Program Overview

Midwifery MSc

Overview

This comprehensive MSc Midwifery degree, accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, is designed for qualified nurses seeking dual registration as a midwife. The course focuses on universal care, as well as caring for families with complex needs. You'll become an autonomous, evidence-based and research-aware practitioner, able to deliver excellent care and respond to the challenges of the midwifery profession.

Course Features

• Professional accreditation
• Professional practice placements

What You'll Study

This course adheres closely to the six core values of the NHS. You'll learn about reproductive physiology during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as potential complications and complex care needs. Explore maternity care in the broader context of the contemporary public health agenda, and find out more about leadership and change in health and social care.

How You'll Study

You will learn via a 50% split of theory and 50% midwifery practice components. Theory is taught through a blended learning approach with face-to-face seminars, lectures and tutorials, as well as skills taught in the clinical skills suite which are then utilised in clinical practice, complemented by online study.

How You'll Be Assessed

Assessment in both theory and practice is continuous. Practice is assessed against national outcomes and you are required to demonstrate evidence of your achievement. Assessment of theory is conducted through a combination of assignments, seminar presentations, advanced notice examinations and a dissertation.

Who Will Be Teaching You

Lectures are delivered by expert professionals with backgrounds as registered midwives, as well as specialists in other areas. The Midwifery programme team have extensive educational experience within maternity services.

Entry Criteria

You must have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (Adult), as well as at least 12 months full-time (or equivalent) post-registration experience of general care. You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or lower second-class honours (2:2 or above) in adult nursing.

Facilities

The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine offers outstanding facilities for the education and training of health and social care professionals. The contemporary teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.

Finance

Tuition fees for 2025/26 will be paid on your behalf by NHS England if you are joining the course on a place commissioned by NHS England.

Your Future Career

As a registered midwife, you'll have a wide choice of career options, including:

• NHS or independent-sector hospitals
• local community clinics
• birth centres
• children’s centres
• GP surgeries

Many of our graduates work on antenatal, labour and post-labour wards, and in neonatal units. Alternatively, you might go on to work in education, counselling, research, specialist practitioner roles and management.