BSc (Hons) Optometry
BSc(Hons) Optometry is a specialist bachelor’s degree that will give you in-depth academic and practical grounding.
Course details
BSc(Hons) Optometry is a specialist bachelor’s degree that will give you the in-depth academic and practical grounding you need to go into your pre-registration year as a trainee optometrist.
With a balanced mix of theory and placement experience in Year one and Year two, and a clinic placement at a hospital eye service in Final year, you’ll be set up with the skills, knowledge and hands-on experience you need to move forward confidently into this thriving profession.
Benefit from maximum contact time with patients from year one onwards, with extensive clinical experience at our onsite clinic at the University, and external placements each year with a wide range of employers.
Gain real-world experience with varied placement opportunities, such as involvement in hospitals, high street practices, lens manufacturers or optical laboratories.
Selected University Details
At UWE Bristol, we're focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise. At UWE Bristol, we are fixated on resolving future global challenges through world-leading research, outstanding learning and a culture of enterprise. Here, we inspire our students to make a choice and to choose a university that pushes itself as much as it pushes them. To select a community of original thinkers - leading the way and breaking new boundaries. We provide professional mentoring to business incubators from our enterprise support programmes to industry masterclasses. We give our students the tools they need to act on their ideas and make them happen with world-leading research facilities to work experience opportunities across the globe.
University of the West of England
UK
Duration : 3 Years
Delivery mode : On Campus
Entry Criteria
- GCSE: Grade C/4 or above in English Language or Literature, Mathematics and Double Science or Physics, or equivalent. We do not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy as alternatives to GCSEs.
- IELTS 7 not less than 6 (speaking – 7)
Intakes : February, May, October
View Details : https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/B510/optometry
You’ll need to complete your degree with a 2:2 to move onto your pre-registration year as a trainee optometrist. You’ll need to successfully complete your pre-registration assessed clinical training in practice to be able to register as a practising optometrist with the General Optical Council (GOC).
Throughout this course, you must be registered with the General Optical Council and follow their standards. Without registration or if your registration lapses, you will not be able to carry out any practical work, and your assessments may not count towards your final award. This may therefore prevent your progression.
- GCSE: Grade C/4 or above in English Language or Literature, Mathematics and Double Science or Physics, or equivalent. We do not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy as alternatives to GCSEs.
- IELTS – 7 not less than 6 (speaking – 7)
