Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg campus

Health Sciences

BSc Midwifery (Hebammenwissenschaft) at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

Programme overview

Midwifery is a Bachelor of Science combining an academic part at BTU with a practical part in cooperating hospitals, as required by the German Midwifery Act. Graduates are able to independently advise and care for women during pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period and breastfeeding, and to lead physiological births. Location: Campus Senftenberg.

Duration: 7 semesters (3.5 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

What you will study

The programme is divided into a practice-based part in hospitals and an academic part of theoretical and practical teaching at the university, including midwifery research methods.

Career pathways

Work in hospitals (delivery room, postnatal and antenatal wards), freelance work (independent midwife, midwifery practice, birth centre), academic work in research and teaching, and advisory work in social and public agencies.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Higher education entrance qualification (Abitur, Fachhochschulreife or equivalent). Application must first be made to the Medical University Lausitz - Carl Thiem (MUL-CT) as practice partner, naming the preferred cooperating hospital; the contract with the hospital practice partner is the basis for the BTU application and enrolment. No numerus clausus (zulassungsfrei).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 7 semesters (3.5 years)

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