physical therapy education physical therapy education physical therapy education varies greatly from country to country. worldwide, physical therapy training ranges from basic work site education in hospitals and outpatient clinics to professional doctoral degree and masters programs. physical therapy education in the 1980s africa egypt (middle east) in egypt, physical therapy is a vital form of professional patient care that can be applied in most disciplines of medicine. a total of 266 credit hours are to be completed through ten semesters (5 years) before graduation and the study is in english. this is followed by a 12-month internship at the university and other educational hospitals before interns are allowed to register as physical therapists. new applicants are required to have an interview with the college dean. physical therapy is taught at the following governmental and private physical therapy faculties: cairo university, kafr-elshakh university, bni-swaif university, south valley university, delta university for science and technology, hours university in egypt, misr university for science and technology, egyptian chinese university, october 6 university, pharos university, mti university, buc university, and deraya university. nigeria in nigeria, physiotherapy training is a 5-year bachelor of physiotherapy (bphysio) or bachelor of medical rehabilitation (bmr) degree programme. a 1-year clinical internship program under the supervision of senior and experienced clinician physiotherapists is required upon graduation from an accredited university before the new graduate can be licensed to practice as a physiotherapist. the first training program in nigeria was started at the university of ibadan in 1966, followed by the university of lagos in 1971. a training program was also started at the university of ife (now obafemi awolowo university) in 1978, university of nigeria, enugu campus in 1987, bayero university, kano in 1989, university of maiduguri, maiduguri in 2003. other training programs are also available at university of maiduguri and the nnamdi azikiwe university, nnewi. advanced masters and doctor of philosophy degrees in physiotherapy (msc physio and phd) are available at the university of ibadan, university of lagos, obafemi awolowo university and the university of nigeria, enugu campus. presently, the nigeria society of physiotherapy (professional body representing nigerian physiotherapists) and the medical rehabilitation therapists (registration) board (the government body that regulates the training and practice of rehabilitation therapy professionals in nigeria) are making plans to transit the nigerian entry level bachelors programs to entry level doctorate programs. presently the doctor of physiotherapy (dpt) entry level has been approved by the national university commission (nuc) and is expected to commence in nigerian universities soon. south africa