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Overview

Medical physicists are health care professionals with specialized training in the medical applications of physics. Their work often involves the use of x-rays and accelerated charged particles, radioactive substances, ultrasound, magnetic and electric fields, infra-red and ultraviolet light, heat and lasers in diagnosis and therapy. Most medical physicists work in hospital diagnostic imaging departments, cancer treatment facilities, or hospital-based research establishments. Others work in universities, government, and industry.

Graduates of the Ph.D. in Medical Physics program will:

  • understand the physics of medical imaging and radiation oncology;
  • achieve independence in original medical physics research;
  • work effectively in clinical and research environments that include oncologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, cardiologists, neuroscientists, radiation therapy professionals and biomedical engineers;
  • be prepared for positions at medical physics research institutions as well as healthcare institutions.
$29,221
Net funding per year*
16
Enrolled students
* 50% of students receive this amount of funding or more per year in the first 4 years after deducting tuition and fees.

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