Toros University Vocational School Department of Medical Services and Techniques Affiliated Optician Program was established in the 2014-2015 academic year and gave its first graduates in 2016. The education period of the program is 2 years and the language of instruction is Turkish. The score type of the program is TYT.
The optician is the health personnel who help the patient choose the appropriate frame model for his facial contours according to the prescriptions of the patients with a refraction (breaking) defect detected by the ophththalmologist and provide the installation of the optical glasses that they need to be used on the selected frame, and who are also experts in contact and cosmetic lenses. The profession of optician has an important place in protective eye health with these aspects.
In the Opticianry program, in addition to common courses such as Turkish Language and Literature I-II, Atatürk's Principles and History of Revolution I-II, Foreign Language I-II (English I-II), courses such as Physics, Mathematics, Medical Terminology, Computer, Optics, Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye, Opticianry I-IIII, Professional Ethics in Opticianry, Opticianry Material Knowledge and Techniques, Cost Accounting Contact Lenses, Eye Diseases and Entrepreneurship I-II are taught. The program is for 4 semesters and the 3+1 education model is applied. In the 3+1 education model, there are 3 semesters of theoretical and practical courses, and in the last semester, workplace practical training, which is a vocational practice course, is given.
As Toros University, it is among our duties to raise knowledgable, practical and qualified individuals in their work. Our successful teachers in their fields convey all the information needed to our students, both theory and practice, in detail. Due to the sufficient equipment of our laboratory conditions in which applied courses are given, our students develop the skills and experiences they have gained in our school in workplace practice training in the last semester. Thus, our graduate students graduate with sufficient equipment.
Objectives Of The Opticianry Program;
1. Equipped with knowledge, skills and professional attitudes towards the field of optician,
2. Able to follow current scientific and technological developments in the field of opticianry,
3. Those who are in harmony with their colleagues and can guide patients in line with their needs,
4. Able to produce solutions by analysing individual and social problems in the field,
5. To train opticians who have absorbed the ethical principles of their profession, are entrepreneurial, innovative and researching.
Program outputs
1. To have general knowledge of basic mathematics, physics and optics
2. To be able to have knowledge about eye anatomy, physiology, eye diseases, contact lenses and low vision devices.
3. Knows Cost Accounting, can make all the cost calculations of the enterprise, knows sales and marketing techniques and applies it with the awareness of professional ethics.
4. To be able to ensure the adaptation of basic vision devices to the user by selecting, selling and preparing them according to the prescription.
5. Ability to use optical instruments, measure numbered spectacle lenses, assemble lenses and repair glasses when necessary.
6. The Optician Program has the responsibility to work effectively with the individual or team spirit related to the field.
7. Having knowledge and skills related to the administrative responsibility and management of optician institutions, solves the complex and/or unforeseen problems he encounters in the field by using his knowledge and shares them with his colleagues.
8. Has basic knowledge and skills in the field of opticianry, follows the developments in technology and science with the awareness of self-improvement, and exchanges ideas with colleagues by participating in vocational trainings.
9. Gains the ability to communicate effectively with teammates, colleagues and customers within an ethical framework.
10. Acts in accordance with the laws, regulations, legislation regarding their duties, rights and responsibilities in the field of opticians and develops solution suggestions by considering professional and ethical values.
11. It gains the ability to be contemporary individuals with knowledge of history, language and foreign languages and uses written and oral communication effectively.
12. It uses basic field-specific information and communication technology.
13. It acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results of data related to the field of opticianry.
14. Acts and participates in accordance with quality management and processes.
The Title Earned by the Graduates and the Jobs They Do; Graduates of the Opticianry Program can open their own optics store with the title of "Optician" or work as the responsible Responsible Manager in the optics stores belonging to individuals. In addition, they can work in companies or factories that manufacture or import lenses and frames.
Vertical Transferable Departments; Physics, Physics Engineering, Optical and Acoustic Engineering
Last updated: 26 October 2026