BSc (Hons) Midwifery at University of Brighton

Programme overview

As a midwife you’ll provide essential care, advice and support to women and their families during pregnancy, labour and early post-natal stages. You will enjoy a career with unique challenges and rewards as you share people’s most personal experiences. On our accredited midwifery degree you’ll spend 50% of the course on clinical placements.

What you will study

Your university studies are based at the Falmer campus with external clinical placements. You will develop core midwifery competencies in areas including human biology and relationships, midwifery practice and its professional framework. As you progress through the midwifery degree, you will learn about more complex medical or obstetric needs and referral of mother or baby. Our midwifery degree is underpinned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency for Midwives 2019 and includes the newly approved Newborn Infant Physical Examination qualification as part of the year 3 modules. Modules include Pregnancy Beginnings, Pregnancy, Birth, Beyond Birth, Clinical Assessment of Practice 1, Course Hours Requirements for Midwifery (CRM) 1, Complexities and Childbearing in Midwifery, Managing Midwifery Emergencies, Contemporary Midwifery and Research, Clinical Assessment of Practice 2.

Career pathways

The degree will provide you with an excellent foundation for work in a range of contexts providing midwifery care and for further professional development in clinical practice, education and research. The degree is offered in conjunction with local NHS trusts, and many of our graduates find that they leave university with a firm offer of employment from the NHS trust which provided their practice placements.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A-levels ABB–BBB. Must include a science, psychology or sociology at grade B. BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–DDM in a health or science subject. UCAS tariff 120–128 points. International Baccalaureate 30 overall with three subjects at Higher level. Access to HE Diploma Pass with 60 credits overall. Health studies, nursing or science. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at distinction and 21 credits at merit or above. T-level Merit in the Health, Healthcare Science or Science T-level. Other T-levels are not accepted. GCSEs (minimum grade C or grade 4) At least three GCSEs including maths, English language and science. Students with an Access diploma require maths and English. Other qualifications. We accept a range of other qualifications but they must be equivalent to Level 3 and contain the appropriate amount of science content. The CACHE Diploma, for example, is accepted but only if specific modules are taken which fulfil the science requirements.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: full-time: 3 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/register

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