Phone
(+86)-0512-36657124
Address
8 Duke Avenue, Kunshan
Jiangsu Province, China 215316
Office Hours
The DKU Medical Physics Program integrates classroom learning with clinical practicum training and scholarship and thesis research projects. These are all important components of a balanced and comprehensive medical physics education.
The program graduates professionals, well prepared in the diverse and in-depth skills of this profession that oversees the safe and effective use of radiation-based and other advanced technologies in medicine and that has invented and continues to invent many of the key technologies in radiation therapy and medical imaging.
The program duration is 21 months, including two Fall semesters, two Spring semesters, and one Summer session.
For all students the first year is at the Duke Kunshan University campus, a beautiful campus located in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. The year-1 courses emphasize a core medical physics curriculum that provides a solid base in the fundamentals of the field. These courses are listed in the table below. Several courses include field trips to hospitals.
Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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Notable characteristics of the summer and the second year include clinical practica, advanced courses in specialized topics, and individualized options – such as course electives and thesis or scholarship projects – that address each student’s career goals. During the summer session and subsequent fall semester, students are variously located, some at Duke University in the United States and others at DKU and other intern/research locations in China. During spring semester of year 2 all students are at DKU or at intern/research locations in China.
The DKU Medical Physics Graduate Program features two plans: the DKU-China Plan and the DKU-Durham Plan.
In both plans, students study at DKU in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China for fall and spring semesters of the first year and for spring semester of the second year, which is the final semester of the program.
During summer after the first year, students pursue thesis or scholarship projects, in China (or potentially other non-Durham locations) if in the DKU-China Plan and at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA if in the DKU-Durham Plan.
Year 2 Fall @ Durham(4 months) | Year 2 Spring @ Kunshan |
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Year 2 Fall @ Kunshan(4 months) | Year 2 Spring @ Kunshan |
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