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Graduate Certificate in Medical Physics

The Department of Nuclear Engineering offers a graduate certificate in Medical Physics. The program is for students who have already earned a PhD in an appropriate field such as Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other closely related science or engineering discipline and who would like to become certified Medical Physicists and/or conduct research in Medical Physics. All entering students shall have a strong foundation in basic physics demonstrated either by an undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, or by a degree in an engineering discipline or another of the physical sciences and with coursework that is the equivalent of a minor in physics (i.e., one that includes at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses that would be required for a physics major).

The UT Medical Physics programs have received accreditation from CAMPEP.

Requirements

The certificate is earned by completing 15 graduate credit hours and 9 undergraduate credit hours (can not be taken for graduate credit).

Required courses:

  • BCMB 230 Human Physiology, 5 credit hours
  • EEB 240 Human Anatomy, 4 credit hours
  • BME 574 Medical Imaging, 3 credit hours
  • NE 490 Radiation Biology, 3 credit hours
  • NE 551 Radiation Protection, 3 credit hours
  • NE 567 Medical Physics I, 3 credit hours
  • NE 568 Medical Physics II, 3 credit hours

Showcase Curriculum

Total of 17 graduate credit hours over 2 semesters.

Term 1 (Fall)

  • NE 490 Radiation Biology, 3 credit hours
  • NE 551 Radiation Protection, 3 credit hours
  • NE 567 Medical Physics I, 3 credit hours
  • NE 565 Medical Physics I clinic, 1 credit hour
  • BME 547 Medical Imaging

13 graduate credit hours total

Term 2 (Spring)

  • NE 568 Medical Physics II, 3 credit hours
  • NE 566 Medical Physics II Clinic, 1 credit hour
  • BCMB 230 Human Physiology, 3 undergraduate credit hours
  • EEB 240 Human Anatomy, 4 undergraduate credit hours

4 gradate credit hours total