Highlights

• After completion of Bachelor of Vision Science and then Master of Optometry, graduates are able to practise as an optometrist and register with the Optometry Board of Australia.
• Prepare for a career in private practice and specialise in fields like contact lens practice, paediatric vision, occupational health vision or low vision care.
• Practise clinical skills under the supervision of registered optometrists at the on-campus QUT Health Clinics.
• Choose to travel and complete clinical training in rural and remote Australia, or overseas.

Why choose this course?

QUT offers the only optometry training in Queensland. The optometry program includes a three-year Bachelor of Vision Science followed by a two-year Master of Optometry.

Our course is embedded with clinical experience that prepares you to treat patients from a variety of social and cultural groups, a wide range of ages, and a diversity of eye conditions. You will work with a range of complex instruments and learn to use clinical judgement to treat patients.