Orthoptics: A profession in health care

UTS Orthoptics is a discipline area within the Graduate School of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Orthoptics equipment

UTS Orthoptics was established in 2014 to address significant unmet demand in eye therapy. It provides innovative, practice-based orthoptics education and high impact research that promotes excellence in eye healthcare.  

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Orthoptists are eye therapists. They are healthcare professionals who are trained in the assessment and treatment of patients with eye disorders and who work across both hospital and community settings.

brochure: What is an orthoptist? (pdf, 205.6KB)

Partner of the profession

UTS has a long-standing reputation for being a preferred partner of the professions. UTS Orthoptics continues this tradition with close partnerships with NSW Health and Orthoptics Australia, collaborating in the area of clinical placements and sharing the role of promoting the orthoptics profession. 

Who are our academics?

As well as being experienced Orthoptists, many of our academics are internationally renowned researchers who shape current and future orthoptics practice.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.