临床验光硕士是两年制学位，可作为在澳大利亚，新西兰和亚洲部分地区进行验光师注册实践的途径。它结合了视觉科学的理论学科–镜片和仪器的光学，眼睛的生理学，视觉和神经科学的心理物理学–以及初级眼保健的临床艺术，涵盖了眼的诊断和管理。疾病，配戴眼镜和隐形眼镜，有特殊需要的人（儿童，低视力）的管理，运动视力和工作场所的视力。
We rely heavily on our five senses to navigate life: touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight. Each of these senses play a vital role in our day-to-day lives. Problems with eyesight can have a profound impact on an individual’s life. Through optometry, many vision problems and eye diseases can be corrected or managed, restoring sight to people from all walks of life. Optometrists diagnose vision problems, eye diseases and other eye health issues. These highly skilled professionals correct poor vision and manage or slow degenerative eye diseases with corrective lenses, optical aids, therapy or medication. The Master of Clinical Optometry is a two-year degree that serves as a pathway to registered practice as an optometrist in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. It combines the theoretical discipline of vision science, the optics of lenses and instruments, the physiology of the eye, the psychophysics of vision and neuroscience with the clinical art of primary eye care, which covers the diagnosis and management of ocular disease, the dispensing of spectacles and contact lenses, the management of people with special needs (children, low vision), sports vision and vision in the workplace.