The Department of Optometry, Bayero University Kano, currently offers a six-year degree programme leading to the award of Doctor of Optometry (O.D). It was established in 2014 in the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences. The Department is poised to sustain the vision of the university - “To lead in research and education in Africa”.
The programme is designed to expose students to a variety of speciality areas in optometry after which they could subsequently be admitted into the Nigerian Postgraduate College of Optometry for the award of the Fellowship of The Nigerian College of Optometrists (FNCO), to serve as consultants in the specified areas, or any postgraduate programme in Optometry, the visual sciences or any programme in the sciences, health sciences, etc.
The Department is also geared towards short certificate courses targeted at studying major blinding diseases and through that, contributes to the eradication of blindness in Nigeria and worldwide.
