MSc Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2026, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £15,800
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £36,200
• MSc (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £7,900
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £18,100

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.

The University permits applicants with comparable previous experience to submit an application for consideration of AP(E)L - Accreditation Prior (Experiential) Learning. The maximum AP(E)L is 15 credits to a Certificate, 45 credits to a Diploma and 60 credits to a Masters.

If an AP(E)L application is successful, the University charges £30 for every 15 credits of AP(E)L. The overall tuition fee is adjusted and then the administrative charge is applied.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

This unit introduces the students to different types of refractive surgery and how this impacts on clinical management of the patient. The unit will also cover myopia management and control.

Students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of refractive management options and how to individualise care for patients either considering or having received refractive management options.
• Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of how refractive management through, refractive surgery and/or myopia control affects vision, and application of this knowledge to their own clinical practice.

Students should be able to:

• apply learning to novel situations for problem-solving.

Students should be able to:

• use a range of resources to collect and select information about the optimal clinical management of patients.

Students should be able to:

• communicate effectively
• critically analyse
• reflect.

Feedback is provided in line with University policy.

Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment by Ioannis G. Pallikaris, Sotiris Plainis, W. Neil Charman

Refractive Surgery, Dimitri T. Azar (Ed)

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