Teesside University

Optometry degree

Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, UK

Course overview

Study our optometry degree with integrated master’s and make a difference to the lives of people with eye conditions, sight loss or visual impairment.

Key highlights

  • Integrated master's in optometry
  • Focus on helping people with eye conditions, sight loss or visual impairment

Entry requirements

  • Additional condition: occupational_health — For this course, you must undertake an occupational health/work-based risk assessment.
  • Additional condition: dbs_check — An enhanced DBS check is required and we strongly encourage enrolment on the DBS Update Service.
  • Additional condition: interview — Applications are made through UCAS, following the University's standard process, and all applicants will be interviewed.
  • UCAS tariff points: 128 — Standard entry • A minimum of 128 UCAS tariff points (e.g. two B grades and one A grade at A-level). • This must include two science subjects (maths, physics, biology, chemistry or psychology). • General studies and crit…

Scholarships

  • Creative Assembly Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £9,000 if you study games design and are facing financial difficulty, and / or identify as a woman, and / or are from a minority ethnic background.

    Up to £9,000
  • Global Excellence Scholarships

    The Global Excellence Scholarship value is £2,000 for your first full academic year of study (all successful applicants on a foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate programmes).

    Up to £2,000
  • Hill Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £6,000 if you study accounting and finance, and you have been educated at a Tees Valley school or college for at least three years.

    Up to £6,000
  • Santander Brighter Futures

    You may be eligible for £1,000 if you study an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

    Up to £1,000
  • Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

    There are up to 30 Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships available, of £7,000 each, allocated as a fee waiver in the first year of study.

    Up to £7,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Optometrist
  • Pre-registration optometrist
  • Hospital optometrist
  • Community optometrist
  • Domiciliary optometrist

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,000 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Teesside University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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