- UCAS course code
- B511
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Career opportunities
"The Optometry course at Manchester helped me become the best optometrist I can be.
"The curriculum is so vast with lots to learn, and there is also an art to providing great patient care, so you will need to develop the necessary communication skills, which will come with support and guidance."
Amelia White / BSc Optometry graduate and Optometrist
Optometrists work in high street practice or hospital eye clinics, where they:
- prescribe and dispense spectacles and contact lenses;
- provide low vision rehabilitation;
- treat problems with binocular vision;
- monitor ocular disease.
Optometrists are now also involved in the primary care of patients with diseases such as diabetes and glaucoma. They can also undertake postgraduate study to become independent prescribers with the authority to treat a range of eye conditions.
After registration with the General Optical Council, you can take your career forward in private practice or within the National Health Service. Of our recent graduates, 95% are working in private practice and 5% in the NHS.
See a blog post from one of our graduates who is now working as an optometrist on the Biology, Medicine and Health Student Blog.
Accrediting organisations
Optometry degrees are approved by the General Optical Council and the course must abide by their standards and demonstrate their outcomes.
It is a legal requirement to maintain GOC student registration throughout your studies. Failure to register or renew registration by the GOC mandated deadline will lead to suspension from all teaching and assessment activities and ultimately, removal from the course.