Bachelor of Optometry [B.Optom]

Bachelor of Optometry [B.Optom] at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, trains students in the science of vision and eye care, covering refraction, contact lenses, low-vision aids and the diagnostic instruments used to detect and monitor common as well as complex eye conditions. Classroom teaching is paired with clinical postings in the institute's ophthalmology department, so students get supervised exposure to real patients alongside theory rather than a purely lab-based science education. The programme suits students from a science background who want a clinical, patient-facing career in eye care, and it opens routes into hospital-based optometry practice, further study in vision science, or allied roles in eye-care services after graduation. Because it runs at a large multi-speciality government medical institute, students also see how eye care is organised within a full hospital system rather than a stand-alone eye clinic. The sanctioned intake for the programme is fixed by AIIMS Rishikesh for each admission year, and the category-wise seat matrix is released through the institute's official admission notice for that session, which is the version to check rather than an earlier one.