Key information
Duration
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting January 2027
- Starting August 2027
Language
English
TOEFL iBT: 80
Credits
90 SCH
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Birmingham, United States
Disciplines
Physiotherapy
Overview
Features
You'll start with your required courses, which include advanced seminars, research and clinical projects, research design, and more, covering topics such as neural control, biomechanics, motor development, disease processes, and the like.
Next up, your thesis and dissertation work. Your graduate committee will be critical in helping you choose the electives that can help you develop the expertise you need to complete your dissertation with success.
In the end, you can have the skills you need to design and implement research studies as well as educational courses. This program is offered at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Quantitative Biomechanics of Injury and Rehabilitation
- Child Health Theories and Concepts
- Body Composition and Energy Metabolism
- Low Vision Rehabilitation
- Empirical Methods for Health Research
- Health Equity and Inclusion in Public Health Programs and Policies
- Clinical Decision Making and Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: 3
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 80
Other requirements
General requirements
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in occupational or physical therapy, engineering, exercise science, neuroscience, medicine, nursing, or other health related professions.
- Recommended minimum GPA 3.0 on of 4.0 scale in all previous coursework.
- Interview with faculty that shows passion and commitment to research and professional growth in Rehabilitation Science.
- Three strong evaluation references, with at least one from a research lab mentor and one from an academic source.
- Written essay providing evidence of appropriate goals of study, professional growth and commitment to research, with special emphasis on interest in research that is being conducted at UAB.
- Request one (1) official transcript from each postsecondary institution attended. Transcripts are to be mailed by the issuing institution to UAB.
Tuition Fees
- International: 51,897 AUD / year (≈ 36,787 USD / year)
- Out-of-State: 49,199 AUD / year (≈ 34,875 USD / year)
- Domestic (In-State): 19,934 AUD / year (≈ 14,130 USD / year)
