BSc (Hons) Midwifery

Modern midwives do much more than assist with birth. They work closely with other healthcare professionals to support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth.

We’ll help you develop into a competent midwife who’s able to work as a team member or leader. Your time will be divided equally between classroom study and supervised placements. You’ll learn to assess individual women and to plan, implement and evaluate care that meets the needs of mother, baby and family. You’ll recognise and respond to factors that affect the physical, emotional and social well-being of mothers and babies, too. And you’ll build essential problem-solving skills while learning to work with professionals from a range of disciplines.

We’re dedicated to the continual improvement of every aspect of healthcare, and to delivering the values set out in the NHS Constitution.

You’ll be linked to one of our NHS healthcare trust partners for your placements.

If you study in Cambridge, you’ll do your placement at Cambridge, in Peterborough you'll do your placement at Huntingdon, Peterborough or Kings Lynn, and in Chelmsford, you’ll do your placement at Chelmsford, Southend, Basildon, Harlow or Colchester.

On campus, you’ll attend lectures Monday–Friday. On placement, you’ll work shifts (including nights, weekends and bank holidays). You’ll have seven weeks’ non-negotiable annual holiday – two weeks over Christmas and New Year, two weeks in spring, and three weeks in summer.

Our course has an overall satisfaction score of more than 94% in the National Student Survey 2020, and is ranked top in the East of England by the Guardian League Table 2021. It will give you the chance to develop all of the skills you need to graduate from ARU ready for a career as a midwife.