University of Illinois At Chicago

In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, applicants must meet the following program requirements:

• Prior Degrees No restrictions outside of a bachelor’s degree in a related area. Prospective students are expected to have backgrounds in physical therapy, occupational therapy, kinesiology, speech and language pathology, prosthetics and orthotics, nursing, medicine, engineering, mental health, or other fields related to rehabilitation science. The ideal applicant should have a strong interest in rehabilitation research, completed preparatory course work in biology, physiology, anatomy, physics and mathematics, psychology, and statistics as well as a master’s degree in an area related to rehabilitation science. The exceptional applicant with a bachelor’s degree, a sufficient number of credits of relevant graduate course work, and/or compelling clinical/research experience in rehabilitation science will be considered. For other applicants, conditional acceptance may be granted with the understanding that by enrolling in appropriate prerequisite courses missing areas will be addressed before PhD program courses may commence. 
• Transfer of graduate credits from another institution will be handled on a course-by-course basis.
• Grade Point Average At least 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 semester (90 quarter) hours of undergraduate study, and at least 3.50/4.00 for any previous graduate work.
• Tests Required GRE General Test with a minimum of 152 (56th percentile) on the verbal and 151 (56th percentile) on the quantitative sections. GRE scores must be dated within five years of the candidate’s application.