Post-professionalOccupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
Post-Professional Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy
Awards: Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (post-professional)
University of Alabama at Birmingham · No campus listed · institution headquartered in Alabama
- Pathway
- Post-professional education
- Coursework
- Online courseworkCampus attendance not confirmed
- Duration
- Not publishedPart time
- Tuition
- Not published
Post-professional education
About this program
Fully online, part-time doctorate for credentialed occupational therapists and assistants; includes 15 elective credit hours and a capstone project.
- School and department
- University of Alabama at BirminghamDepartment of Occupational Therapy
Award and pathway
- Exact official award
- Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (post-professional)
- Browsing category
- Occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) · OTD
- Professional pathway
- Post-professional education
- Award status
- Credit-bearing academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding institution
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Accreditation
As recorded by the accreditor, with the exact program and locations covered. A degree alone does not grant a license, and admission does not guarantee certification eligibility.
ACOTEAccreditationACOTE accreditation covers the entry-level OTD; the post-professional OTD is not an entry-level programStated by the school
Program-level entry-level accreditation does not apply to this kind of program (for example a post-professional certificate or research degree).
Scope: Post-professional OTD does not provide entry-level preparation, per the program page
Checked 3 November 2026
Accreditation, NBCOT certification and state licensure explained
Delivery, attendance and in-person requirements
Online coursework does not mean no in-person activity. Coursework delivery, campus attendance and practical requirements are separate facts.
- Coursework delivery
- Online courseworkCoursework is online. Labs, fieldwork, residencies and capstones may still be in person: check the practical requirements.
- Campus attendance
- Campus attendance not confirmed
- Teaching mode
- Teaching mode not confirmed
- Study intensity
- Part timeOne course per semester or two courses in some semesters
In-person requirements
- Capstone · requiredCapstone project addressing a need in a practice setting or community.
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not confirmed
- Fieldwork locations
- Not confirmed. We do not assume local placements.
Where: four different places
- Institution headquarters
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Teaching campus
- No campus listed for this program
- Online enrollment eligibility
- State authorization and licensure requirements vary by state; the program directs applicants to UAB State Authorization (stated on the related certificate page).
- Fieldwork location
- Not confirmed
Duration and credits
- Duration
- Not published
Admissions
- Prior study
- Master's or bachelor's degree in occupational therapy from an accredited program, or an OTA degree plus a bachelor's degree in a related field
- Prior professional credential
- Current or previous employment as an OT or OTA with at least 1 year of clinical experience
- Minimum GPA
- 3Minimum 3.0 GPA in most recent degree
- Observation hours
- Not published
- Admission tests
- Not published
- Application materials
- CV or resume
- Letter of intent
- Three letters of reference
- Interview
- Application route
- Other application routeApplications submitted through the UAB Graduate School. Deadline as published: The deadline to apply is August 1
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Costs
US dollars as the school publishes them. Each fee keeps its basis (per credit, per term, per year, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the school for current tuition, fees and other mandatory costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, application deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 3 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 3 November 2026)