Welcome to the home page of the Ph.D in Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC). We appreciate your interest in our program!
The doctoral program at SIUC has been preparing students for careers in rehabilitation education, administration, and research since 1978. In the years since the program accepted its first students, over one hundred thirty individuals have completed their doctoral work at the Rehabilitation Institute and our graduates are among the most respected leaders in the field of rehabilitation.
Our graduates are an incredibly diverse group representing every region of the U.S. as well as over a dozen foreign countries. The doctoral program has produced more minority alumni than any other doctoral program in rehabilitation as well as more minority alumni who have gone on to successful careers in rehabilitation education than any other doctoral training program in the United States.
The Ph.D. program at the Rehabilitation Institute has a long tradition as a student-centered research program. While there are opportunites to pursue additional clinical training through our program, historically, students have been encouraged to focus on enhancing their ability to conduct independent scholarly research.
SIUC is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Doctoral/Research University-Extensive(Highest Category). The Rehabilitation Institute at SIUC is a multi-faceted educational unit that consists of four distinct graduate training programs.
Each graduate training program at the Rehabilitation Institute has its own strengths, history and areas of specialization. Also, all of our areas of focus are recognized as leaders. Our programs in Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Rehabilitation Administration and Services, and Rehabilitation Counselor Training are among the oldest and most respected programs in the United States today, and two of our programs were the "first of their kind".
The Rehabilitation Instiute continues to be unique in that it is the largest program of its kind with the largest compliment of Rehabilitation faculty members in the world.
Upon application to the doctoral program, students should identify a faculty member who will both advise and chair the student's dissertation commitee. It is, however, the applicants responsibilty to work with their respective program to determine with whom they will work during their doctoral studies.