Ranked among the Best Optometry Institute and College in Punjab, CU's University Institute of Allied Health Sciences (UIAHS) offers a radical program packed with theoretical & practical familiarity and skills needed to become a competent optometrist. The 2-year post-graduate program envisages to develop a versatile ophthalmic specialist for eye care related services. Advanced pedagogy and flexibility in practice reinforces our student's temperament, thus making us stand head high among the Best Optometry providing Institutes in Punjab.
Optometry involves examining the eyes and treating the common eye diseases. With a post-graduate degree in Optometry, one can become professional optometrist. After doing a Master of Optometry degree, Optometrist are able to offer specialized consultation on eye care related problems and provide timely diagnostic intervention. Optometrists can run their own eye clinic, optical shop, lens manufacturing unit, and lens manufacturers. He can also prescribe spectacle prescription, Contact Lens, collaborate with opticians, ophthalmologists, Educator in higher education, assist in vision screens at schools and can provide optometric counselling to patients with partial sight and hereditary vision defects.
There are several options available to pursue a career as an optometrist. Some of them are mentioned below: