At present there are more than fifty schools of optometry in India. In 1958, two schools of optometry were established, one at Gandhi Eye Hospital, Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and the other at Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, under the second five-year plan by Director General of Health Services of Government of India. These schools offered diplomas in optometry courses of two years duration validated by state medical faculties. Subsequently, four more schools were opened across India at Sitapur Eye Hospital, Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, Chennai (formerly Madras) in Tamil Nadu, Bengalooru (formerly Bangalore) in Karnataka, and Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (Govt medical college), Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum) in Kerala. The Elite School of Optometry (ESO) was established in 1985 at Chennai and was the first to offer a four-year degree course. This was followed by All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and in Kerala, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (Govt Medical college), Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum) is the first government colleges to offer a bachelor's degree in optometry in 2010; were considered as the best in excellence from Govt. of India. The following list includes educational institutions offering four year degree courses, two or three year diploma courses and also non-degree courses. Post-graduate education in optometry is also offered in India leading to M.Optom, M.Sc. and Ph.D. by several universities. • Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Pondicherry (B.Optom & M.Optom) • Al Salama College of Optometry, Perinthalmanna, Calicut, Kannur, All in Kerala and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (BSc in optometry) • All India Institute of Optometrical Sciences (Academic Wing of Indian Optical Institute and Refraction Hospital Trust), Kolkata, West Bengal • IIMT University, Meerut • Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana (B.Optom, M.Optom - Full time, Practitioner & PhD) • Advanced College of Optometry & Health Sciences, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai • Bareilly Institute of ParaMedical Sciences & S.S. Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh • Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Medical College, School of Optometry, Pune, Maharashtra • Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, LVPEI, Hyderabad (B.Optom and PhD) • Rayhan Eye hospital and Institute of Optometry, Edappal, Triprayar, Kondotty, Tirur All in Kerala and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (BSc in optometry) • Bharatimaiya College of Optometry, Surat, Gujrat • Brainware University, Kolkata, West Bengal • Dr. Anand College of Optometry and Vision Science, Salem, Tamil Nadu • Dr. DY Patil Institute of Optometry & Visual Science (Deemed) University Maharashtra • Dr. N.T.R. University Of Health Sciences Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh • Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, Tamil Nadu • FAHS (Faculty of Allied Health Sciences), Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation, Salem Tamil Nadu • Govt. Medical college Kozhikode • George college of management and science • Himalayan University, Arunachal Pradesh • IGNOU (Central University), Delhi • ITM Institute of Health Science, (Deemed) University, Mumbai, Maharastra • ITM Vocational University, Vadodara, Gujarat • Jadhavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal • Jamia Hamdard (Deemed) University, Delhi • Jankalyan Eye Hospital Educational and research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh • J.R.N. Rajasthan vidyapeeth (Deemed) University, Rajasthan • Kalyani University, Kolkata, West Bengal • Kerala University of Health and Allied sciences. • Laxmi College of Optometry, Mumbai, Maharastra • Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, Maharastra • Madurai Kamraj University, Tamil Nadu • Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka • Martin Luther King University, Shillog, Meghalaya • Municipal Eye Hospital, School of Optometry, Mumbai, Maharastra • Nagar school of Optometry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujrat • Netaji Subhash Institute of Optometry, Mumbai • Netrajyothi college of Health Science (Optometry), Bangalore, Karnataka • NIMS University, Rajasthan • NSHM College of Management & Technology, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur, West Bengal • NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal • Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata, West Bengal •
Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala • RGUHS, Karnataka • Sankara College of Optometry, Bangalore, Karnataka • Sankara College of Optometry, Ludhiana, Punjab • Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh • Shri Ganpati Netralaya College of Optometry, Jalna, Maharastra • Dr. Agarwals Institute of Optometry (a unit of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital), Chennai, Tamil Nadu • Shri Rajaram Memorial Eye Hospital, Optometry research & Training Institute, Banda, Uttar Pradesh •
Shri Vaishnav Polytechnic College, Indore • Sri Ramchandra University, Porur, Tamil Nadu • Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Science, Assam • SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu • Susruta School of Optometry & Visual Sciences, Cochin, Kerala • The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University Chennai, Tamil Nadu • Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura • School of Allied Health Sciences, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation, Chennai Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. • School of Medical sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana. • University of Mumbai, Maharashtra • Uttrakhand University, Uttrakhand • Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu • Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu • Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research, Salem, Tamil Nadu • Veer Narmad South Gujrat University, Surat, Gujrat • Vidyasagar College of Optometry and Vision Science, Kolkata, West Bengal • Vinayaka Missions Medical College, Karaikal, Pondicherry • West Bengal University of technology, Kolkata, West Bengal • Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nasik, Maharashtra ==Iran==