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.
City 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. City’s Department of Optometry and Visual Science has an excellent reputation with expert academics from a range of disciplines, including optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians, orthoptists, physicists, psychologists, neur...
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 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. City’s Department of Optometry and Visual Science 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.**
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
B510
Institution Code
C60
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS TariffInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme33 33 points (including 6 in two Higher Level sciences and 5 in Standard Level English and Mathematics). Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DDD DDD. Applied Science, Medical Science or Biomedical Science in addition to an A-Level C grade or above in Biology, Maths or Physics GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE: A minimum of five passes grade 4 (C) in GCSE, including English and Mathematics. A level |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 | |
EU, International | £19,150 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
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