Medical Physics, PHD

About the Program

Medical physics is an applied branch of physics that applies physical energy to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Professional medical physicists are involved in clinical service, consultation, research and teaching.

At Purdue, the medical physics graduate program provides a strong foundation in radiological and applied physics training within the medical physics profession-but also offers advanced coursework, clinical laboratories, internships and opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research. The medical physics program is closely aligned with biophysics, biomedical engineering, medicine and health physics (radiation protection and control).

The program’s goal is to provide courses and experience with clinical systems to enhance problem-solving skills and individual thought to further advance the field of medical physics.

The Purdue medical physics program is CAMPEP-accredited.

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Program Requirements

90 Credits Required

(30 credits from a Master’s may be applied.)

Concentrations

Interdisciplinary concentrations:

• Computational Life Sciences Concentration (GR)  

GPA Requirements

Graduate courses taken while registered as a graduate student at Purdue University may be considered for fulfilling the plan of study requirements only if the student has received grades of C or better. For courses at the 300/400-level taken as a graduate student or courses that represent either undergraduate or graduate excess credit or transfer credit, grades of B or better are required for fulfilling plan of study requirements.

A total of 90 credit hours is required for the PhD degree. These residency hours may be any combination of course credit hours or research credit hours. Up to 30 hours may be credited for an MS degree upon recommendation of the PhD graduate student’s advisory committee and this may include all required coursework and the clinical internship if the equivalent has recently been taken. No more than 6 credit hours of coursework at the 300/400-level is allowed to form part of the student’s PhD degree plan of study.

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