Master of Physical Therapy

The Master of Physical Therapy (MPT or MSPT) is a post baccalaureate degree conferred upon successful completion of an accredited physical therapy professional education program.[citation needed]

## United States

Successful candidates are then qualified to apply for and take the Physical Therapy national licensure exam (in their particular state); students who pass this exam are then licensed as Physical Therapists (and may typically use the designation MPT or simply PT).[citation needed]

Until the late-1990s, Physical therapy education was structured as a Bachelor's Degree. Those who completed the program were qualified to apply for the exam (and to subsequently enter Physical Therapy practice). However, with the ongoing support of the American Physical Therapy Association (the accrediting organization for all American PT academic programs), the bachelor's degree in physical therapy was slowly replaced by the Master of Physical Therapy. Physical therapy education is currently transitioning to a clinical doctorate, the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, with the majority of current programs offering the DPT.[1]

## References

1. ↑ "APTA | Professional PT". http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Professional_PT&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=2&ContentID=15270.

## External links

* The MPT discussed at About.com
* Homepage of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

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Levels of academic degree

Undergraduate|

| ISCED level 5|

* Associate degree
* Foundation degree
* Higher National Diploma/​Diploma of Higher Education/​Certificate of Higher Education

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ISCED level 6|

* Bachelor's degree
* Honours degree

Postgraduate|

| ISCED level 7|

* Master's degree
* Postgraduate diploma/​certificate
* Diplom degree
* Engineer's degree

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ISCED level 8|

* Doctorate
* Candidate of Sciences

Other|

| Postdoctoral|

* Higher doctorate
* Doktor nauk
* Habilitation
* Docent
* Tenure
* Fellow

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No dominant classification|

* Laurea
* Licentiate
* Magister degree
* Professional degree
* Graduate diploma/​certificate
* Higher diploma
* Specialist degree/​diploma
* Terminal degree

Unearned|

* Honorary degree
* Ad eundem degree

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