Midwifery BM (Hons) at Bangor University

The School of Health Care Sciences offers a full-time three-year Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) degree programme leading to registration as a midwife with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The programme commences annually in September and is full time over 45 weeks each year. There are 7 weeks of annual leave which are set by the course lead.

The role of the midwife in promoting normal physiological birth is the main focus throughout the programme. After an initial 6 weeks block of theory, clinical placement experiences will introduce students to the role of the midwife, beginning in the community setting, where care to women and their families is provided during and following pregnancy. The opportunity may arise during this first placement experience for students to attend home births as well as births in free standing midwifery led units. Clinical placements will also be in local maternity units. Students will experience multi-disciplinary team working, which provides a holistic service to women and their families. Local geography offers students the possibility of placement experiences in rural and remote settings.

Two weeks of elective placements are also available to students each year. Past students have used this opportunity to observe care provision across the UK and internationally.

Bangor University has an active Student Midwife Society (BUSMS) who have successfully raised money for local causes and have also organised, managed and hosted an ‘All Wales Student Midwives’ conference.

Elements of the course will be available through the medium of Welsh. There will be opportunities to experience bilingual practice in some parts of the region. For information on the School's bilingual provision click here.

The Midwifery degree at Bangor University is the only one in Wales with UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) accreditation. BFI University Accreditation will ensure that our student midwives will qualify with a firm foundation of evidence based knowledge in relation to breastfeeding. By ensuring that future midwives qualify with excellent knowledge and skills to support women to breastfeed, along with skills for life-long learning, the midwifery programme at Bangor University can make an important contribution to improving public health in Wales and beyond.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• NHS Bursary funded providing payment of all tuition fees and grant support towards living costs available to students from across the UK & EU.

• 100% of Midwifery students agreed that they felt like part of a community with the staff and students (UniStats 2017.)
• Our Midwifery course is accredited by UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative.
• 100% of students go on to further work or study (Unistats Key Information Sets, 2017).
• Bangor University is rated Gold for "outstanding teaching" (2017 Teaching Excellence Framework).
• Our staff have a wide range of clinical experience at the forefront of their professional fields. They work in partnership with local health providers, including Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, to ensure our students’ learning is of the highest quality.
• We are leading Healthcare and Medically-related research programmes which are transforming the quality and delivery of healthcare in Wales and internationally.
• Roughly half of your learning will be in a clinical environment – all placements are in modern well-equipped settings. No other university offers more clinical weeks throughout the course.
• Our staff have a wide range of clinical experience at the forefront of their professional fields. They work in partnership with local health providers.