Become an Orthoptists

Becoming an Orthoptist is simple, you complete a 3 or 4 year undergraduate degree and go straight into the hospital setting as a practitioner.  There is also a post-graduate route for those who have completed an undergraduate degree but don’t know what to do afterwards, this option is a 2 year masters and you’re ready to go!

This is an exciting opportunity to complete a vocational course which enables individuals to learn the theory at university and then apply this to clinical practice from year 1 of study.  All study routes have integrated clinical placements across the UK and Ireland.

Students from the Republic of Ireland are charged home fees for these courses instead of international fees.

There are currently 5 institute offering undergraduate, postgraduate or both:

Undergraduate Courses:

University of Liverpool

• 3 years undergraduate study – Orthoptics BSc (Hons)

• Entry Requirements for RoI applicants:

H2, H2, H2, H3, H3, H3 (must include a science subject, Biology/Human Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

  University of Sheffield

• 3 years undergraduate study – Orthoptics BMedSci
• Entry Requirements for RoI applicants:

H2, H2, H3, H3, H3, H3 (must include two science subjects and English, one of the H2 must be a science subject

  Glasgow Caledonian University

• 4 year undergraduate study – BSc (Hons) Orthoptics

• Entry Requirements for RoI applicants:

H2, H3, H3, H3, H3 (must include two science subjects and English)

Postgraduate Courses:

University College London

• 2 years (pre-registration) – Orthoptics MSc

University of Liverpool

• 2 years (pre-registration) – Orthoptics MSc

Apply HERE via UCAS