BSc (Hons) Optometry
Overview
The Bachelor of Optometry (BSc Hons Optometry) is a specialist degree that provides the in-depth academic knowledge and practical skills needed to enter 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 clinical placement at a hospital eye service in the final year, you’ll gain the expertise and confidence required to thrive in this growing profession.
Benefit from maximum patient contact starting from Year One, with extensive clinical experience at the University’s onsite clinic, along with external placements every year across a wide range of employers.
Gain real-world exposure through varied placement opportunities, including hospitals, high street practices, lens manufacturers, and optical laboratories. If you are planning to study in UK, this course offers the perfect pathway to build a successful career in optometry.
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.
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
Course Outcome
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.