Welcome
The Wayne State University graduate programs in Medical and Radiological Physics are among the most established and prestigious in North America. Graduate training in medical physics at WSU dates back to the early 1970s, and the WSU M.S. and Ph.D. programs were among the first to become accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP).
Since then, nearly 250 WSU students have received either the degree of M.S. in Radiological Physics or a Ph.D. in Medical Physics. WSU graduates are currently practicing at hospitals and academic centers throughout the world. In fact, nearly one out of every 20 members of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a graduate of the WSU program.
The program is administered through the WSU School of Medicine, and is based in the Detroit Medical Center / Karmanos Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology. This provides students with both the academic facilities of the largest single-campus medical school in the country, and the clinical facilities of one of the largest hospital systems in the country which boasts an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer care center. The WSU School of Medicine is also affiliated with the Henry Ford Health System, offering students additional access to clinical and academic resources. With an enrollment of 33,000 students, Wayne State University is among nation's 30-largest public universities. WSU's graduate enrollment is also one of the country's largest, with more than 14,000 students enrolled in graduate and professional programs.
Students in our graduate program are trained in a clinical environment and work with the same equipment used by the professional medical physics staff to treat patients in our affiliated radiology and radiation oncology departments. Students have ample access to library and computing facilities, world-class faculty, and state-of-the-art clinical and laboratory facilities. Our program is designed to produce graduates who are well prepared to enter clinical service and become board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Moreover, our graduates will become part of the next generation of health care professionals and researchers leading the advancement of the technological aspects of medical care.