This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.
University of Brighton has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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
How to apply
29Jan
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.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 points
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits M: 21 credits
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 30 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
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.
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17250 | Year 1 |
| International | £17250 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
University of Brighton
Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT