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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.

Applicants are required to submit an application to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate School.  That application can be found at www.uri.edu/gsadmis/gs_apply.html.  Please note:  you do NOT need to send transcripts or GRE scores, or have letters of recommendation sent to the URI Graduate School even though the application will indicate you do. Whatever you have sent to PTCAS does NOT need to also be sent to the URI Graduate School. Concerning the URI Graduate School application instructions related to letters of recommendation:  please enter your own email address where it asks for the email address of your references.  Upload a blank piece of paper when asked to upload your transcripts.  Finally, the $65 application fee has been waived for DPT applicants.  Once you indicate you are applying to the DPT Program (for the Summer Semester), the fee waiver is automatic; you will not be asked for payment information at the time you submit your application.

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. Kathleen Maher for the Biology Department at kmaher@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

  • 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.

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