Students

Read our advice on entering university and find resources to guide you from first year as a student through to your graduation

AOP student member benefits

Find out about our student-focused activities and the benefits that AOP student members receive

University survival guide

Starting your optometry degree? Read our top tips for beginning life as an optometry student

Education library

Take a look at OT's education library, where you can access archived CET, CPD articles and skills guides covering 31 topic areas

Students and pre-reg optometrists in lockdown: OT coronavirus guide

As the semester comes to a close, students and pre-registration optometrists across the UK are faced with the complex, long-term impact of COVID-19. OT put their questions to experts across the optics sector

Meet the AOP during your freshers' fair

Learn more about the AOP and discover all the benefits of being a member

Representing your voice

Our student representatives give you a voice

Staying out of trouble

AOP legal and regulatory experts on how student mistakes can have a flow on effect that extends past qualification

Preparing for your pre-reg year

Pre-registration optometrist vacancies

Discover the latest pre-registration opportunities across the UK

Pre-reg register

Student and pre-reg members can use our free Pre-reg register to list their availability for a pre-reg placement, for employer members looking for pre-regs to search