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Candidates must have a PhD or MS degree in medical physics from a CAMPEP accredited graduate program or completion of a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program. Details of CAMPEP didactic prerequisites >

The UCLA Medical Physics Residency Program either recruits candidates directly or participates in the Medical Physics Matching Program.  The decision of participating in MedPhys Matching or not will be made prior to the opening of the matching process.  If the decision is made for participating in Match, residency applications will be accepted using the AAPM Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MP-RAP) between October and December. The UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology residency admission committee will review and rank the applications and will interview top candidates.

Application Cycle July 2024:

The program will participate in the MedPhys Match for the July 1, 2025 start cycle to fill 2 open positions.

If questions about the application procedure arise, please call Dr. Minsong Cao, Residency Program Director, or Liane Nash, Residency Coordinator at 310-267-5575 or [email protected].

Program Statistics

View our statistics and the destinations of our Graduates below. 

YearNumber of ApplicantsNumber of AdmissionsNumber of GraduatesAcademicsClinical
 Practice
Industry
201210010   
201314410   
201412611 1 
201514710*1*   
201688111  
2017**111  
2018**111  
2019**111  
202075211  
202194211  
2022**222  
2023**222  
2024**222  
2025 3    

* Resident left the program for a job position before completion of clinical training.
** Did not participate in Match.