Career prospects are excellent. There is a shortage of optometrists in Hong Kong.
Our graduates may choose to:
- be employed as a professional optometrist in private sectors
- be employed as a professional optometrist in Government sectors, such as the Hospital Authority and the Department of Health, or private hospitals
- start his/her private optometric practice
- join a multinational company engaged in eye care business
- pursue further studies in Master (MPhil) and Doctoral (DHSc or PhD) programmes
According to PolyU's Graduate Employment Survey, the distributions of employment sector of our graduates in 2019 are as follow:
| Community/ Social Services |
21.88%
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| Education |
6.25%
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Professional Practices
(includes privates clinics, optical outlets and multinational companies) |
72.88%
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| * There were a total of 32 respondents (100% employment rate) |
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Average Salary of our graduates from 2016 to 2020:
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2020: HK$30,841
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| 2019: HK$36,138 |
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| 2018: HK$37,906 |
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| 2017: HK$32,917 |
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| 2016: HK$30,015 |
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