BSc Midwifery at University of Bonn

The dual bachelor’s degree program in midwifery both qualifies students to practice the profession of midwife and awards them a bachelor’s degree when they graduate. It combines theoretical and practical elements, alternating blocks of theory (lectures and seminars) with skills training, simulation training and practical (clinical and non-clinical) job-specific experience to enable graduates to go straight into the profession.

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; dual study programme  |  Intake: Wintersemester (winter semester)  |  Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The focus lies on acquiring basic skills in the subject and on personal development geared toward a holistic understanding of the work of a midwife. Rather than looking solely at the birth of a child, this also covers all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum and breastfeeding periods. The degree program covers a number of subjects: midwifery proper and nursing, natural sciences and medicine, health and social sciences, psychology and scientific working.

Career pathways

Working as a salaried or freelance midwife in clinical and non-clinical obstetrics departments, especially in management positions; working in medical education, at scientific publishers, in social institutions, in counseling centers, in academia (teaching/researching at universities, research institutions, etc.)

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