Applications for the Summer 2024 Admissions Cycle open July 1 and close October 1, 2023. Early applications are strongly encouraged. Interviews for Summer 2024 admissions will be held in the fall semester by invitation only. Applications are reviewed in the order that they become complete. Applications are considered complete when all supporting materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, and test scores) have been received and processed by Admissions. It may take several weeks for materials to be processed by Admissions. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the materials arrive in time to be processed. Students will be notified by email if they are invited to a virtual interview session. Applicants will be notified of admission decisions beginning as early as October 2023 through May 2024.
Augusta University Graduate Application Fee: $55
Applications Open: July 1, 2023
Applications Close: October 1, 2023
Applicants are responsible for ensuring all necessary documents are submitted. This
can be done online by following the information supplied by The Office of Academic
Admissions. The OT Department does not handle the receipt of admissions documents
and is not able to provide this information. Applications are reviewed in the order
that they become complete. Early application is strongly encouraged.
Competitive applicants typically exceed minimum academic requirements. For 2022, the average overall GPA of accepted students was 3.78, with an average math/science GPA of 3.55 and average GRE combined score of 301. The requirements listed below are the MINIMUM recommended requirements for consideration. Competitive applicants will exceed minimum requirements.
Given current limitations in site availability for volunteer and shadowing hours, a minimum of 60 hours are strongly recommended, but not required, for applications to be considered. One or more settings alongside an occupational therapist is encouraged in order to develop a foundational understanding of the responsibilities of the OT in each setting. Attached is the OT log that you may use to record your hours.
Applicants whose first language is not English must submit official TOEFL scores. A minimum score of 213 on the computer-based exam, 550 on the paper exam, or 79 on an Internet- based exam is required for consideration. TOEFL scores must be less than two years old.
Augusta University
The Office of Academic Admissions
1120 15th Street, Benet House
Augusta, GA 30912
Graduate OT students are required to perform certain technical standards. Accepted students must attest to their ability to perform each of these necessary standards prior to beginning classes.
An integral part of the OT curriculum is successful completion of fieldwork experiences throughout the program. All OT students must consent to a criminal background check to have access to fieldwork sites. Prior criminal history may impact the student's ability to be cleared for client contact, thus jeopardizing successful completion of the program.
Students are continually required to disclose in writing to the Office of the Dean
of Student Life any and all criminal convictions occurring since completing the application
for admission. Disclosure of a prior criminal record is required on the admission
application. Criminal convictions include adjudication of guilt by a judge or jury
for any crime. It does not include minor traffic offenses, but does include no contest
pleas, first-offender treatment, convictions under appeal, and convictions which have
since been pardoned. Minor traffic offenses are those which do not involve driving
under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, do not result in imprisonment, and
for which a fine of less than $250 was imposed. Disclosures should be made within
30 days of conviction. Retrieved from Augusta University Policy Library.
OT students are also required to disclose, in writing, to the Director of Student Affairs, Program Director, Chair and Dean of the College of Allied Health Sciences any criminal convictions occurring prior to admissions and any convictions that occur after the application and admissions process. Retrieved from Department of Occupational Therapy Policy 3.0 Criminal Conviction/Felony Disclaimer.
Students of our Occupational Therapy Program may obtain a license in Georgia and/or South Carolina after successfully passing the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT®) examination.
Information about occupational therapy licensure in Georgia
Information about occupational therapy licensure in South Carolina
We have not determined licensure eligibility for other states
A felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® Certification Examination or attain state licensure. Augusta University Department of Occupational Therapy assumes no responsibility for ineligibility to sit for the NBCOT® Certification Examination or the denial of state licensure.
For further information, please contact:
National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy, Inc.
One Bank Street
Suite 300
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-990-7979
Fax: 301-869-8492
info@nbcot.org
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, Georgia 31217-3858
Telephone: 478-207-1620
