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Master of Clinical Optometry

ProviderUNSW Sydney
Course code: SIA-88150UniversityStudy area: Management and CommerceData JSON
AttendanceOn campus
Intakes & start datesPlease check the official website.

Course overview

The Master of Clinical Optometry is designed for students who wish to have a career as an optometrist. The degree is preceded by a Bachelor of Vision Science - students who have completed the Bachelor of Science or Advanced Science with a Vision Science major will be ineligible for admission into the Master of Clinical Optometry. Optometry combines the theoretical discipline of vision science with the clinical art of primary eye care. Vision science includes the optics of lenses and instruments, the physiology of the eye, the psychophysics of vision and the neuroscience of the brain. Optometry includes the diagnosis and management of ocular disease, the dispensing of spectacles and contact lenses, the...

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CRICOS

00098G

Studies in Australia

Source: Studies in Australia course page. Course page URL: https://www.studiesinaustralia.com/courses-in-australia/unsw-sydney/courses/master-of-clinical-optometry.

Entry requirements

Postgraduate and higher courses usually use academic prerequisites, degree equivalence and English-language requirements.

Postgraduate entry

  • Progression into the Master of Clinical Optometry will be a competitive process that is based on academic performance. To be considered for entry into the Master of Clinical Optometry, students must maintain at least an overall credit average (65% WAM) in the Bachelor of Vision Science.
English requirement
IELTS 6.5, no band below 6TOEFL iBT 79, no band below 20PTE Academic 58-64, no band below 50Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency 176-184, no band below 169

If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.

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Past offer reference

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesMalaysia · Indonesia
Common pathwayFoundation background · Bachelor background
Target levelBachelor degree · Master degree
Offer fieldsPhysics · Biology & Diversity
1
MalaysiaDiploma background
Bachelor of CommerceBachelor degree · Finance · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.97/4.0top band · approx. top 5%
2
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of CommerceBachelor degree · Accounting · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 4.0/4.04.00 · top band · approx. top 5%
3
IndonesiaBachelor background
Master of CommerceMaster degree · Business Analytics · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.75/4.0top band · approx. top 5-10%
4
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Biology & Diversity · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 4.0/4.04.00 · top band · approx. top 5%
5
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Physics · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.88/4.0top band · approx. top 5%

Campuses & intake dates

  • Kensington