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Midwifery

  • BMid (Hon)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 01/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
Singleton Park Campus
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2026-2027
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Course summary

Gain the skills and experience to launch a rewarding and valued career as a midwife with our prestigious, internationally recognised Midwifery degree course.

You will develop the clinical and interpersonal expertise to ensure a woman’s physical and emotional well-being during pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. You will also learn to analyse, evaluate, and critique research studies to support reflective and evidence-based study and practice.

Half of your teaching takes place in the university and the other half in practice placements, working with midwives in community-based teams, midwifery-led birth centres and hospital maternity units.

We have excellent links with Welsh health boards, so you will have access to a wide range of placement settings across south west Wales, with the nearest maternity hospital right next-door to our Singleton Park campus on the edge of the beautiful Gower Peninsula.

Our BMid (Hons) Midwifery degree has been designed to meet the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and completion of our course will enable students to demonstrate achievement of the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives.

Modules

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including:
Pregnancy and the Professional Midwife
• The Journey to Birth
• Building the Foundations for my Midwifery Practice
• Beyond Birth: the transition to parenthood.
In Year 2, you will typically study areas including:
• Additional Care for Women with Complex Needs
• Developing My Midwifery Practice
• Parenting and Neonatal Care: supporting additional needs.
In Year 3, you will typically study areas including:
• The Third Stage: Managing Clinical Complications and Becoming a Colleague and Scholar
• Consolidating My Midwifery Practice
• Becoming a Midwife - the final push.

Assessment method

We use a variety of methods to assess your learning across all midwifery modules including coursework essays, written exams, drug calculation exams, multiple-choice question exams, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE practical) exams, practice portfolio and poster presentations.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Singleton Park Campus

Study options

  • BMid (Hon) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 01/09/2026

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:
S93
Campus name:
Singleton Park Campus
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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:
S93
Campus name:
Singleton Park Campus
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

This course is open to UK applicants only.

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A level - BBB

Health or science-related courses are desirable.

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

A combination of BTEC Distinction and grade B A levels may be accepted.

Access to HE Diploma - D: 30 credits M: 15 credits

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 32 points

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales

Swansea University accepts the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales as fully equivalent to x1 A-Level.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

We welcome applications from Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma students. The requirements are as for A-levels where you can substitute the same non-subject specific graduate for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Level Core Grade.

A minimum of five grade A-C GCSE passes including Welsh/English language, Maths and a Physical Science or Double Award Science are required.

In certain circumstances Key Skills Level 2 in Application of Number will be accepted in lieu of GCSE Mathematics and Key Skills Level 2 in Communication will be accepted in lieu of GCSE Welsh/English Language, if undertaken since September 2015.

If you are offered a place you will need a satisfactory character reference,
an Occupational Health Check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check or approved equivalent.

Additional entry requirements

Audition
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Interview
If your application is successful, you will be offered an interview.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

UK applicants who meet course requirements are guaranteed a conditional offer. We assess applications on individual merit. We consider making reduced offers, eg. to Care Leavers or students with extenuating circumstances. We encourage you to disclose any relevant circumstances.

The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales is considered as equivalent to one full A-Level and students can take x2 A-levels alongside this. EPQ students predicted Grade B or above will receive a one-grade offer reduction.

Historical entry grades data BETA

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.

Data from:
This course and 4 other nursing and midwifery courses
Date range:
2022-2024

Grades held by accepted students

For Swansea University, the top and bottom 5% of student grades have been removed from these calculations. This change helps to remove any extraordinary circumstances that could impact the data. Learn more here .
BBC Most common
  1. AAA
  2. Highest grades
  3. CDD
  4. Lowest grades

Offer rate for UK school & college leavers

36% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

For the latest fee information, please check the individual course page on our website. Our full range of programmes are listed here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/

Further information on tuition fees can be found here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees/

Sponsorship information

If you can commit to working in Wales for two years after graduating, you could get your tuition fees covered in full through the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme, as well as maintenance funding and a reduced rate loan from Student Finance.

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