Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September

The course aims to enable midwives to develop, deliver and direct high quality midwifery services within the context of the national and international drive towards improving maternity/health outcomes for the childbearing woman and her family. The students will study in depth the art and science of midwifery and the ethical, political, legal, economic, multi-professional and global context in which midwifery is practised. It also aims to equip midwives with the knowledge and skills required to operate at senior levels in today’s midwifery and health care services. To achieve this, the Division of Midwifery offers a learning environment that facilitates the development of reflective, analytical and critical thinking and the ability to lead and manage change. 

Course-specific entry requirements

All prospective applicants to the course will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the practice of midwifery and health care through their current professional/practitioner role and in addition to the University regulations must:

• hold a degree (usually 2:2 or above)
• be a registered practising midwife in current practice

International students
International students whose first language is not English are normally required to have an overall average score of 6.5 (out of a possible nine) in the British Council’s International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent.

Applicants from certain countries may have these requirements waived subject to The University of Nottingham Policy for Waiving English Language Requirements.

A course flyer can be downloaded here.

• Being part of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy promotes opportunities for developing inter-professional working and learning with colleagues and students across all three Divisions. Students on this course will undertake two compulsory modules with students from Nursing and Physiotherapy as a means of enhancing future inter-professional working, training and supervision: the aim being that students benefit from the opportunity to learn from each others’ experience and professional perspectives
• The Academic Division of Midwifery offers the course at the Nottingham centre with one of the compulsory modules being at the Derby centre
• We have 350 academic and support staff, and over 3,500 students
• Top five in the UK for midwifery research according to the research power method for ranking research
• Midwifery has been rated as excellent in the independent assessment of our teaching conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency

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