MSc Advanced Clinical Optometric Practice / Overview

Year of entry: 2024

Degree awarded
MSc, PGDip, PGCert
Duration
MSc 1 yr FT, PGDip 1yr FT, PGCert 6m FT. 2-5yr PT
Entry requirements

You must be a General Optical Council (GOC) registered optometrist with a minimum 2:2 degree in optometry.

Further information about the GOC can be found at: https://optical.org

If you are not registered with the GOC then you might want to consider the MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science as an alternative choice. For further information about this programme, including the entry requirements can be found here.

Full entry requirements

Number of places/applicants
20
How to apply
To apply for a course you will need to complete and submit our online application form. For information and guidance, see: How to apply.

Course options

Full-time Part-time Full-time distance learning Part-time distance learning
MSc Y Y N N
PGDip Y N N N
PGCert Y N N N

Course overview

  • Specialist teaching for GOC registered optometrists.
  • Take tailored course units developed to help you progress your career in optometry.
  • Develop your clinical, problem-solving, and collaborative working skills.
  • Benefit from a blend of online and face-to-face learning.
  • Take Professional Certificate units accredited by the College of Optometrists.
  • Choose from full or part-time study and learn at your own pace around other commitments.

Open days

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Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:

  • MSc (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £13,000
  • MSc (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £6,500

Policy on additional costs

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).

Scholarships/sponsorships

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.

Contact details

School/Faculty
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Contact name
Postgraduate Admissions
Telephone
+44 (0)161 529 4563
Email
Website
https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/optometry/masters/
School/Faculty
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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