Optometry MOptom

This course prepares you to work as an optometrist, making a real difference to the lives of people who suffer from vision impairment and sight loss.<br/><br/>City St Georges students benefit from state-of-the-art clinics and laboratories including the City Sight Optometry Clinic and from study, placement and employment opportunities in a diverse capital city. The City St Georges Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences has an excellent reputation with expert academics from a range of disciplines, including optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians, orthoptists, physicists, psychologists, neuroscientists and biologists.<br/><br/>You will learn about vision and the eye, through topics like optics, biology, eye disease and visual impairment. You’ll also learn about therapeutic solutions such as contact lenses and ophthalmic lenses and dispensing.<br/><br/>In your final year, you’ll develop your clinical practice by working in our very own eye clinic, City Sight. You will examine members of the public – from babies to the elderly – presenting with a wide range of ocular conditions and needs.<br/><br/>**1st in London and 2nd in the UK for Health Professions, Guardian University Guide 2025.**

Clearing is your chance to study in the heart of London.<br/><br/>Ranked top 10 in the UK for Social Mobility (HEPI 2024) and 5th for Career Prospects (Guardian University Guide 2024), City St George's is proud to be a modern, forward-thinking university. You'll get a choice of exciting modules, a taster of working life, and the chance to meet people from over 160 different countries.<br/><br/>City St George's is home to over 20,000 students and 200 undergraduate courses, including health, business, law, communications, policy and global affairs and science and technology. Whatever you study, you'll get the opportunity to gain experience through industry placements & summer internships, and lifelong memories through optional study abroad semesters.<br/><br/>You'll also be studying in London! Across three campuses in Clerkenwell, Moorgate and Tooting, you can make the most of being in the heart of the vibrant capital. Picture rainy afternoons in the British Museum, study sessions in the spectacular British Library, vintage shopping on Brick Lane, and delicious food spots in Islington. That's what life is like at City St George's.