Links with the profession

UTS has long been a preferred partner for industry, valuing collaborative work based on innovation, creativity and technology. UTS Orthoptics supports this by being responsive to the profession through the initiatives and partnerships below.

We deliver career-relevant degrees and prepare graduates and researchers who can foster innovation and ensure a bright future for the rapidly evolving orthoptics profession.

Orthoptics Australia

The Master of Orthoptics has been developed in collaboration with key partners from Orthoptics Australia. President of Orthoptics Australia Meri Vukicevic has welcomed ongoing engagement with UTS. UTS students will be encouraged to become student members of the association. This will allow them access to networking and other professional development opportunities. 

Australian Orthoptic Board

The Master of Orthoptics is a professional health qualification leading to registration as an Orthoptist. Our graduates of the Master of Orthoptics degree are eligible to seek registration as an Orthoptist in Australia by the Australian Orthoptic Board.

Practitioner teachers

The Master of Orthoptics engages practitioner teachers from hospital, private and rehabilitation settings to ensure that students receive not only a strong academic foundation but up to date industry knowledge. 

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Opthalmologists

UTS is also supported by RANZCO, a long-time ally of the orthoptics profession. In a statement to the media, Dr Stephen Best, President of RANZCO said “As an ophthalmologist I have a strong working relationship with orthoptists, they play a crucial role in eye healthcare delivery – especially with children and in busy public hospital eye clinics where resources are limited and patients are many. We are very pleased to learn that UTS see the strong future orthoptists have in the workforce, and we look forward to working with their graduates in the years to come.”

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.