Master in Optometry (Clinical)
Riga, Latvia
Master degree
DURATION
30 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master in Optometry (Clinical) equips students with advanced skills in optometry, focusing on specialized clinical practice.
This course covers areas such as ocular diseases, pharmacology, and patient management over two years.
Students engage in practical training to refine their assessment techniques and clinical decision-making abilities, preparing them for various challenges in the optometry field.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can expect to pursue diverse career paths, including roles as clinical optometrists in hospitals and private practices.
Other opportunities may include positions in research, academia, or public health sectors, contributing to advancements in vision care and eye health.
- Faculty of Physics and Mathematics.
- Awards: Professional Master Degree in Clinical Optometry, qualification “Optometrist”.
- Amount of credits: 80 credit points or 120 ECTS.
- Accreditation: study programme is accredited (to be revised in 2022).
- Duration of studies: full-time (2 years) or part-time* (2,5 years).
*Part-time studies available only for EU/EEA citizens.
Programme overview
The programme offers multidisciplinary studies based on visual science and contemporary primary vision care. The professional qualification of the graduates meets the professional standard Optometrist and is equivalent to that received in the UK, USA and Norway.
Students of the programme acquire both professional skills in primary vision care (optometry) and academic knowledge in vision science, which allows them to enrol in the doctoral programme.
The syllabus consists of professional (clinical) and scientific (experimental) subjects related to the evaluation, research and understanding of the human visual system. The programme includes the following: practical training (33%), medicine and physiology of vision (35%) and courses in the natural sciences and psychology.
Living in Latvia
Latvia is a member state of the European Union and Schengen area. Its capital, Riga is the metropolis of the Baltic region. Riga is listed among the world’s best student cities. It is a safe city. Life in Latvia is not expensive compared with Western European countries. Latvia offers affordable education. You can find more information in the practical handbook for international students.
The study programme (80 credit points) contains compulsory (part A), optional (part B), and practical courses. The practical training (internship) accounts for 26 credit points. Part A (66 credit points) includes specialisation courses: general medicine in optometry, eye diseases and pharmacotherapy, contact correction, visual perception models, as well as a state examination and Master's thesis. Part B (14 credit points) contains clinical and experimental courses in optometry. The state examination accounts for two credit points and consists of a theoretical knowledge test in optometry and a practical examination in the evaluation of the patient's visual function and vision correction.
More information and study plan HERE.
The professional qualification of the graduates meets the professional standard Optometrist and is equivalent to that received in the UK, USA and Norway.
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