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Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons)

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21 September 2026

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3 years full-time

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Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

  • Gain confidence using our state-of-the-art skills labs and immersive simulation facilities on our National Health Innovation Campus.
  • You’ll learn from experienced health professionals and service users whose real-world insights bring teaching to life.
  • Build communication, leadership and teamwork skills through our Health and Wellbeing Academy’s community-focused work experience opportunities.

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Are you passionate about delivering the best and safest care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatally? On our Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons) degree, you’ll learn how to provide individualised care for the mother and baby throughout pregnancy, labour, childbirth and the early days of parenthood.

During this degree, you’ll have the opportunity to build excellent knowledge of the theory of midwifery. Across all areas of teaching, we focus on health, and the safe management of pregnancy, to ensure the best possible outcomes for parents and the newborn.

You’ll learn from experienced midwives, via a blend of on-campus theory and clinical skills simulation, as well as gaining real-world experience via a range of placements. You’ll build your communication and interpersonal skills on campus and via clinical placements. These will be taken throughout the course and in a range of settings, including birth centres, midwife-led units, labour suites, antenatal/postnatal wards, and within the community.

Why study Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons)

We've ranked 6th in the UK (Top in Yorkshire) for Midwifery, in the Guardian League Tables 2025. Also, over 90% of students on this course who participated in the 2025 National Student Survey agreed that learning resources on this course was high quality.

Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the course has UNICEF UK Baby Friendly-accreditation.

For those who wish to delve into the world of midwifery, this course will help prepare you for a potentially rewarding career as a healthcare professional.

The University’s new Daphne Steele Building is now open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus. This allows our Midwifery students to benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.

Also, our Health and Wellbeing Academy at the University of Huddersfield provides dynamic, interprofessional placement opportunities, enabling you to gain real-world experience in schools, community settings, and across various sectors. Through initiatives such as Get Set Goal and Restart a Heart, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your learning in practical ways, delivering health checks, wellbeing support, and CPR training to diverse audiences. Supported by experienced academic staff, these placements help you develop a wide range of skills including communication, public health education, leadership, teamwork, data capture, and audit, preparing you for future professional practice.

Students studying this course may be eligible to receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each year. Further information is available on the NHS Learning Support Fund Website.

Not quite ready to start Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons)? Successful completion of our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree will equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Midwifery Studies.

Who can apply?

Entry Requirements

ABB at A Level including a Biological Science (Biology, Human Biology, Applied Human Biology, PE, Applied Science, Biomedical Science or Medical Science), or Social Science (Psychology, Sociology or Forensics), but excluding General Studies. If you are studying a Science A Level, the endorsement for practical work is essential and a requirement for entry to our degree courses.
128 UCAS tariff points from a maximum of three Level 3 qualifications including an A Level Biological Science (Biology, Human Biology, Applied Human Biology, PE, Applied Science, Biomedical Science or Medical Science), or Social Science (Psychology, Sociology or Forensics) at a minimum grade B. Alternatively, a Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma/Subsidiary Diploma/National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care or a Level 3 Applied Diploma/Extended Certificate in Medical Science at a minimum Grade B is acceptable. General Studies, AS Levels and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) are excluded. If you are studying a Science A Level, the endorsement for practical work is essential and a requirement for entry to our degree courses. Double graded qualifications will be counted as 2 of the 3 qualifications.
Distinction at T Level in Health or Healthcare Science.
DDM in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care, Applied Science, Medical Science or Biomedical Science.
NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care at grade B.
Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above, including at least 30 at Distinction. The course must contain at least 18 credits in a relevant Biological or Social Science.
128 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications including a Biological Science at Higher Level at grade 6.

In addition, you must have GCSE English Language or English Literature and Maths at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme, or Ofqual regulated Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English.

If you do not have the appropriate qualifications for direct entry to this degree you may be able to apply to our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree.

You should have:

  • The ability to demonstrate that you have a broad understanding of the role of the midwife and midwifery practice.
  • Relevant work experience that enables you to discuss and provide evidence of transferable skills, which will help you meet the requirements of the role and midwifery practice. This should also enable you to demonstrate an understanding of women’s needs and that you have ‘customer facing’ skills for example communication and team work.
  • Offers will be subject to an interview. Please note all the information provided in support of your application may be checked and must be verifiable as a true record.
  • You also need satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and occupational health clearances prior to registration on the course. We arrange these as part of the application process. You'll be required to sign a self-declaration at the start of each year and at the end of the course. All police contact during the course must be reported to the course leader as a matter of urgency and may lead to suspension or termination. We will request an Overseas Police Check if you have lived in a country outside of the UK for 6 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years before applying to us and whilst aged 18 or over
  • You may be eligible to gain accreditation for your prior learning towards this course.

Placement providers for this course may require you to have received a number of vaccinations, unless medically exempt, and provide evidence of these. As a student on a course with a clinical or healthcare placement, we strongly recommend that you complete any courses of vaccinations required under current guidelines for your future profession. Failure to do so may result in your inability to undertake a placement in certain clinical settings, therefore impacting upon your academic progression, and may result in academic failure of your course.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

What will you learn?

Course Details

This module provides the opportunity for you to develop your understanding of the anatomy and physiology, genetics and genomics relating to pregnancy and childbearing. You’ll learn about the female reproductive system including the physiology of pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal periods, as well as for boys and men. You’ll be introduced to pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. You’ll learn about basic pathology, bacteriology, virology and parasitology as well as basic biophysics, biochemistry and radiology. This knowledge will help you to understand how to optimise physiological processes.

In this module you’ll be introduced to research and evidence-based practice in midwifery. You’ll learn about critical thinking, reasoning and reflection, which are essential skills for contemporary midwifery practice.

This module introduces you to the midwife’s roles and responsibilities in promoting and supporting family and newborn health and wellbeing. You’ll learn about fetal development and physiological adaptation to newborn life with a view to working alongside parents and health and social care colleagues to assess, plan, implement and evaluate family-centred care. This includes screening and diagnostic testing, as well as safeguarding mothers and babies. You’ll have the opportunity to learn how you can support parents in building nurturing relationships with their newborn baby, considering their cultural, psychosocial and health education needs. You’ll also explore the importance of supporting safe, informed and responsive infant feeding and protecting breastfeeding.

This module introduces you to the roles and responsibilities of the midwife in providing universal care to all women, their babies and families. You’ll have the opportunity to gain an insight into the accountability, autonomy and professionalism required for safe, respectful and effective midwifery care across women’s maternity journey. This will include pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour and birth and post-partum. Through this module you’ll start to recognise the importance of midwives working with women and their families, multi-professional and inter-agency teams to provide care that best meets women’s individual needs.

You’ll have the opportunity to complete 750 hours on clinical placement within a midwifery practice environment. You’ll be supported to participate in midwifery care that is universal for all women and their families during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period. This will involve you participating in caring for the newborn and supporting effective infant feeding. This practice-based module will help you to start developing and applying knowledge, skills, values and attitudes within a range of clinical practice settings. It will also provide you with opportunities to work towards the proficiencies and standards required of a registered midwife.

This module develops prior knowledge and skills relating to newborn and family health. You’ll study health and social care legislation, public health and health promotion issues. You’ll examine the social and mental health needs of women, partners and babies. You’ll have the opportunity to develop skills to contribute to holistic systematic newborn examinations and additional care for newborn infants with complications. This includes supporting parents, promoting parent-newborn relationships and infant-feeding in challenging situations. You’ll learn to recognise compromise and deterioration in newborn and family health, initiate first-line management, escalate concerns and collaborate across professions and agencies to contribute to evidence-based management and care.

This practice-based module will provide you with the opportunity to develop and apply midwifery knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in a variety of clinical placements, whilst supported by a range of health professional practice supervisors. In addition to providing universal care for all women, their families and newborn infants, you’ll contribute to providing additional care for women and newborn infants with complications and challenges to family health. This will include public health, health protection, reproductive, medical and surgical conditions. The module will provide you with opportunities to progress towards achieving the proficiencies and standards required of a registered midwife.

This module explores a range of methods and approaches, using seminal and emerging research, providing the opportunity for you to develop critical awareness of research methods and practice. You’ll make decisions regarding which research methods are suitable to answer research questions emerging from practice. You'll consider how judgements are made about research quality and will address ethical, political and financial constraints on research.

In this module you’ll explore the midwife’s role and responsibilities in meeting the additional care needs of women with complications. You’ll learn about pathology, pre-existing, current and emerging complications and additional care needs affecting childbearing women, as well as how these complications can affect women’s health and wellbeing. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to recognise compromise and deterioration, provide first-line management, escalate concerns appropriately and work collaboratively with the interprofessional team to provide evidence-based best practice approaches to management and care. This will comprise situations including breech birth, haemorrhage and caesarean and conditions such as diabetes.

In this module you’ll consolidate prior learning and develop the knowledge, skills and attributes of an accountable, autonomous midwife who effectively collaborates with and supports the development of others. You’ll explore the midwife’s role as a leader, role model and advocate for change. You’ll examine the midwife’s role in quality improvement and how environmental factors can influence care quality and outcomes. You’ll also explore the midwife’s roles in advocating for women and their families, as well as supporting women’s choices in unpredictable and pathological situations. You’ll learn the principles and methods of teaching to enable you to supervise students.

This module is designed to strengthen your ability to holistically assess and promote newborn health and wellbeing and promote parent’s confidence in evaluating and meeting their newborn infant’s needs, including infant feeding. You’ll apply fetal and newborn anatomy, physiology and pathology and professional accountability to conduct newborn assessments in the practice setting supported by appropriately qualified health professionals. This includes supporting parents to make informed choices regarding their newborn infant and sensitively sharing the results of assessments, providing the opportunity to build confidence in identifying complications, making appropriate referrals and facilitating care transfer.

This module builds on the skills you’ve previously developed at intermediate level and provides the opportunity for you to undertake a research project on a midwifery topic of your choice. You’ll choose from a variety of research methodologies, including qualitative, quantitative or a literature review.

In this module, you’ll undertake clinical placements in a variety of midwifery settings to consolidate prior learning and incorporate additional evidence-informed midwifery knowledge, skills and attributes. You’ll have the opportunity to develop proficiency in the full range of midwifery care for women, their babies and families, including continuity of care, assessment and evaluation, decision-making, organisation and management of care. You’ll contribute to care improvement strategies, safe and effective team-working and supporting learners’ development in providing midwifery care. This experience will enable you to achieve the proficiencies and standards required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and European Directives for professional midwifery practice.

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You'll spend between 24 and 27 weeks each year undertaking compulsory clinical practice where your learning will be facilitated and assessed by experienced practising midwives. An exciting range of placement opportunities are available for student midwives including midwife led units, birth centres, labour suites, antenatal/postnatal wards, community midwifery, neonatal care and surgical experience. Placements are usually undertaken within local NHS Trusts, however in Year 3 you may have the opportunity to arrange and undertake an elective midwifery placement.

Please note that you may be required to travel for/during your placements across West Yorkshire and occasionally beyond, covering 24 hour care including evening, weekend and occasional night shifts.

Also, our Health and Wellbeing Academy at the University of Huddersfield provides dynamic, interprofessional placement opportunities, enabling you to gain real-world experience in schools, community settings, and across various sectors. Through initiatives such as Get Set Goal and Restart a Heart, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your learning in practical ways, delivering health checks, wellbeing support, and CPR training to diverse audiences. Supported by experienced academic staff, these placements help you develop a wide range of skills including communication, public health education, leadership, teamwork, data capture, and audit, preparing you for future professional practice.

Placements within different settings of maternity care have enabled me to gain a real insight, develop various skills, put theory into practice and shown how each department liaises and provides a multidisciplinary team approach.

- Jodie Jack
Graduated from Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons)

Where could this lead you?

Your Career

Our graduates have gone on to work as midwives within the National Health Service in a variety of roles, including community and hospital-based midwifery.

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Graduates from this course were in work or further study 15 months after graduation.

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Studying at Huddersfield prepared me with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to start my career. Being introduced to amazing people on my course, and in my placements who were already doing the career I was aiming for, provided a group of people with a range of information and support I was able to draw on.

- Caitlin Brown
Graduated Midwifery Studies BSc(Hons), now a Band 5 Midwife in the NHS.

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£9,790 per year

This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/

£17,600 per year

This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/

Placement Funding:

Throughout your studies placements may incur additional costs for accommodation, parking and travel. You may be able to claim costs back through the Learning Support Fund (LSF).

We strongly encourage you to read the information available on the NHS Learning Support Fund Website to understand your eligibility and how the LSF works: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-learning-support-fund-lsf

Uniform:

Students receive an initial set of uniforms required for placement. After these have been issued, any additional uniforms may incur a cost. In 2025/26, one extra set costs approximately £30

Students studying eligible courses may receive a non-replayable grant of at least £5,000 per year.

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