Optometry - MOptom

City St George's, University of London

This four-year accredited degree provides the training required for a registered optometrist to examine and manage a range of ocular conditions, making a real difference to people with vision impairment and sight loss.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.You will develop your clinical practice by working in our very own eye clinic, City Sight, where you will examine members of the public, from babies to the elderly, presenting with a wide range of ocular conditions and needs. You will attend 44 weeks of clinical placements during the programme to support and develop the skills you will need as a registered optometrist.City St George's Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences has an excellent reputation with expert academics from a range of disciplines, including optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians, orthoptists, physicists, psychologists, neuroscientists and biologists.Benefits of studying at City St George’s include:* Practise in excellent facilities, which include a range of purpose-built clinics and laboratories on campus, as well as our optometry clinic, City Sight* Learn from research-active academics who are leaders in their field and design the curriculum around cutting-edge developments in the discipline* Benefit from a clinical placement at Moorfields, the UK’s leading Eye Hospital.**1st in London for Health Professions, Guardian University Guide 2026.**

Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences