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BSc Orthoptics and ophthalmological assistance

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Program Overview

The three-year course through which one becomes Orthoptist-Assistants of Ophthalmology foresees, during the first year of the course, the acquisition of biological, anatomical, physiological, biomedical and neurophysiological notions fundamental for the understanding of the physiopathological and sensory phenomena of vision. In the following two years the teachings are aimed at providing the scientific, methodological and cultural bases for the theoretical-practical preparation of a highly qualified professional figure in the field of prevention, diagnostic evaluation and rehabilitation related to many diseases of the visual apparatus.

Program Key Stats

€8040 (Annual cost)



Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

Copy of official diploma and transcripts of the last two years of high school; If currently enrolled in the last year: the high school transcript must include the penultimate year and, if available at the time of application, the most up-to-date record card for the current year. IB and A-level candidates must provide the predicted grades. Registration is open to all students with a secondary school diploma, passport photo, identity document, fiscal code, language certification if declared, document of stay only for non-EU citizens, baptismal certificate, enrollment application signed and receipt of payment of the first installment of university contributions, English Language requirment: Academic IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT:Minimum score required, Cambridge English: First Advanced, Proficiency 173, Cambridge English: Business Vantage, Business Higher 173.

Career Options

  • Performing Ophthalmological Diagnostic Tests Such As Perimetry
  • Electrofunctional Examinations
  • Contrast Sensitivity
  • Light And Color Sense
  • Refraction
  • Oct
  • Biometry
  • Corneal Topography
  • Tonometry
  • Aberrometry And Contactology; Prevention
  • Assessment And Rehabilitation Of Low Vision

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