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Graduate Certificate in Medical Physics at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Programme overview

A graduate certificate in the Department of Nuclear Engineering for PhD holders who want to become certified medical physicists and/or conduct medical physics research. The UT medical physics programmes are CAMPEP accredited.

Faculty: Graduate School  |  Department: Nuclear Engineering  |  Duration: 15 graduate credit hours (plus 9 undergraduate credit hours of prerequisite coursework unless waived)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

Required graduate courses are Medical Imaging (BME 574), Radiation Biology for Medical Physicists (NE 590), Radiation Protection (NE 551) and Medical Physics I and II (NE 567, 568), plus undergraduate BCMB 230 and EEB 250/251 unless already completed.

Career pathways

Certified medical physicist or medical physics researcher.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a PhD in an appropriate field such as Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or a closely related science or engineering discipline, with a strong physics foundation (a physics degree, or an engineering or physical science degree with the equivalent of a physics minor including at least three upper-level physics courses). Apply online through the Office of Graduate Admissions. Add-on applicants apply before completing six certificate credit hours.

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.

Duration: 15 graduate credit hours (plus 9 undergraduate credit hours of prerequisite coursework unless waived

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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