Application

Application Deadlines

• Priority Admission Deadline: January 15
• Regular Admission Deadline: March 1 (Applications will be accepted after this date only if the cohort is not full.)

* All applications materials must be received in our office by the application deadline.

Application

Applications may only be submitted through our online application system. Click button to begin:

An application must contain all of the following in order to be considered complete:

• Completed application form
• A professional resume
• Non-refundable application fee of $70.00 (Make checks payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania)
• Application essays
• Official transcripts from each post-secondary school attended, sent directly to LPS address at left
• Three letters of recommendation
• GRE General Test and Subject Test (highly recommended) score reports
• TOEFL score report, if applicable

Application Essays

Please respond to each of the following questions.  If you are submitting your essays online, please upload them together in one document. Responses may be as long or as short as you feel necessary.

• Have you ever been placed on probation, dismissed or suspended from any college or university for reasons pertaining to academic integrity? Yes/No 

• Please describe your career objectives and reasons for choosing the MMP program at Penn (including any previous experience with the field of medical physics).  Also, use this as an opportunity to tell us about yourself and help us get to know you better.  A well-written and thoughtful, though concise, essay is an important part of your MMP application. 

Letters of Recommendation

You must submit three letters of recommendation in support of your application. These should be from individuals with whom you have had a close professional or academic association and who know of your desire to study medical physics at an advanced level. Recommenders may complete their letters online or submit hard copy letters of recommendation. To submit online recommendations, follow the instructions in the Recommendations section of the online application. If your recommendations will not be submitted online, please complete the LPS cover sheet for letters of recommendation, give it to your references, and have them complete and attach the form to their letter. Download the recommendation form.

Standardized Test Scores

The GRE General Test is required of all applicants to the MMP Program.  The Physics Subject Test or another Subject Test relevant to your undergraduate education is recommended (and could help your application), but is not required.  Request that your score reports for the GRE General Test and any subject tests be forwarded to the College of Liberal and Professional Studies using the ETS institutional code 2986.

Use the ETS code 2986 when requesting TOEFL scores. Applicants who have completed their post-secondary education in an institution where the instruction was in English do not have to submit TOEFL scores.