The Integrated Masters optometry programme at Ulster University was established in 1995 and is approved by the General Optical Council for training professional optometrists.
Optometry - MOptom Full-time , Undergraduate , 2025/26 entry year , , Coleraine campus
At Ulster we offer a 4-year Master of Optometry with Honours degree program.
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About the optometry course
Optometry is a well-established and high profile component of the University’s portfolio of undergraduate courses.
The four-year Masters in Optometry (MOptom) Hons is based on the Coleraine campus and provides a diverse but structured curriculum of teaching, learning and assessment, enabling students to develop knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject.
Teaching is informed by high quality research in a wide range of areas including, for example, visual and geometrical optics, paediatric vision care and glaucoma detection.
A variety of teaching and learning methods are utilised including lectures, laboratory-based practicals and an extensive range of clinical work.
Much of the clinical teaching is undertaken in Ulster University’s Optometry Clinic.
The clinic contains a wide range of ophthalmic equipment for both teaching and research and is a public access primary care clinic.
Clinical experience is also provided in NHS hospitals and in both short and extended placements in external (off-campus) clinical practice.