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      About us

      We provide an interdisciplinary team of specialists in the fields of optometry, medicine and physics as well as external lecturers from the fields of ophthalmology, orthoptics, low vision, occupational optometry, business administration and clinical optometry. This enables us to offer a wide range of expertise in our profession.

      We contribute to specialised fields on an international level, such as the examination board for the ECOO European Diploma, the board of the ECOO Education Committee, standardisation committees and executive board activities in large optometric associations. We are members of important optometric associations such as EAOO, ECOO, AAO, VDCO, IVBS and the national Swiss associations OPTIKSCHWEIZ and SBAO.

      The institute and several of its individual affiliates are members of the EAOO and hence benefit from the European network of research and clinical optometry.

      • We offer a full-time Bachelor of Science in Optometry FHNW degree programme in German and French language. It is fully accredited for the European Diploma in Optometry and hence represents one of the leading educational programmes in its field in Europe.
      • Professionals attend the Master of Advanced Studies MAS in Optometry on a part-time basis. The programme is aimed at opticians / optometrists practising in the optometric field.
      • The Institute of Optometry also offers continuing education courses in low vision.

      Our office is available from Monday to Friday between 8 and 12 a.m.

      +41 62 957 22 60, info.io.technik@fhnw.ch

      Head of Institute and Head of Programme

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      Christian Birkenstock
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 22 60
      christian.birkenstock@fhnw.ch

      Tobias Bracher
      Assistant
      +41 62 957 22 60
      tobias.bracher@fhnw.ch

      Fabrice Gogniat
      Scientific employee
      +41 62 957 24 32
      fabrice.gogniat@fhnw.ch

      Prof. Stephan Gutzwiller
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 25 84
      stephan.gutzwiller@fhnw.ch

      Caroline Guy
      Assistant
      +41 62 957 22 60
      caroline.guy@fhnw.ch

      Joëlle Joss
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 26 29
      joelle.joss@fhnw.ch

      Emanuele Käser
      PhD student
      +41 62 957 23 02
      emanuele.kaeser@fhnw.ch

      Xenia Knobel
      Lecturer
      xenia.knobel@fhnw.ch

      Léonard Kollros
      Lecturer
      leonard.kollros@fhnw.ch

      Dr. Martin Lörtscher
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 28 64
      martin.loertscher@fhnw.ch

      Remo Poffa
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 26 04
      remo.poffa@fhnw.ch

      Estelle Reymond
      Assistant
      +41 62 957 22 09
      fabianne.wegmann@fhnw.ch

      Dr. Maria Sol Rodriguez Pena
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 22 60
      maria.rodriguez@fhnw.ch

      Volkhard Schroth
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 26 05
      volkhard.schroth@fhnw.ch

      Philippe Seira
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 26 06
      philippe.seira@fhnw.ch

      Pierre Vallier
      External Lecturer
      pierre.vallier@fhnw.ch

      Christian Vogt
      Lecturer
      +41 62 957 22 60
      christian.vogt@fhnw.ch

      Fabian Wegmann
      Assistant
      +41 62 957 22 91
      fabianne.wegmann@fhnw.ch

      FHNW School of Engineering and Environment, Olten

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Engineering and Environment
      Institute of Optometry

      Riggenbachstrasse 16

      CH - 4600 Olten

      Phone+41 62 957 22 60

      E-Mailinfo.io.technik@fhnw.ch

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