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MSc - Master of Science
The University of Manchester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MSc - Master of Science
The University of Manchester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
Select a an exam type
Course description
This MSc aims to extend the clinical, problem-solving, and collaborative working skills of UK registered optometrists. This will allow career progression into enhanced services roles and specialist optometric clinics in the hospital eye service.
You will develop a systematic understanding of ocular diseases, the complex issues involved in their treatment and a critical awareness of current research.
Your clinical problem-solving skills will be enhanced, allowing you to make decisions in unpredictable situations, using your initiative and taking personal responsibility.
You will critically analyse and evaluate the latest research to inform the eye care of your patients, ensuring you remain at the forefront of your profession.
Teaching and learning
The course aims to give you an advanced level of integrated clinical knowledge and develop cutting-edge skills to help you excel as advanced practitioners and clinical leaders in your respective field.
To achieve this, the highly structured academic programme will run in parallel with a work-based programme of learning.
Career opportunities
Most of our students complete the course part-time while working in a wide variety of optometric roles. This course will give you advanced clinical skills in optometry and provide you with evidence base underpinning these skills. You will increase your scientific knowledge and research skills. Upon graduation, extended roles in primary and secondary ophthalmic settings will be more accessible.
You must be a GOC registered optometrist with a minimum 2:2 degree in optometry.
Students living in
Domestic
£6,500 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£13,000 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£13,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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