13. International Continuing Education Optometry (COE) Congress

Latest findings in optometry from science and clinical practice for more than 80 graduates and students from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and numerous other countries, including those outside of Europe. Benediktbeuern, Germany – For the 13. time, the Aalen Friends of Optometry Association, together with Aalen University, offered an international continuing education congress for opticians on the weekend of September …

A great start to the fully booked new academic year

Last week, the part-time master’s program at Aalen University of Applied Sciences kicked off the new academic year with a full enrollment: as always, with the renowned, experienced binocular vision professors from the College of Optometry at Pacific University in Portland, USA: Karl Citek and Ryan Bulson. Together with the lab team Katja Schiborr, Oliver Buck, and Frank Tannek, 24 …

Optometrists help children with myopia

Management of myopia in focus of the Karl Amon Optometry Award 2024 Beaming faces and a great atmosphere on Saturday at the graduation ceremony at Aalen University: The more than 100 participants in this event, which takes place annually at Aalen University, are happy with the bachelor and master alumni about the successful completion of their optometry degrees. The 17 …

Bildunterschrift: Referenten und Teilnehmer der spannenden Alumni-Fortbildung 2024 der Aalen Friends of Optometry e.V., Fotonachweis: Samuel Burkart

Cooperation and solidarity

Ophthalmologist Prof. Dr. Neuhann is open to exchanges with opticians and optometrists The Aalen Friends of Optometry e.V. invited to an exciting Continuing Optometric Education (COE) at the Benediktbeuern monastery complex on the last weekend in September 2024. Georg Scheuerer, the chairman of the Aalen Friends of Optometry e.V., succeeded this year in appointing the ophthalmologist and founder of OPHTHALMOLOGIKUM Neuhann MVZ …

Continuing Optometric Education 2024

On the last weekend of September, the Aalen Friends of Optometry invite you to the next Continuing Optometric Education. There, among others, US professors Bina Patel, Thom Freddo, and Hannu Laukkanen will share their latest scientific findings. The chairman of the alumni association, Georg Scheuerer, has also succeeded in securing the highly renowned ophthalmologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Neuhann from Munich, as well …

16th Karl Amon Optometry Award

Graduates research innovative concepts in the field of ophthalmic optics/optometry For the 16th time in a row, the Karl Amon Optometry Award was presented at Aalen University on Nov. 18, 2023. This prize, worth a total of €2,000, will be shared between the two winners Torsten Dautzenberg and Kai Jaeger. The two successful and practice-experienced graduates of the part-time master’s …

Alumni-Meeting 2023

Exciting lectures at the alumni meeting of the Aalen Friends of Optometry e.V. On the penultimate weekend of September, the annual alumni meeting of the Aalen Friends of Optometry e.V. took place in the auditorium and lecture hall building of Aalen University. Due to the storm disaster, where hail caused severe damage to the monastery grounds in Benediktbeuern, the event …

The Aalen University at the opti 2023

This year, the opti 2023 traditionally took place in January in Munich and of course the Aalen University was represented there. Due to the absence of various large companies, the opti was a bit smaller than usual, but nothing has changed in terms of the large number of visitors and interested people at the Aalen University stand. From the start …

We are 60!

On Friday, the 11th November 2022 at 11:11 a.m. started the big celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Dipl.-Ing. (FH)/Bachelor degree in Optometry and 20 years of the Master degree in Vision Science and Business (Optometry) at Aalen University. As part of this anniversary, a great symposium about the future of optometry took place in the main auditorium of …

Congratulations to all of our graduates!

Congratulations to all of our graduates this year! Our former students have had a few semesters with many smaller and larger challenges, but thanks to great personal commitment and driven by the constant motivation to bring their own knowledge to a new level, all tasks and teaching content have been mastered brilliantly. Their own repertoire has been continuously growing with …