Our three year BSc (Hons) Optometry course with integrated clinical experiences throughout, has been specifically designed to meet the requirements for the practice of optometry and is regulated by the General Optical Council (GOC).Optometrists are professional clinicians responsible for many aspects of vision care, trained to examine the eyes for optical defects and to detect visual system diseases that may originate in the eye, brain or elsewhere in the body. Your training will include ... READ MORE

Our three year BSc (Hons) Optometry course with integrated clinical experiences throughout, has been specifically designed to meet the requirements for the practice of optometry and is regulated by the General Optical Council (GOC).Optometrists are professional clinicians responsible for many aspects of vision care, trained to examine the eyes for optical defects and to detect visual system diseases that may originate in the eye, brain or elsewhere in the body. Your training will include fitting and supplying spectacles, contact lenses and other optical devices.As an optometry student at Aston you will gain a broad scientific education and specialist professional training, as well as receiving hands-on clinical experience throughout all years of the course. Our unique virtual patient simulators will help you to develop initial clinical skills, and then later encounter real patients in our fully functioning Optometry clinics. You will provide patients with a full range of eye care services under the close supervision of our clinical staff, including ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthoptists and dispensing opticians.As one of the UK’s leading optometry courses, we are regularly targeted by the major high street optometry chains and other companies that offer pre-registration posts. Our graduates enter careers in hospitals, community-based practice, private practice, the optical industry, optometry research, and roles outside healthcare. Some undertake postgraduate courses.**Key course benefits:**- 96.8% of students were satisfied Overall (National Student Survey, 2019).- 6th in the UK for graduate prospects (Subjects Allied to Medicine, Sunday Times, 2020). - 3rd in the UK for Research Quality (Ophthalmics, Complete University Guide, 2020).- Students who achieve an overall average mark of at least 50% at the end of Year 3 can choose to continue with further study, leading to an MOptom qualification.