An education in physical therapy at Quinnipiac University embodies both the University's commitment to core values: high quality academic programs, a student-oriented environment and a strong sense of community and the American Physical Therapy Association's core values: accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty and social responsibility.

The program in physical therapy prepares students to become competent and compassionate entry level physical therapists, able to practice in a variety of settings serving diverse populations across the lifespan.

To achieve its mission, the program in physical therapy:

• Builds on a strong foundation of liberal arts and sciences
• Cultivates critical and reflective thinking, clinical decision-making, and life-long learning by utilizing an evidenced based learning model, authentic assessments and a variety of learning experiences that include interactive technology. This learning model features small lab sizes, hands-on activities, visits to area clinics and opportunities to engage in professional development forums and community interdisciplinary collaboration
• Provides both in class and in clinic opportunities for students to engage in the essential elements of patient/client management
• Supports faculty teacher-scholars who are effective teachers and who collectively engage in scholarship, professional development, direct patient care and University and community service

Our entry-level doctor of physical therapy program prepares students to serve as advocates for clients and the profession. The foundation of its curriculum consists of the arts and sciences, including humanistic and social science traditions. The program is divided into a three- or four-year pre-professional component leading to a BS in health and sciences studies and a three-year professional graduate component leading to the doctor of physical therapy (DPT) degree.

We offer excellent facilities for studying physical therapy and athletic training/sports medicine. The 180,000-square-foot School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing facility features $3.5 million in cutting-edge equipment and 24 teaching laboratories, including an orthopedics lab, a rehabilitative sciences lab, a clinical skills lab, an intensive care unit, a health assessment lab, a physical exam suite, a physical diagnostics lab, a motion analysis lab and other special amenities that set it apart from other universities offering health sciences programs. Read more about the facility or watch a photo slideshow.