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Midwifery

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Brighton
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Course summary

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.

University learning includes simulated care in our specialist midwifery facilities which include skills rooms, a simulation ward and a community flat.

You’ll share learning with other health specialisms, allowing you to benefit from interprofessional collaboration.

We hold the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) full accreditation.

Top reasons to choose this course

  • Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

  • We hold Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) full accreditation.

  • Our simulation suite includes a replica hospital room and home birthing room.

  • Share learning with other health specialisms, allowing you to benefit from interprofessional collaboration, sharing knowledge and expertise.

  • Non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year

  • Opportunity to gain a global perspective on an overseas placement.

  • Brighton is in the UK top 25% for graduate earnings in nursing and midwifery, three years after graduating – Longitudinal Education Outcomes 2022

Modules

Year 1
Pregnancy Beginnings
Pregnancy
Birth
Beyond Birth
Clinical Assessment of Practice
Course Hours Requirements for Midwifery

Year 2
Managing Midwifery Emergencies
Contemporary Midwifery and Research
Complexities and Childbearing in Midwifery
Clinical Assessment of Practice 2
Course Hours Requirement of Midwifery 2

Final year
Future Midwife
Contemporary Midwifery Project
Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE)
Clinical Assessment of Practice 3
Course Hours Requirement of Midwifery 3

This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Brighton

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B720
Institution code:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus Code:
B
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
B720
Institution code:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus Code:
B

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

This course does not take applications from International applicants who require a Tier 4 visa.

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff 120 points

A level BBB

BBB, must include a science or social science subject. General Studies excluded.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) DDM

DDM in a health or science subject.

Access to HE Diploma D: 24 credits M: 21 credits

Pass Access to HE Diploma in health studies, nursing or science, with 45 credits at Level 3.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme 30 points

Must include three subjects at Higher Level, including HL 6 from a science subject.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) H3, H3, H3, H3, H3, H3

Must include a science or social science subject.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4). A minimum of three GCSEs to include English language, maths and science.

T Level M

Health; Healthcare Science or Science T Level is accepted on this course.

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Other
Age requirement: Applicants must be aged 18 or over on the day the course begins. Deferred applications: We are not able to accept applications for deferred entry onto this course. If you wish to apply for a later year of entry, we recommend waiting until the admissions cycle for that year opens – this is usually in October of each year.

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher.
*Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.

Sponsorship information

This course is eligible for an NHS bursary. For details see: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/learning-support-fund/new-student-funding

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