CONFERENCEBachelor's study programme "Optometry"
Programme level: Bachelor's Degree Programme
Language of instruction: English
Study form and duration: full-time - 6 semesters
Credits: 180 ECTS
Obtainable degree or qualification: Bachelor`s Degree of Health Sciences in Optometry
Number of study places for admission in 2026/2027: State-funded study places - 0, study places for tuition fee - 24
Tuition fee per year: 6000 EUR for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens, EU Long-term resident permit holders and their family members. 6000 EUR for citizens of other countries
Study location: Riga, Tornakalns
The aim of the Bachelor study programme Optometry is to prepare highly qualified and competitive assistants of vision care specialists for practical work in companies and the public sector – assistants in optical stores, assistants of optometrists and ophthalmologists, who would be able to provide high-quality vision care services in cooperation with health and vision care professionals, as well as manage health care companies and independently develop new vision-care-related approaches in the changing health care system, as well as to provide a set of knowledge, skills, and competences according to the knowledge, skills and competence.
Study Programme Director
Assistant Professor Ilze Ceple
The academic content of the study program consists of natural science subjects and specially selected medical subjects that are related to the human vision system. The program provides the students with a scientific basis for their further professional activity in primary vision care, developing the skills of scientific analysis and the ability to independently solve problems related to the patient's vision defects, as well as skills for the students' future scientific work.
After completing studies, graduates work as optometrist’s assistants in optics and clinics, helping to make the necessary visual function assessments and measurements or by training patient contact lenses in use and care. The skills acquired during the study practice allows becoming also an optician or a visual ergonomic consultant. If a graduate wants to become an optometrist, the studies must be continued in the Optometry Professional Master's program, which gives the opportunity to become an optometrist.
Admission Requirements for Foreign Nationals with Secondary Education Completed Outside Latvia:
EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and EU long-term residents:
- General secondary school diploma
- English language proficiency
- Mathematics grade must be no less than 4 on a 10-point grading scale
Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and Non-EU long-term residents:
- General secondary school diploma;
- English language proficiency;
- Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Biology grade must be no less than 8 on a 10-point grading scale;
- The average grade on the secondary education certificate across all subjects must be at least 6 on a 10-point grading scale;
- All grades must be passing (at least 4 on a 10-point grading scale);
- SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) overall score no lower than 1200
*Information on 10 points grading scale
As part of the admission process, applicants will be required to participate in an online interview.
Admissions open: 1 December 2025
Admission Requirements for Latvian Citizens/Non-Citizens and Foreign Nationals with Secondary Education Obtained in Latvia:
Admission criteria for individuals who obtained their secondary education from 2004 onwards:
- CE in Mathematics*;
- CE in English language at least level B2;
- CE in Latvian language;
- Average score of all CEs completed by the individual
* For individuals who have completed secondary education before 2008, the centralised examination in mathematics may be replaced by the average mark in mathematics indicated in the secondary education document (or the average mark in algebra and geometry)
Admission criteria for individuals who completed their secondary education up to and including 2003 and individuals with special needs:
- final grade in Mathematics (or the average grade of Algebra and Geometry);
- final grade in English language no less than 6 on a 10-point grading scale (can be substituted with an internationally recognised English-language test result at a minimum of level B2);
- final average grade in mandatory subjects
Information about admission:
Email: studies@lu.lv
Dace Rutkovska
opto.metodike@lu.lv