• A pass in Higher Secondary Examination (HSC) or Equivalent preferable with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and admission is based on the marks in the qualifying examination.

• The course shall extend over a period of Four years under semester pattern accounting to eight semesters.

Optometrists can make a big difference to people's lives. Their skills and knowledge helps to improve vision and diagnose and manage a range of eye conditions. There are all sorts of opportunities and roles within optometry - you could be working with the general public and carrying out eye examinations in a high street optometrists, treating specific eye conditions in a hospital or clinic or carrying out essential research in a university or laboratory. You could also be working with people with low vision or developing and fitting cutting-edge contact lenses for all kinds of eye conditions. If you have the right skills, you could work all over the world and one day you could be running your own business or department.

The profession of Optometry throws open interesting possibilities likes:

• Correction of refractive errors of the eye and prescription of glasses.
• Designing and fitting of contact lenses, prosthetic eye s and low vision aids.
• Evaluation of the health status of the eye and referring patients to ophthalmologists at the right stage.
• Detection of ocular related diseases like Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy etc.
• Diagnosis and treatment of ocular malfunction.
• Practice Public Health Optometry in schools, colleges, slums, and rural area.
• Practice Occupational Optometry in industries.
• Conduct Optometric counseling for patients with patient sight, colour blindness, hereditary vision defects and disease etc.
• Conduct vision rehabilitation and follow-up work of discharged patients.
• Participate in public education on ocular hygiene and provide counseling in nutritional related and environmental awareness.