Introduction to Optometry Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

This one year full-time Introduction to Optometry programme provides an introduction to clinical and professional optometric practice as well as a thorough education in the core subjects required to study undergraduate Optometry. It provides students with an alternative entry route onto the MOptom course at City St George's, University of London.

You should have a passion for science and the desire to work with the public in the healthcare sector.

Benefits of this course include:

* Gain a firm foundation in core subjects required to study Master of Optometry (MOptom)

* Learn about clinical and professional optometric practice

* Develop your confidence and skills to excel in a university environment

* Progress to a four-year Master of Optometry (Moptom) on successful completion of this course.

Optometry students at City St George's, University of London benefit from excellent facilities, which include a range of purpose-built clinics and laboratories on campus, as well as our state-of-the-art clinic, City Sight, which offers optometric services to the general public.

Our Department of Optometry and Visual Science has an excellent reputation with expert academics from a wide range of disciplines. Our staff include optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians, orthoptists, physicists, psychologists, neuroscientists and biologists.