Advanced Clinical Optometric Practice

Entry requirements

You must be a General Optical Council (GOC) registered optometrist with a minimum 2:2 degree in optometry.

Further information about the GOC can be found here.

If you are not registered with the GOC then you might want to consider the MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science as an alternative choice. For further information about this programme, including the entry requirements can be found here.

Months of entry

September

Course content

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.

PhD with integrated master's

If you're planning to undertake a PhD after your master's, our Integrated PhD programme will enable you to combine your postgraduate taught course with a related PhD project in biology, medicine or health.

You can also visit this page for examples of projects related to integrated master's courses.

Information for international students

Students whose first language is not English require a minimum of one of the following:

• IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing;
• paper-based TOEFL of 575 or computer-based TOEFL of 230 with 6.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE);
• internet-based TOEFL of 90 with a minimum of 22 in each component.

Fees and funding