Bachelor in Optometry

• Four-year professional optometry program under Tribhuvan University designed to produce competent, community-oriented optometrists capable of providing primary eye care, performing vision assessments, prescribing optical aids, identifying ocular/systemic diseases, and managing patients ethically within clinical and community settings.
• Combines basic science, visual science, optics, ocular anatomy and physiology, pathology, and clinical optometry.
• Focuses on history-taking, refraction, binocular-vision evaluation, contact lenses, low vision, pediatric and geriatric vision care, and community optometry.
• Final year emphasizes clinical application through structured clinical rotations and practical exposure to real patient cases.
• Trains graduates to prescribe and fit visual aids, detect early ocular disease signs, interpret clinical findings, and refer appropriately.
• Encourages scientific thinking, independent research, and community-based vision-care planning.
• Graduates become eligible for the National Licensure Examination for Optometrists.

Curricular Structure in Table

Features
• Four-year TU clinical program with strong foundational, visual, and optometric sciences
• Integrated training in optics, ocular diseases, contact lenses, low-vision care, binocular vision, and community optometry
• Final-year clinical rotations for direct patient experience
• Emphasis on community outreach for vision screening and public health
• Eligibility for national licensure after completion
• High demand in hospitals, eye centers, optical outlets, and community programs

Fee (Tentative)
• NPR 777,000 (varies slightly by institution)

• Must have studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology in +2 Science/Equivalent with minimum 50% or 2.4 CGPA
• A-Level/foreign board students must meet equivalent PCB requirements
• Health-science diploma holders (with PCB and 50%) eligible if registered in relevant council
• Entrance exam: MECEE-BL
• Passing requirement: Minimum 50th percentile
• Negative marking: +1 correct, –0.25 incorrect
• After selection, must submit originals + photocopies of:
– SEE/SLC certificate
– +2 transcript & certificate
– Citizenship/Passport
– Entrance admit card
– Reservation documents (if applicable)
– Equivalence certificate for foreign boards
• Scholarship provisions follow National Medical Education Act 2018 and Regulations 2020

Job Prospects
• Primary eye-care optometrist
• Clinical optometrist in hospitals and eye centers
• Refraction and vision-testing specialist
• Contact-lens practitioner
• Low-vision rehabilitation assistant
• Pediatric, geriatric, and community optometrist
• Optical-dispensing and visual-aid specialist
• Screening and outreach technician in NGOs/INGOs
• Vision-care counselor and community-health educator
• Research assistant in vision science or optometry
• Referral coordinator within eye-care teams