Optometry

Take your first step towards becoming an optometrist, a healthcare professional specialising in eye care.

Optometrists work in high street practice or hospital eye clinics, where they prescribe and dispense spectacles, contact lenses, and low vision aids, treat problems with binocular vision, and increasingly work alongside ophthalmologists to monitor the treatment of ocular disease. optometrists are now also involved in the primary care of patients with diseases such as diabetes and glaucoma. this has given rise to more emphasis on the study and management of these conditions. qualified optometrists can also undertake postgraduate study to act as independent prescribers with the authority to treat a range of eye conditions. most bsc optometry graduates are successful and go straight on to do their pre-registration year and take the college of optometrists' scheme for registration examinations, which, when successfully completed, allow entry to the general optical council register.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. The University of Manchester has partnerships with the following companies: