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Master of Clinical Vision Research

Nova Southeastern University

  • Fort Lauderdale, United States
  • 2 years
  • English
  • Hybrid
  • Master

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Nova Southeastern University campus

About the program

The master's trains health care professionals to carry out clinical vision research in patient care or academic settings.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: no
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (1 year): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: no

What you will learn

  • Critically evaluate concepts and methods in Clinical Vision Research to solve relevant problems. Develop competence in 45 credits: core courses in research ethics
  • Biostatistics. Present findings clearly and consider professional or research ethics.

Career outcomes

  • Patient care and academic research settings

Curriculum

  • 45 credits: core courses in research ethics
  • Biostatistics
  • Study design
  • Information science
  • Grant funding
  • Publication
  • Human subjects ethics and law
  • Global visual health and epidemiology
  • Then a specialty track (optics
  • Public health
  • Contact lenses
  • Low vision) and an adviser-guided thesis.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or recognised foreign equivalent with NACES course-by-course evaluation and GPA
  • Programme-specific GPA and prerequisites
  • English proof unless exempt.

Accepted academic background

Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or recognised foreign equivalent, Non-US degrees need a NACES course-by-course evaluation with GPA, Further requirements are set by each college/programme.

Language tests

  • TOEFL iBT 4.0
  • IELTS 6.0
  • Duolingo 105
  • PTE Academic 54
  • Cambridge B2 First or higher

Documents you’ll need

  • University Transcripts
  • Bachelor's Degree Certificate
  • Passport Copy
  • Language Proficiency Test Results (if required).

How to apply

  1. Check the programme page and the international admissions page. Apply through the college's online application (many health programmes use a central service such as NursingCAS
  2. OTCAS
  3. PTCAS or CASPA
  4. See the programme page) and pay the application fee (50 USD at NSU). Send transcripts with a NACES course-by-course evaluation with GPA and English test scores (Duolingo 105
  5. IELTS 6.0
  6. PTE 54 or TOEFL iBT 4.0 unless exempt). Interview or test if the programme requires it. Pay the 500 USD enrollment deposit (applied to tuition
  7. Nonrefundable). Provisional admits get no I-20. Receive the I-20 from the Office of International Students and Scholars and apply for the F-1 visa.

Other costs

Tuition per year$15,612, $42,608 USD
Application fee$50 USD
Deposit$500 USD

Program details

CampusFort Lauderdale/Davie campus
Faculty or schoolCollege of Optometry
DepartmentClinical Vision Research
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value45
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay1 year
Scholarship noteScholarship or bursary availability is indicated for this institution. Award eligibility, Funding amounts and deadlines must be confirmed for the specific program and applicant.

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    January 2027

    Apply by

    No deadline listed

  • Program starts

    August 2027

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    No deadline listed

Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 2 years.