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Midwifery Degrees

Learn by doing with our simulated maternity wards and our hospital placements a big part of your learning.

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A Midwifery student is feeling the belly of a pregnant dummy, while being supervised.

Get all the support you need with tutors and mentors at the University and on placements. You'll also have access to our Clinical Simulation Centre, which replicates clinical environments for education and training.


Why Study Midwifery?

Replicating Real-Life

Our Clinical Simulation Centre replicates clinical environments for education and training.

Expert Teaching and Support

Every student has a personal tutor and a module supervisor. During clinical placements students are fully supported by a qualified supervisor who acts as a ‘mentor’.

Industry Placements

You will be fully supported by a qualified midwife, who acts as a mentor throughout your placement.

Your Future

Successful completion of this Midwifery course allows you to register with the NMC as a qualified (registered) midwife.

We have advanced birthing and maternal simulators that can simulate various stages of pregnancy, including birth, and breech presentations.


Midwifery Courses

Midwifery - BSc (Hons)

Prepare for a rewarding midwifery career with practical midwifery skills from year one. Experience clinical placements, apply theoretical knowledge, and provide holistic, woman-centred care.

Midwifery Saved

Why USW?

Midwifery students in a ward setting with a patient simulator.
  • A NMC Approved Education Institution (AEI)

  • Named in the Top 50 UK institutions for research power by the Times Higher Education

Why USW?

Rated Top

in Wales for teaching and student voice (National Student Survey 2023)

  • A NMC Approved Education Institution (AEI)

  • Named in the Top 50 UK institutions for research power by the Times Higher Education


Student nurses taking care of mannequin patients in the clinical simulation centre.

Study in the heart of Pontypridd

Our Glyntaff campus is in the heart of the South Wales Valleys, with beautiful scenery and rolling landscape. There’s always something happening or new places to discover.


The University's Alfred Russell Wallace building set behind foliage.

Abstract close up shot of the George Knox building.

The University's Bernard Knight building.

Exterior shot of the University Clinical Simulation Centre, Tramsheds.

Aneurin Bevan building in Glyntaff, Pontypridd.

Upcoming Open Days

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Come and meet us on campus and see what make us special. Discover our facilities, explore the campus and meet academics from your course.


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