Field of studyOptometry

This field of study is aimed at educating qualified specialists with a Master’s degree for health-care practice who will be qualified to perform the optometrist’s activities at the field of both preventive and therapeutical care within the framework of vision care in corresponding institutions of both state and private sectors, within the range of authority as specified in the graduate’s profile, and who will be capable of developing the field of optometry in its full extent. The Master’s follow-up field of study is aimed at providing the graduates with comprehensive knowledge and training in both theoretical and practical respect so that they are capable, when exercising their optometrist’s practice, of applying independently, according to the physician’s diagnosis and recommendation, the appropriate examination and therapeutical procedures as well as the choice of suitable correction aids. A part of the Master’s studies of health sciences is the pedagogical qualification which allows to teach the professional courses of health sciences, optics, and optometry at both secondary schools and universities.