MSc Advanced Clinical Optometric Practice / Entry requirements

Year of entry: 2024

Academic entry qualification overview

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.

English language

Students whose first language is not English require a minimum of one of the following: 

  • IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing;
  • paper-based TOEFL of 575 or computer-based TOEFL of 230 with 6.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE);
  • internet-based TOEFL of 90 with a minimum of 22 in each component.

English language test validity

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.