Columbia University participates in the Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service (PTCAS) sponsored by the American Physical Therapy Association and administered by Liaison International (LI), an educational information technology company. Participation in this service helps simplify the application process. Applicants use a single web-based application and one set of supporting documentation to apply to multiple physical therapy programs. Please review all the information on the PTCAS web site as well as the information on this web site, under Prospective Applicants, to be sure that all admission criteria for Columbia has been met.
The application is available through the PTCAS web site at www.ptcas.org.
Columbia’s application deadline is December 15, 2009 to be considered for the Class of 2013 matriculating September 2010. PTCAS will begin to mail completed applications to the program the week of August 18, 2009. The program uses a rolling admissions process. It is strongly recommended that applications be filed and completed prior to the deadline date.