Licence professionnelle Métiers de l'optique at Université de Nîmes

Designed with the ARAMAV visual-rehabilitation clinic and the ophthalmology department of Nîmes CHU, it gives specialised training in refraction, contact lenses and low-vision fitting for opticians, without conferring paramedical care competences. Also offered through apprenticeship in partner centres in Lille, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris.

Faculty: Sciences  |  Duration: 1 year (180 ECTS, entry at BAC+2)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Location: Nîmes, Occitanie, France

What you will study

Ten teaching units: seven specialised units in refraction, contactology and low vision, one general unit (English, communication, management), a supervised case-study project and an observation placement at the CHU and a specialist low-vision clinic.

Career pathways

Professionals in eyewear and optics, production of appliances and lenses, assistants in ophthalmology practices, opticians specialised in low vision; progression to the Master Sciences de la vision.

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