Optics and Optometry
- Spain
What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?
What does it train you for?
The Bachelor's Degree of study in Optics and Optometry is a three-year degree programme, for a total of 180 ECTS.
This professionally oriented course of study in Optics and Optometry is a highly professional training course for opticians and optometrists.
It is aimed both at young people wanting to enter the optometrist profession and professionals already working in the field and to study the knowledge on which their professionalism is based in greater depth and then access higher university education.
Today, the field of optics and optometry is full of technological challenges in both industrial applications, as well as in the improvement of eyesight and, therefore, of human health.
For this reason, this course of study also intends to train highly qualified professionals suitable for employment in industry and research thanks to skills acquired in interdisciplinary application areas such as lenses for use in astrophysics, the use of instrumentation involving microscopy and molecular spectroscopy in biophysics and biomedicine and knowledge of modern biomaterials for optics and innovative 3D printing techniques.
What do you learn?
This Bachelor's Degree of professionally-oriented studies in Optics and Optometry provides a single path whose educational activities are divided into lectures, exercises and laboratories, theoretical and practical training and internships.
Year I: students acquire adequate basic knowledge of physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, as well as aspects more closely related to optician training, knowledge of geometric optics and anatomy.
Year II: students study advanced basic physics including Modern Physics and, as regards aspects more closely related to optician training, acquire biochemistry, physiology, ocular pathology and hygiene knowledge.
Year III: students acquire skills related to the study of the structure of matter, materials and biomaterials for optics, optical instrumentation for astronomy and molecular biophysics.
The three years of the course include 50 ECTS of Curricular Theoretical-Practical Internships in Ophthalmic Lenses, Optometry and Contactology.
These internships are held in companies in agreement with the university, by sector professionals who transfer: theoretical and practical knowledge in specific technical subjects in optics and optometry fields together with operational and laboratory skills with particular regard to the use of the most modern instrumentation and new materials used in optics, optometry and contactology.
What can you do with it?
The graduate in Optics and Optometry is well-prepared for professional roles in industrial, commercial, and academic settings in the fields of optics and optometry.
The graduate assesses visual impairments using optometric techniques, dispenses, repairs, and sells, under medical prescription, glasses and lenses to correct or protect against vision issues caused by refraction.
They conduct lens property characterization and develop new optical materials, manage complex optical and optometric equipment available on the market, and provide specialized technical/scientific support in scientific research and the optical industry.
In the industrial sector, their expertise can be utilized by optical industries involved in technical instruments for optics and vision applications.
In the commercial sector, their skills cover product development assistance, post-sales support, applications development for optical products, and quality control in production processes.
In the professional sector, competencies extend to roles as entrepreneurs, independent professionals, or technicians in companies manufacturing ophthalmic and contact lenses.
In the public sector, their expertise applies to roles as technical professionals/technologists in research institutions, universities, for example, as quality control and process managers for optical instrumentation.