Choose your membership type:

University student

Free membership

Pre-registration trainee

Free membership

Qualified optometrist

Choose your membership option

Associate

For UK-registered dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses or orthoptists

Fully qualified membership options

Full time optometrist

If you are working over 50 days per year

Early career optometrist

If you have qualified in the last four years

Part-time optometrists

If you work less than 50 days per year

Optometrists on a career break / retired

If you are on maternity leave, taking time away from work or retired

Working outside of the UK

If you are practising overseas

Optometrists not seeing patients

If you are a researcher, lecturer etc

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