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Optometry

  • Master of Optometry
  • 4 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Clerkenwell Campus
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Course summary

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.

Modules

Course Modules

You can find extensive information about the modules you can expect to study on this course on our website:
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/undergraduate/optometry

Assessment method

You will be assessed using a variety of methods, depending on module choices:

  • coursework

  • written examinations

  • clinical observation

  • Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)

  • laboratory reports

  • presentations

  • research, clinical audit and quality improvement reports.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • General Optical Council
This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Clerkenwell Campus

Study options

  • Master of Optometry • Full-Time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B510
Institution code:
C60
Campus name:
Clerkenwell Campus
Points of Entry:
Year 1

City St George's, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
B510
Institution code:
C60
Campus name:
Clerkenwell Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
AAB

'A' Level: AAB (including two from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics).

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 136

136 UCAS tariff points (or AAB with a relevant EPQ).

Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)
DD

DD Applied Science, Medical Science or Biomedical Science in addition an A-Level B grade or above in Biology, Maths or Physics

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE: A minimum of five passes grade 4 (C) in GCSE, including English and Mathematics.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 33

33 points (including 6 in two Higher Level sciences and 5 in Standard Level English and Mathematics).

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Not accepted

Bachelor Degrees: Upper second class Honours degree in other science or medically related degree.

In addition to meeting the entry requirements, you are required to have enhanced disclosure and barring service clearance and are required to register with the General Optical Council and maintain this registration throughout the degree course.

Additional entry requirements

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

City, University of London uses contextual admissions to take into account varying individual circumstances and institutional barriers faced by applicants during the application process.

Learn more on the City St George's, University of London website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland£10050*
InternationalTBC

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

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