
Midwifery BSc (Hons)
Course Overview - Midwifery BSc (Hons)
Qualify as a confident and compassionate midwife. Gain the clinical skills and knowledge to provide holistic, safe, and effective care for women, newborn infants, and their families.
Why choose this course?
• Top 20 for Nursing and Midwifery (Complete University Guide, 2023)
• Nursing and Midwifery Council approved programme
• Midwifery ranked Top 5 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)*
• Eligible students can apply for the £5,000 NHS grant
• Top 10 for Midw...
Qualify as a confident and compassionate midwife. Gain the clinical skills and knowledge to provide holistic, safe, and effective care for women, newborn infants, and their families.<br/><br/><strong>Why choose this course?</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Top 20 for Nursing and Midwifery (Complete University Guide, 2023)<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Nursing and Midwifery Council approved programme<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Midwifery ranked Top 5 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)*<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Eligible students can apply for the £5,000 NHS grant<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Top 10 for Midwifery (Guardian University League Table, 2023)<br/><br/><br/><br/>Explore the fundamentals of midwifery and develop your understanding of the whole maternity journey for mothers and infants. Gain clinical skills to support childbearing women, newborn infants and families through pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life. You will study the importance of communication in care provision and in building professional relationships.<br/><br/>Your training will ensure you can anticipate, prevent, and respond with confidence to the additional needs and complications that can arise during pregnancy. Your practice will be underpinned by evidence to ensure that you are delivering high-quality and safe care to women and infants at every stage of their journey.<br/><br/>As a midwife you will respect womens individual circumstances and advocate their wishes where appropriate. You will support mothers to confidently use their voice throughout their pregnancy, delivery and beyond, but also enable them to provide nurturing care to their infant.<br/><br/>*We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2025 sector data to determine Keeles position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges).<br/><br/><strong>About Keele</strong><br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. <br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. <br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2026
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
B720
Institution Code
K12
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
128
Access to HE Diploma
D:30,M:15
128 UCAS points in a Computing, Engineering, Health, Nursing, Medicine, Science, or Sports Access to HE Diploma including Distinction in at least 30 Level 3 credits and Merit in at least 15 Level 3 credits.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
32
655 in three Higher Levels including 5 in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List at Higher Level, or 32 points including 5 in one Higher Level Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM
DDM in any of the following BTEC Extended Diplomas/National Extended Diplomas, Applied Science, or Health and Social Care.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below)
A level
A,B,B
ABB in three A Levels including B in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List (see Keele website)
T Level
D
Distinction in any of the following T Levels: Health, Healthcare Science, Science.
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