***Beginning fall 2017, the doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) degree is offered exclusively through the
School of Health Professions (SHP). Please reference their catalog at http://shp.rutgers.edu/general/virtualCatalog/index.html for the most current information about the program.***
The curriculum is designed to provide a student's first degree in physical therapy. Graduates of the program will earn a doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) degree from the School of Health Professions (SHP) upon satisfactory completion of all degree requirements.
Full-time students are accepted for entrance into the program each summer. Students normally complete the degree requirements in nine consecutive semesters. In general, 30 full-time students are enrolled each year. Students are expected to complete the program in a maximum of three calendar years from the time of initial matriculation.
No transfer or nonmatriculated students are accepted into the program.
The mission of the program is to educate students to become physical therapy generalists prepared to advance toward autonomous practice and committed to humanistic principles through education, scholarship, community service, and clinical practice.
The doctor of physical therapy program at Rutgers, The State University of
New
Jersey, Graduate School-Camden and School of Health Professions
is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy
Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia
22314; Telephone: 703-706-3245; Email: accreditation@apta.org; Website: http://www.capteonline.org.
