MPHIL OPTOMETRY

MPO

COURSE FACT

STUDY LEVEL STUDY NOTE PROGRAM DURATION CREDITS HOURS

Post Graduate

Full-Time

4 Semesters (2 years)

30

Eligibility Criteria

Basic Academic Qualification: Sixteen years of education or four years of education after HSSC/Grade 12 (minimum 120 credit hours)shall be required in MPhil/MS equivalent program with minimum CGPA 2.5/4.00.

BS-Speech and Language Pathology

ADP Speech Language and Pathology

ADP Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences

Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences

PhD Urdu

MPhil Urdu

ADMISSIONS

OPEN 2025

OBJECTIVES

• Educate and train the students in the specialized field of optometry by a qualified and clinically expert instructor

• provide students with best clinical diagnostic training by examining a variety of ocular diseases patients by eye department attach with university

• provide the specialized field of optometry low vision rehabilitation techniques and handling visually challenged person in the multidisciplinary approach

• provide the specialized field of optometry orthoptics by in binocular vision alignment and surgery plan techniques

• provide the specialized field of optometry contact lens, fitting techniques through specialized contact lens clinical setup

ROLE AND SCOPE

• Being a newly introduced program in Optometric and Visionary Science, it has tremendous job opportunities in public and private sector hospitals in the country.

• The graduates have the opportunity for employment in the pharmaceutical industry. Moreover running an independent optometric clinic will prove a noble option and fruitful experience

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEN-700 Advanced Research Methodology 3(3-0)
OP-700 Advance Ocular pathology & Therapeutics 3(3-0)
OP-701 Advance Contact lens, Lasers & Refractive Surgery 3(2-1)
OP-XXX Elective I 3(3-0)
  Total 12

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
OP-703 Advance Diagnostic Instruments & Clinical Orthoptics 3(2-1)
OP-704 Advance Refraction, Low vision & Rehabilitation 3(2-1)
OP-XXX Elective II 3(3-0)
OP-XXX Elective III 3(3-0)
  Total 12

Semester III & IV

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
OP-720 Thesis 06
  Total 6
  Grand Total 30

List of Major Courses

Serial Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1. OP-707 Neuro vision 3(3-0)
2. OP-708 Advance Pediatric Optometry 3(2-1)
3 STAT-701 Biostatistics 3(2-1)

List of Elective Courses

Serial Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1. OP-702 Advance Ocular Prosthesis and Recent Advances in Optometry 3(3-0)
2. OP-705 Advance Ocular Pharmacology 3(3-0)
3. OP-706 Advance Dispensing and Optics 3(2-1)
4. OP-709 Epidemiology & Community Eye Health 3(3-0)
5. OP-710 Screening Observation and Ocular Emergency Handling 3(2-1)