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The location of our urban campus allows students to enjoy all the conveniences of city living while feeling at home in Gannon's caring community. The proximity of the campus to Lake Erie, the Presque Isle State Park and a ski resort offers numerous opportunities for recreation and sporting activities.

• Students are admitted to the Gannon Occupational Therapy program as Freshmen (or as transfer students in a later year). There is no 'pre-OT' period and there is no re-application for the 'professional' program after your third or fourth year. As long as you maintain the grade requirements in the required curriculum you will be in the program (and taking OT courses) for your entire 5 years.

• In the Gannon OT program you will earn a bachelor's degree after your fourth year. In programs where admission to the 'professional' curriculum occurs after the third year students often never recieve a bachelor's degree, but only the master's.

• Gannon's Occupational Therapy program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). At the program's most recent accreditation Gannon OT recieved a ten-year accreditation - the maximum possible.

• Gannon Occupational Therapy students are required to conduct evidence based research. There are opportunities for collaboration with faculty on research projects, and many of the papers written are destined for submission for publication. Reasearch conducted by Gannon OT students has been published in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy and other professional journals.

• Students at Gannon explore internships, co-ops and study abroad opportunities while developing a values-centered, liberal arts foundation--Gannon's "Core of Discovery."

• Over the past 3 years our graduates (2005 - 2007) have had an 93% first-time pass rate on the National Board of Certification of Occupational Therapy  (NBCOT) national registration exam. There have been 41 graduating students, all of whom have tested, 38 passed their first time taking the test. (As of December 2007 all graduating students from these years have passed the exam.)

• Gannon's Occupational Therapy program focuses on innovative practices in the profession and provides the student with background and education in entrepreneurial management.

• Following completion of the program, graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification exam set by the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapists (NBCOT)

• Gannon Occupational Therapy professors are highly qualified and clinically active professionals. Most hold offices at the local, state or national level in professional Occupational Therapy organizations, and many are board certified in various areas of specialization.

• Transfer students are offered individualized attention to integrate them into the program

• Occupational Therapy students at Gannon gain valuable professional, leadership and volunteer experience through the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA). They are also encouraged to join both the national and state associations, and to become active in them.

• An overall 20:1 student to faculty ratio and a personal OT faculty advisor for each student ensures that students receive the genuine commitment and personal attention they are seeking.

• Gannon University's Occupational Therapy program is one of the few that offer students fifth-year financial aid for their graduate studies.

• Grad assistant positions are available, providing students with the opportunity to work closely with the faculty in developing teaching and research skills.

• Students in the Occupational Therapy program work in well equipped labs, and in modern high tech classrooms

• Gannon's Career Service Center helps students search for graduate school or job opportunities, develop interviewing skills and design a professional resume.

• Gannon provides tutoring services for those students requiring help with difficult subjects.