Midwifery

UCAS code: B720

Here's what Swansea University says about its Midwifery course.

Our three-year degree course in Midwifery will help you develop the clinical and interpersonal expertise to ensure a woman’s physical and emotional well-being during pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood.

You will 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 on our Singleton Park campus 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.

We have an outstanding reputation, with our Midwifery degree being ranked 5th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2024). You will also join a university that is a Top 25 UK University (Guardian University Guide 2024).

Many of our academic staff are registered midwives and active in practice and research, providing an exceptional combination of theoretical rigour, professional insight, and practical expertise.

Our excellent facilities include a realistic clinical suite so you can put your theoretical knowledge into practice in an environment that reflects as closely as possible the actual conditions that you will experience when you go on placement in a hospital or community setting.

On graduation, you will be eligible to apply for Registered Midwife status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and to register as a midwife for work in the EU and EEA.

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.

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.