department will not be considered. For details, please go to www.ptcas.org.
In addition to submitting your application materials through PTCAS, you are also required to submit a supplemental application to the University of Rhode Island Graduate School. Please note, although this application asks you to submit transcripts and recommendations to the URI Graduate School, you only need to submit these materials to PTCAS. (When asked for the email address of your references, please enter XXX.) Also, you do not need to write a second personal statement for the URI Graduate School application. We recommend that you 'cut and paste' your PTCAS Personal Statement into that section of the URI Graduate School application. Applicants are required to pay the $65 URI Graduate School application fee.
For University of Rhode Island students who are applying through the Early Contingent Admission (ECA) process, please see your departmental academic advisor: Dr. Deb Riebe in the Kinesiology Department (debriebe@mail.uri.edu) or Dr. Joanna Norris in the Biology Department (jnorris@uri.edu). ECA applicants must complete both the PTCAS and URI Graduate School applications.
For more information or if you have questions, please contact:
Dr. Susan E. Roush, PT
Admissions Committee, Chair
Roush@uri.edu
401-874-5626
Professor, Physical Therapy Department
Independence Square II
25 West Independence Way
Kingston RI 02881
Announcements
The Physical Therapy Department at URI will participate in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS) for the 2009-10 admissions cycle. Applicants for the 2010 entering class can apply online using the PTCAS Web application, beginning on July 15, 2009. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit www.ptcas.org.
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