Overview

Physical Therapy from University of Pittsburgh is intended for both US citizens and international physical therapists seeking advanced clinical skills. As a foreign-trained physical therapist with a first-professional degree from your home country, you will need to have your professional credentials evaluated if you plan to apply for licensure in the United States.

Quick Facts:

New international graduates are expected to have the same number of academic credits and have learned the same content as a U.S. Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate when your credentials are evaluated for equivalency. The coursework in the MSPT program, while not directly qualifying you for licensure, will apply towards the total number of credits needed to meet the criteria to take the licensure examination. The licensure process is run by various agencies and is not associated with any University setting.
If you are interested in licensure in the United States, we encourage you to begin the process early as it can take months to have your academic credentials reviewed. We recommend that you consult others from your country who have recently had their credentials evaluated for additional insight. The University of Pittsburgh offers reasonably priced College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests which can also supplement your academic credits for licensure.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Neuroscience
Motor Learning And Control Of Movement/health Promotion
Advanced Clinical Practice: The Lower Quarter
Clinical Investigations
Physical Therapy Special Topics Seminar
Concepts And Principles Related To Sensory Motor Control

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

33 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pittsburgh, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

A first professional degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited institution.
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale), or equivalent, from their entry-level professional physical therapy program.
Verification of English Language Proficiency is required unless the following apply:
the applicant is a citizen of a country whose official language is English,
the applicant has completed a degree program at a regionally accredited institution in the U.S., or
the applicant is not a citizen of a country whose official language is English but has completed a degree program at an institution outside of the U.S. where the language of instruction is English and where the official national language of the country in which the institution is located is English.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

76 USD / year

≈ 76 USD / year
Out-of-State

76062 USD / year

≈ 76062 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

43044 USD / year

≈ 43044 USD / year

Living costs

Pittsburgh

United States

1148 - 1944 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Living costs

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