Master of Optometry (M Optom)

• Two-year postgraduate program focused on advanced clinical optometry, diagnostic practice, visual-science specialization, and research.

• Four-semester structure integrating coursework, clinical postings, patient care, teaching assignments, practical training, and dissertation research.
• Addresses eye-health technology, therapeutic and rehabilitative optometry, contact-lens practice, binocular-vision management, visual-system disorders, and community-optometry services.
• Produces specialized optometrists capable of leadership in clinical, academic, and public-health settings.

Features

• Comprehensive clinical training with specialty exposure
• Emphasis on diagnostic instrumentation and investigative optometry
• Development of competencies in therapy, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and geriatric care
• Dissertation requirement reinforcing research skills
• Designed to meet national need for specialized optometrists

Fee

• Tentative program fee: NPR 920,230
• Subject to annual revision by the respective institutions

Admission process

• Bachelor’s degree in Optometry or equivalent (B. Optom, B. Optom & Vision Science, O.D., B.Sc. Optom)
• Registration as an optometrist with NHPC
• Minimum 50% score in MECEE-PG entrance examination
• Merit-based ranking for seat allocation
• Enrollment upon document verification and fee confirmation

Job prospects

• Clinical optometrist
• Pediatric and binocular-vision specialist
• Low-vision and visual rehabilitation practitioner
• Contact-lens and ocular prosthesis specialist
• Vision-therapy clinician
• Neuro-optometry and behavioral-optometry roles
• Occupational and industrial-vision consultant
• Academic and teaching positions
• Research positions in eye-health and visual-science fields