Program Overview

MSc Advanced Clinical Optometric Practice

Overview

The MSc Advanced Clinical Optometric Practice is a postgraduate program designed for General Optical Council (GOC) registered optometrists. The program offers specialist teaching, tailored course units, and a blend of online and face-to-face learning.

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: [removed]
• If you are not registered with the GOC, you might want to consider the MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science as an alternative choice.

Application and Selection

• To apply for a course, you will need to complete and submit our online application form.
• For information and guidance, see: [removed]

Course Details

• 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.
• Self-funded and government-funded international students can combine this master's course with a three-year PhD research programme as part of our Integrated PhD programme.

Course Options

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

Fees

• For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:
  • MSc (full-time)
    • UK students (per annum): £15,000
    • International, including EU, students (per annum): no OS fees
  • MSc (part-time)
    • UK students (per annum): £7,500
    • International, including EU, students (per annum): no OS fees

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.

Scholarships/Sponsorships

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

Careers

• The program is designed to help you progress your career in optometry.
• Develop your clinical, problem-solving, and collaborative working skills.
• Take Professional Certificate units accredited by the College of Optometrists.