The Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program is a campus-based program located in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Ft. Lauderdale. The 3-year program includes 34 weeks of full time clinical training. Student-learning experiences occur in a combination of traditional instruction, case-based interactive learning, and clinical lab skills training. Clinical education training begins in the fall semester of year one. Students are admitted in the summer semester and graduates are awarded a DPT degree upon satisfactory completion of all requirements.Faculty and students are committed to active participation in the profession, scholarship and service. Students are exposed to serving community populations, including the medically under-served and uninsured, through service learning and clinical education experiences. NSU's entry-level DPT program in Fort Lauderdale offers the following:* A fully accredited PT program* A low faculty to student ratio* Qualified and experienced PT faculty* A multicultural faculty* Clinical education experiences throughout the curriculum* An opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration* Modern, state-of-the-art, and technologically advanced facilities* Located on a beautiful campus in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaThe Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE),1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org.
* The deposit includes an Acceptance fee of $500 and Deposit Fee of $500 for a total of $1000. * Acceptance Fee - $500.00: This fee is required to reserve the accepted applicant's place in the entering first-year class. * Deposit Fee - $500.00: This fee is due by March 30 and is under the same terms as the acceptance fee.
All fees and deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable. This payment will be deducted from the tuition payment due on registration day but in non-refundable if the event of withdrawal.
https://healthsciences.nova.edu/pt/dpt/