This course will equip you to become a physiotherapist, helping patients with physical difficulties arising from illness, injury, disability or ageing. Physiotherapists promote health and wellbeing and assist rehabilitation by developing body systems – in particular the neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Riphah is the pioneering institute in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program (DPT) and Post Professional Doctor of Physical therapy program (PP-DPT) in Pakistan. Our aim is to provide a Rehabilitation Sciences program that will develop in its graduates, a life-long commitment to continuing education with enhanced critical reasoning and communication skills, a highly developed awareness of their ethical and professional responsibilities to individual patients and to the community, skills to cope with the challenges of medicine, both technical and humanistic, and an ability to contribute to the continuing evolution of medical knowledge.
Undergraduate
Group study rooms are available at All the campus libraries. This service facilitates group discussion and research activities.
Riphah International University is a private University, chartered by the Federal Government of Pakistan in 2002. The University was established with a view to producing professionals with Islamic moral and ethical values. The University has 08 faculties and 16 academic departments and an overseas projects. The University is also working on the establishment of its campus in Mauritius. Currently, the University has campuses in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad. Recently, Riphah is ranked in the second position among all the private sector universities in the general category. To cater to the educational needs of the Malakand Division, Riphah International University is opening its first state-of-the-art campus in Chakdara, Malakand. Malakand campus have the following Faculties and programs.
| S No | Faculty | Programs |
| 1 | Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences (FRAHS) | |
| 2 | Faculty of Computing (FC) | |
| 3 | Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS) | |
| 4 | FSSH |
Anatomy Lab
Anatomy Lab
Kinesiology Lab
Kinesiology Lab
Kinesiology Lab
DPT Lab
DPT Lab
DPT Lab
For the facilitation of students, ISD provides latest computer systems in the library, connected with high internet connection, through which students may access digital resources of the library or my complete his/her assignment/presentation in the peaceful environment.
Reference Services provides reference and research assistance to students, faculty, and staff of Riphah International University. In-person assistance is available at the Query Desk of Libraries. Librarians are also available through email on libonline
for individuals who want one-on-one research assistance should contact the Subject Specialist.
