Doctor of Philosophy in Physics - Medical Physics

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Program (CAMPEP), UMass Lowell's Medical Physics doctoral program collaborates with local and regional teaching hospitals and cancer centers in the Boston area to provide you with cutting-edge education in therapeutic and imaging medical physics. The duration of the Ph.D. program is usually between four and six years.Our program builds on the M.S. in Radiological Sciences and Protection, Medical Physics Option curriculum and adds further requirements, including graduate courses in physics, biology, or chemistry and a doctoral dissertation. The research results are expected to be published in at least one peer-reviewed journal paper. Students in the program qualify for and are expected to take the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Part-1 Exam by the second or third year of study. Historically, most students have concentrated on therapy physics, but because faculty and the cooperating hospitals also have imaging and nuclear medicine research projects, over the last decade, a number of students have focused on other medical physics specialties as well.

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