Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Optometry

Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala, or examinations recognized equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English put together are eligible.

The duration of the course shall be 4 years. After the successful completion of 3rd year they have to do a compulsory rotation internship (1 year) in various specialty departments in Optometry:

Optometrist’s abilities and skills

• History taking of patients.
• Do refraction both subjective and objective.
• Prescribing spectacle correction
• Paediatric refraction.
• Evaluating, prescribing and care and maintenance counseling for contact lenses.
• Rehabilitation of low vision patients
• Orthoptic evaluation, work up for strabismic and amblyopic patients.
• Vision therapy
• To diagnose disease conditions like Cataract, Glaucoma etc. and refer to ophthalmologists
• Pre-operative work up for cataract, C3R and other refractive surgeries.
• To operate and maintain all ophthalmic instruments
• To maintain ophthalmic theatre and operating instruments
• To run and establish an optical shop