(left – right) France Lim, Dato' Tony Looi, Dato’ Peter Ng, Ishan Goh, Alan Chong, Wong Gon Khiang, and Louis Chan during the launch of the UCSI Optometry Centre.
TO give its Bachelor of Optometry course a competitive edge, UCSI University has set up an in-house optometry store at its Kuala Lumpur Campus (South Wing). The store was launched in collaboration with Focus World Vision Care Group (FWVC Group), a leading optical retailer.
According to UCSI Group founder and chairman Datuk Peter Ng, the launch was in line with the University’s “praxis” (a process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realised) approach that focuses on merging industry expectations with academia. The UCSI Optometry Centre serves as one of UCSI’s many Praxis Centres – in-house business entities – where students gain hands-on working experience and apply classroom knowledge.