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December 01st, 2020
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Information About Bachelor of Optometry

By Vidhi Gautam Updated on December 01st, 2020

B.Optom or Bachelor in Optometry is an undergraduate program in the field of optometry. The course comes up with a duration of 4 years. B.Optom Optometry is a branch of medicine that helps optometrists to deals with the diagnosis, examination, management, and treatment of diseases and disorders of the visual system.

B.Optom aims to provide ability and knowledge in the rectify of refractive state of eye and prescription of glasses, designing and fitting contact lenses, aniseikonic lenses, and low vision aids, public health optometry–education on ocular hygiene and related nutritional and environmental counseling, visual rehabilitation, follow-up of low vision patients, and so on.

B.Optom Scope

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Optometry is one of the top ten income-earning professions, with the benefit of regular working hours, flexibility in choosing different practices, and multiple location options. Students can choose to do further study.

The ones who do not wish to study further can start a private practice as an optometrist or may get employed in government or private hospitals in the eye specialty wards as assistants as their experience there will add to their qualifications.

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  Job position  
Optometrist Optometry Researcher Trainee Optometrist
Vision Care Associate Vision Consultant Optician
Private Practitioner    

B.Optom Syllabus

The whole four-year syllabus of the B.Optom is listed below:

  Year I  
Human Anatomy and Physiology Ocular Anatomy and Physiology Basic Biochemistry
Ophthalmic Optics Physical Optics Geometric Optics
Ocular Pharmacology Ocular Microbiology  
  Year II  
Optic Dispensation Optometry Investigation Diseases and Illnesses of the Eye
Visual Optics Optometric Instruments Clinical Examination for Visual Systems
Clinical and Advanced Refraction Fundamentals of Computer  
  Year III  
Contact Lenses Eye and Nutrition Public and Community Optometry
Geriatric Optometry Diseases and Illness of the Eye Binocular Vision Ocular Motility
Paediatric Ophthalmology Mechanical Optics  
Year IV
One-Year Internships

B.Optom Eligibility

The Eligibility Criteria for admission in B.Optom are as follows:

  • Candidates must have passed the 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and biology or equivalent with a minimum aggregate marks criteria provided by the examining authority of government, universities/institutes, etc.
  • Relaxation of 5% is provided for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/Other Backward classes.

B.Optom Entrance Exam

B.Optom is an undergraduate degree in the field of Optometry that comes up with a duration of 4 years. For admission in the B.Optom course, almost every other institute or university in India select candidates according to the merit list prepared based on entrance exam scores and ranks.

NEET UG: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)  (NEET-UG), is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is a single entrance test for admissions to more than 66,000 MBBS and BDS seats across India. NEET-UG became a common all India entrance test for admissions to medical colleges in India including the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) which till yet conducted separate entrances.

Bachelor of Optometry Colleges in India

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurgaon
  • SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
  • Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun
  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
  • Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh
  • Goa Medical College, Panaji
  • Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai
  • Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  • Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna


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