Queensland University of Technology

Course Description

• ​The Bachelor of Vision Science and Master of Optometry programs are accredited by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand
• Students will work with a range of complex instruments and learn to use clinical judgment to treat patients
• Students will treat patients and provide specialist services in ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, children’s vision, dry eye, glaucoma, and other eye diseases and chronic conditions with ocular effects, such as diabetes
• Graduates may work in clinical practice in a range of optometric settings, or teaching and research positions in Australia and internationally
• Students may choose not to complete the Master of Optometry, exiting with a three-year Bachelor of Vision Science, to pursue a research career (following completion of an honors year) or find employment in the optical industry