Secondary Admissions - Advanced Medical Imaging Technology

Upon successful completion of all freshman and sophomore year requirements, students may enter the professional curriculum of the program (junior and senior years). This is a competitive process. Not all students will be accepted into the professional curriculum.

Program faculty consider the quality of the application, overall GPA, math and science GPA and an interview/project in the selection process.

You must apply for the professional education curriculum during fall semester of the year prior to your anticipated start date.   You are not required to complete prerequisite work before applying to the professional education curriculum but all prerequisite work must be completed before beginning the professional education curriculum.

Students wishing to apply must have a 2.8 overall GPA or higher. No grades below C- in a math or science course are accepted.

Due to the standards set forth by national accrediting agencies, professional curriculum students attend classes for 12 consecutive months (i.e., fall, spring, and summer semesters). Upon acceptance into the professional curriculum students will study both:

  • Nuclear medicine technology, a branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioactive substances in research, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging, a technique that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues within your body.  These techniques are used to diagnosis disease and analyze human anatomy.

If accepted, you must be an Advanced Medical Imaging Technology major in the College of Allied Health Sciences before registering for classes.

Although the limiting factor is usually the availability of clinical sites, program faculty are under no obligation to accept a student into the professional curriculum simply because availabilities exist. The number of clinical sites available from one year to the next is variable. Program officials will not know the number of available sites until summer semester.

Secondary Admissions Application Criteria

Students wishing to apply must have a 2.8 overall GPA or higher. No grades below C- in a math or science course are accepted.

Program faculty consider the quality of the application, overall GPA, math and science GPA and an interview/project in the selection process.

Four criteria are evaluated and considered by program officials when selecting applicants.

Quality of application

  • Preparation (civic engagement, observation/shadowing/first-hand knowledge of the disciplines) 
  • Evidence of good character 
  • Written communication (strict adherence to formal grammar, spelling, and punctuation is expected).

Overall GPA

  • Breadth and comprehension of academic background (transcripts for ALL previous collegiate work must be submitted with the application).
  • Minimum overall GPA of 2.8 or higher is required at time of application. 

Math and Science GPA 

  • Comprehension of coursework directly related to professional studies (All math and science courses taken to meet program requirements are considered. Math and science work completed in more advanced classes are considered if they are being used to meet program requirements).

Group Project

  • Interpersonal interactions (generally about 6 – 10 applicants per group). 

Secondary Admissions Timeline

Applications are due the first day of spring semester of each academic year.

The first three stages of the application process are usually completed in January and February. Only those students meeting the minimum criteria stated in the application will be invited to the final stage.

The final stage will be completed in March with students being notified of the decisions in April.

Unanticipated circumstances may extend these dates and applicants will be notified when/if delays should occur. Communication between applicants and program officials will occur primarily via email so applicants are urged to include an email address that they check regularly on their application.

To apply for the professional education curriculum, please download the Application below. 

Application Components

  1. Online Application Form – Please allow 2 hours for completing the application. If you choose to save your progress, you will be prompted to create an account. You can choose “skip Create an Account” at the bottom of the E-prompt in order to enter your email to get a unique URL with your saved application. To fill out the form, you will need your transcripts and resume on hand. Please prepare answers the following questions will be asked. 
    1. Reliable transportation is a necessity to travel to class and your clinical sites in a timely manner. Do you have reliable transportation?
    2. Estimate the number of days you have missed from school or work in the last year.
    3. How do you resolve conflicts between yourself and others?
    4. Why do you want to be a part of this program?
    5. What do you expect this program will do for your future?
    6. How do you manage your time?
    7. What time commitment are you expecting to put into this program?
    8. Describe your observation experiences with medical imaging. These may come from shadowing, personal experience, work, relatives having procedures, etc. Please do not disclose any personally identifiable information regarding any patient.
    9. With respect to 8, what did you find most interesting and why? Be sure to answer “why”. Your response to “why” is what interests the reviewers the most.
    10. What work or volunteer experiences have you enjoyed the most?
    11. How will these experiences help you succeed in this program?
    12. Of what accomplishments in your life are you most proud?
    13. Please list honors and scholarships you have received.
    14. Please list all extra-curricular activities in which you participated during high school or college. Please make a note if you were in a leadership position (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, captain, co-captain, chairperson, point person, steward, lead, etc.)
    15. Which institution of higher learning did you last attend and when? What is/was your declared major?
    16. Write a brief statement that describes how you became interested in the profession of Advanced Medical Imaging Technology.
    17. Write a brief statement that describes your projected, professional goals that you hope to attain by completing this program.
    18. Are there any circumstances relevant to this application that you would like to add or explain?
    19. Why should we accept you?
  2. Reference Form – will need to be directly sent the AMIT department. References are due to the AMIT program no later than January 31, 2024. 
  3. General Health Form - will need to be directly sent the AMIT department. 

The Online Application and General Health Form must be completed and submitted to the AMIT program no later than Monday, January 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm. References are due to the AMIT program no later than January 31, 2024.

Reference Form (PDF)
General Health Form (PDF) 

If you have issues viewing/downloading the forms, please email AdvMedImaging@uc.edu