Overview

The Doctor of Occupational Therapy program from University of New Haven help patients improve their daily lives, to help patients recover from accidents and illnesses, and work collaboratively in teams with other health professionals to help patients meet their goals. Occupational Therapists work in a wide range of settings including:

Acute care hospitals
Rehabilitation hospitals
Long term care and skilled nursing facilities

Schools and other educational settings

Key details

Occupational therapy is an evidence-based profession dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life in persons, communities, and populations. The Program believes in the value of occupation for individuals who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, limited participation in everyday life. It asserts that meaningful engagement in occupation is essential to maintaining overall health, promoting healthy lifestyles, and wellness; minimizing the impacts of impairment; prevention of disease or injury; and adaptation as a part of development and continued living. While many health professions share these beliefs, occupational therapy is unique in its focus on occupation, i.e., meaningful doing, as both the means and the outcome of intervention by changing the person’s or groups’, contexts, and ways of doing meaningful occupations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Physical and Mental Health Conditions Across the Life Span
Human Occupation and Activity Analysis
Needs Assessment and Program Development
Applied Human Anatomy and Neuroscience
Healthcare Administration & Management
Service Learning

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

96 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Haven, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

The Doctor of Occupational Therapy program will use the following admissions criteria:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
A minimum GPA of 3.0 with a grade of C or better in each prerequisite course. Prerequisites include:
Anatomy and Physiology (I & II) with lab - 8 credits
Human Development – 3 credits (e.g., Child and Adolescent Development, Adult Development and Aging, or Life Span Development)
Abnormal Psychology - 3 credits
Statistics - 3 credits (e.g., Statistics, Biostatistics, Statistics for Social Sciences)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

26208 USD / year

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Out-of-State

26208 USD / year

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In-State

26208 USD / year

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Living costs

New Haven

United States

1380 - 2110 USD / month

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