Master of Physical Therapy and Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (MPTPHD)

The MPTPhD program provides a new option for outstanding students with an interest in both clinical and research training relevant to physical therapy. The MPTPhD program is designed to provide students flexibility in the completion of their concurrent clinical and research training, and to integrate their clinical and research learning, resulting in an accelerated completion time (approximately 5 years).Students may choose from two options to complete the MPTPhD program based on discussion with their research supervisor. Given the emphasis on clinical research in the program, though students may enter the MPT program initially, they will be expected to maintain progress towards their PhD requirements from the outset. Similarly, if students choose to enter the MPT program in Year 3, they would still be expected to maintain PhD progress for the final three years of the Dual Degree program.