Diploma

Duration: 2 Years | Fee: INR 50,000

A Diploma in Optometry (D.Optom) is a 2-year diploma course that trains students to examine eyesight, prescribe spectacles, assist in contact lens fitting, detect common eye diseases, and work with ophthalmologists in hospitals and eye care centers.

Course Objectives

The course enables students to:

• Perform vision testing
• Conduct eye examinations
• Prescribe spectacles
• Fit contact lenses
• Detect refractive errors
• Assist ophthalmologists during diagnosis and treatment
• Manage optical instruments

Practical Training

Students receive hands-on training in:

• Vision Testing
• Auto Refractometer
• Retinoscopy
• Subjective Refraction
• Trial Frame & Trial Lens
• Slit Lamp Examination
• Keratometry
• Lensometry
• Contact Lens Fitting
• Spectacle Dispensing
• Patient Counseling

Career Opportunities

After completing the diploma, graduates can work as:

• Optometrist
• Vision Technician
• Refractionist
• Optical Store Executive
• Contact Lens Specialist
• Ophthalmic Assistant
• Eye Clinic Technician
• Vision Screening Officer

Subjects

Semester 1

1. GENERAL OPTICS
2. GENERAL AND OCULAR MICROBIOLOGY
3. OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
4. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND VISUAL OPTICS
5. GENERAL ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY

Semester 2

1. OCULAR PATHOLOGY
2. CLINICAL OPTOMETRY – GENERAL EXAMINATION 2
3. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF BINOCULAR VISION
4. CONTACT LENS CARE AND COMPLICATIONS
5. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FOR OPTOMETRY PRACTICE

Semester 3

1. FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTACT LENS
2. OCULAR ANATOMY
3. OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
4. INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC WRITING

Semester 4

1. OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING
2. BIOCHEMISTRY
3. COMMUNITY HEALTH OPTOMETRY
4. BASIC PSYCHOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION