Department of Optometry
MCHP , Manipal
Health Sciences
Established in 2002, the Department of Optometry at the Manipal College of Health Professions (MCHP), MAHE offers programs at bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. Training combines a semester and credit-based NCAHP curriculum with hands-on clinical teaching across all specialty areas of optometry, supported by international accreditation and a European-funded preclinical facility that is the first of its kind in India.
Highlights
- The Department of Optometry offers a Bachelor of Optometry (B. Optom), a Master of Optometry (M. Optom), and a doctoral program (PhD) under the NCAHP curriculum.
- Resource centre for the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE), Sydney, Australia.
- Partner Higher Education Institute from India in the Erasmus Plus Capacity Building in Higher Education grant (€946,128, 2016–2020), "Optometry Curriculum for Lifelong Learning Through Erasmus" — through this support, established a state-of-the-art preclinical facility and a project to reform optometry education in Israel and India towards European standards, and develop resources for improved education through lifelong learning.
- Active collaborations with universities worldwide, with accreditation of opening career paths and study-abroad options.
- Semester and credit-based evaluation system.
- Well-equipped clinical demonstrations, practical rooms, and library facilities.
- Case discussions and evidence-based journal clubs.
- Core competencies in contact lenses, binocular vision and vision therapy, and low vision.
- Optometric patient care delivered at tertiary centres and in rural and urban community settings.
