The goals of physical therapy professional education are to develop and to instill the following characteristics in students: professional attitude, problem solving ability, independent thinking ability and a sound professional knowledge base. There are seven institutions offering physical therapy professional education at the baccalaureate level in Taiwan, the Republic of China. Six of them had senior students in the school year 1994-95. The purpose of this study was to survey physical therapy curriculum, especially professional-related course work, in these six institutions. The course content of therapeutic exercise was examined in detail, as it has the highest credit allocation (10-11 credits). Syllabi of therapeutic exercise from six physical therapy programs were collected. Course titles, number of credits, sequence of course presentation and topics presented in therapeutic exercise were compared. The authors further compared the physical therapy curriculum in Taiwan with the accreditation standards of the American Physical Therapy Association.