Welcome to the home page of the Ph.D in Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC).  We appreciate your interest in our program!
 
The doctoral program at SIUC has been preparing students for careers in rehabilitation education, administration, and research since 1978. In the years since the program accepted its first students, over one hundred thirty individuals have completed their doctoral work at the Rehabilitation Institute and our graduates are among the most respected leaders in the field of rehabilitation.
 
Our graduates are an incredibly diverse group representing every region of the U.S. as well as over a dozen foreign countries.  The doctoral program has produced more minority alumni than any other doctoral program in rehabilitation as well as more minority alumni who have gone on to successful careers in rehabilitation education than any other doctoral training program in the United States.