Bachelor of Midwifery

Make a difference to the lives of women and their families with UC's innovative Bachelor of Midwifery. Upon completion of this three-year full-time or five-year part-time degree, you'll play a vital role in building strong communities as a creative and socially valuable midwife. The degree accepts a small cohort of students each year, which allows for a highly flexible and personalised learning experience, giving you the opportunity to develop a very special bond with your fellow midwifery students.

The course offers work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities in a variety of practice areas that start early in your first year of full-time study. Over the course of your degree, you’ll undertake a total of 1,310 hours of clinical placements, including the provision of woman-centred care to 22 women during their journey through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period. The course has an extremely high graduate employment rate, and feedback from industry is that it produces ‘sensational’ midwives.

Study a Bachelor of Midwifery at UC and you will:

• work with women in pregnancy, labour, birth and early parenting using a primary health framework
• participate in WIL placements, including rostered and on-call shifts tending to women in labour and birth
• learn to contribute to the development of services, policies and research into maternity care now and as a future leader
• work at individual, family and community levels to facilitate all women’s rights to, and responsibilities in, active participation in their maternity care
• contribute to new understandings of midwifery and other work by participating in research activities
• experience a variety of workplace settings, including birth centres, regional and rural maternity units, and tertiary hospitals.

Programs in health and sport at UC aim to provide you with the skills and knowledge to improve the quality of life for both individuals and communities. Our programs focus on the study of physical and mental health, disease, community wellbeing, recovery and rehabilitation. We have excellent facilities for both study and research, with the new UC Hospital joining the student-led clinics in providing opportunities for interprofessional student placements and practice. Our research is focused through the Health Research Institute which consolidates and showcases the university's health and sport research strengths, building the scale, scope, sustainability and infrastructure necessary to support world-class health and sport research and to take it to the world. We have strong links to national and international sport and health organisations where opportunities exist for further student engagement, research and learning.

Areas of study

Midwifery.

Career opportunities

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Midwifery, you’ll be eligible to register as a midwife in Australia across a variety of settings, including rural and remote areas, hospitals, birth centres, communities and in women’s homes.

Professional recognition

Graduates will be eligible to apply for registration as a midwife in Australia and for full membership with the Australian College of Midwives.

Fees and charges

The Australian Government subsidises the tuition fee for this course. The remaining balance is paid by the student. Current UC fee information.