Overview

To get started, you'll take courses that cover topics such as radiation biophysics, hazard evaluation, environmental radioactivity, nuclear physics, radiobiology, and medical radiology.

Then, we'll familiarize you with the fundamentals of quality patient care with an offering of professional development electives. Next, we’ll build on that foundation by offering a chance for you to get real-world experience in an actual practice. Finally, you and a faculty mentor can identify projects that suit your goals and interests, so you can get some research under your belt. In the end, you will have had training and experiences that will be beneficial to you as you pursue a career in a medical facility, defense plant, higher education institution, or elsewhere.

Fast Facts:

This is one of 20 master's of health physics programs in the U.S., and the only one in Alabama.

Certified health physicists earned an average income of $138,852 in 2018 (Health Physics Society).

There are only about 20 Health Physics programs at the master’s degree level in the nation and ours is the only one in the State of Alabama. At The University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Master of Science in Health Physics Program is in a unique position to train a new generation of health physicists that play a critical role in ensuring safety emphasizing medical aspects of the field.

Programme Structure

Courses:

Professional Skills Development
Research Design and Statistics
Nuclear Medicine Physics, Instrumentation, and Lab
Regulations, Radiation Protection/Biology and Lab
Principles of Health Physics
Physics of Diagnostic Imaging

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

53 SCH

Delivered

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Campus Location

Birmingham, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

In addition to the general Graduate School admission requirements, applicants to the M.S. program must:

Have a baccalaureate degree in biology, physics, chemistry, biomedical sciences, bioengineering, or a related degree from an accredited college or university,
Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (A= 4.0), computed from all undergraduate credits or from the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate course credit,
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

35351 USD / year

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Out-of-State

33045 USD / year

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In-State

13541 USD / year

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Living costs

Birmingham

United States

1019 - 1648 USD / month

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