OTD Occupational Therapy at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The College of Applied Health Sciences offers the post-professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (P-OTD) degree to OT practitioners who have already completed an entry-level OT degree. The P-OTD focuses on developing advanced professional skills for occupational therapy practice, leadership, management, scholarship, and education. The P-OTD program can be done completely online or as hybrid in person/online combination depending on the student's interests.

Faculty: College of Applied Health Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Minimum 68 semester hours required. Required courses include Theories of Occupational Therapy; Research in Occupational Therapy; Advanced Field Experience: Clinical Specialization in Occupational Therapy; Advanced Field Experience in Occupational Therapy Leadership; Advanced Field Experience: Occupational Therapy Education; Advanced Field Experience: Occupational Therapy Scholarship.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Prior degree: The Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (POTD) is a post-professional degree and therefore all students must have either an earned entry-level occupational therapy credential (bachelor’s or master’s level). GPA: a. Letters of recommendation: Three required. See. Personal statement: Required. Three-to-four-page statement.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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