MS Medical Physics at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

The MS in Medical Physics is designed for graduates of accredited undergraduate programs in engineering, physics or a closely related field who want to become certified medical physicists or conduct medical physics research. The programme is CAMPEP accredited and offers thesis and project options.

Faculty: Tickle College of Engineering | Department: Department of Nuclear Engineering | Duration: 32 graduate credit hours plus 9 undergraduate credit hours of preparatory coursework | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

The major consists of 20 graduate engineering credit hours including BME 574 Medical Imaging, NE 551 Radiation Protection, NE 565 and NE 566 Medical Physics Clinics, NE 567 and NE 568 Medical Physics, NE 569 Clinical Experience and NE 590 Radiation Biology for Medical Physicists, plus two electives and foundational courses BCMB 230 and EEB 250/251. Students complete NE 500 thesis (minimum 6 hours) or NE 598 engineering practice projects and pass an oral examination.

Career pathways

Certified medical physicist and medical physics research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants need a Bachelor of Science from an accredited university in engineering, physics or a closely related field, and a strong physics foundation shown by a physics degree or a degree in engineering or another physical science with coursework equivalent to a physics minor (at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses). The GRE is encouraged but not required.

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.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

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

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