Optometry

Hi I wanna do access course to science and I was wondering if that can get me into optometry?

The following are job profiles for optometrists:
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/optometrist
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/optometrist
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/wider-healthcare-team/roles-wider-healthcare-team/clinical-support-staff/optometrist
https://www.life-pilot.co.uk/job-sectors/stem/job-profile/optometrist
https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/medical/job-profile/optometrist
...all specify that you need a degree approved by the General Optical Council, which in turn lists the approved courses that you can take to get into this role: https://optical.org/en/education-and-cpd/education/what-to-study-and-where/

The degree you want is MOptom. From the list of approved courses, you would be eligible for the following:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/moptom-optometry
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/ug/master-of-optometry/#nav-course-entry
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2024/21273/msci-optometry/entry-requirements/#alternative-entry-requirements
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/202425/optometry-33574#entryconditions
https://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/moptom-master-of-optometry
https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/B511/optometry#entry

So yeah, you can. I would make sure the Access course has at least 30 credits in at least 2 different sciences with at least 15 credits per science.

The following are job profiles for optometrists:
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/optometrist
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/optometrist
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/wider-healthcare-team/roles-wider-healthcare-team/clinical-support-staff/optometrist
https://www.life-pilot.co.uk/job-sectors/stem/job-profile/optometrist
https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/medical/job-profile/optometrist
...all specify that you need a degree approved by the General Optical Council, which in turn lists the approved courses that you can take to get into this role: https://optical.org/en/education-and-cpd/education/what-to-study-and-where/

The degree you want is MOptom. From the list of approved courses, you would be eligible for the following:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/moptom-optometry
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/ug/master-of-optometry/#nav-course-entry
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2024/21273/msci-optometry/entry-requirements/#alternative-entry-requirements
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/202425/optometry-33574#entryconditions
https://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/moptom-master-of-optometry
https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/B511/optometry#entry

So yeah, you can. I would make sure the Access course has at least 30 credits in at least 2 different sciences with at least 15 credits per science.