Course Overview - Midwifery BMid

Gain the academic and practical knowledge and skills required to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a midwife.

We offer you the best start in studying the art and science of midwifery. At Edinburgh Napier University you have the exciting opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills to ensure that the care offered to women and their families has a woman centred approach and prioritises the ethos of compassion and professionalism.

As a midwife you will be recognised as an expert in supporting, advising and advocating for women and their families d...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

08/09/2025

Campus

Sighthill

Course Address
Sighthill Campus
Bankhead Avenue
Edinburgh
EH11 4DE

Application Details

Course Code

B720

Institution Code

E59

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

B,B,B,C

Including English and Biology or Human Biology. National 5 Maths OR Applications of Maths at grade C also required. If you are eligible for an adjusted offer under our Contextual Admissions Policy, please see the ‘Minimum Qualification Requirements’ below.

Access to HE Diploma

D:6,M:39

Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall and a minimum of 39 credits at Merit & 6 credits at Distinction. Biology and English must be studied at Level 3 and Maths must be studied at Level 2 as part of the diploma.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

27

Award of Diploma with 27 points overall, with 3 Higher Level subjects at grades 6, 5, 4, including Biology at grade 5 and English at grade 4. Standard Level Maths at grade 4 also required.

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

DMM

Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in Health and Social Care AND A Level Biology/Applied Science/Life and Health Sciences at grade C or above.* GCSE grade C/4 in Maths also required. Minimum grades DMM (Distinction Merit Merit) in Applied Sciences AND A Level English or another Literary subject* at grade C or above. GCSE Maths at grade C/4 also required.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H3,H3,H3

Grades H2, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level including English and Biology. O3 in two Ordinary Level subjects, including Maths.

Scottish HNC

Pass

Care and Administrative Practice or Healthcare Practice with grade B in the graded unit. Higher Biology or Human Biology at grade C or above also required.

A level

B,C,C

Including a Literary subject* and Biology/Applied Science/Life and Health Sciences. GCSE grade C/4 in Maths also required. GCSE grade C/4 in English required for candidates who do not have this subject at A Level.

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Fees and funding

Scotland £1,820
England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,250
EU, International £17,520

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