Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Optometry

Overview

Bachelor’s in Optometry is a 4 years full-time course that provides 3 years of teaching followed by 1-year clinical internship. Students are posted at Wavikar Eye Institute for training in specialized Eye departments viz. retina, glaucoma, optical outlets, and different workshops for the entire duration of the course at the best college of optometry in Mumbai.

The course has integrated- interdisciplinary subjects that cover Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology and Pathology, Geometrical optics, Visual optics, Ocular diseases, Low vision, Binocular Vision, contact lenses, etc.

Eligibility

• The candidate who has passed Higher Secondary (10+2) with 50% marks with physics, chemistry, biology group, for open category and 40% HSC (10+2 course) reserve category. If sufficient number of eligible candidate is not available then eligibility of HSC (PCB) criteria may be relaxed, subject to the approval from MUHS, Nashik.
• The candidate has attained the age 17 years as on 31st December of the year of the admission.
• The candidate has to furnish a certificate of Physical Fitness form registered Medical Practitioner at the time of admission.
• The preference will be given to candidate who have passed 10th & 12th std. from Maharashtra.
  Rules of Tie breaker HSC (10+2) candidates:
• Candidate with Higher PCB marks will be preferred.
• The candidate with higher marks in Biology at HSC will be preferred.
• If tie persist then candidate with higher marks in Chemistry at HSC will be preferred.
• If tie persist the older candidate will be preferred.

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