Midwifery

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.

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.

Accredited Course

A NMC Approved Education Institution (AEI)

Midwifery students in a ward setting with a patient simulator.

A group of Midwifery students are listening to a talk around a fake babies incubator.

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Midwifery students gathered together for a birthing demostration.

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.

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Did you know?

Midwifery at USW is top in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2026)
90% of USW BSc (Hons) Midwifery students were satisfied with their course (National Student Survey 2025)

Did you know?

TOP IN WALES

Midwifery at USW is top in Wales for teaching quality.

National Student Survey 2025

Midwifery at USW is top in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2026)
90% of USW BSc (Hons) Midwifery students were satisfied with their course (National Student Survey 2025)

Empowering women through compassionate Midwifery

Fiona Lewkowicz

Midwifery student

I have a passion for supporting women through Midfwifery

Niquita Mace

Midwifery student

Becoming a midwife is a profesional and personal calling

Kara Gwynne

Midwifery student

Pursuing a Midwifery degree as a mature student

Sophie Meredith-Smith

Midwifery student

Clinical Simulation Centre

Students learn beyond the classroom in simulated environments before undertaking supervised placements. Whatever a student’s chosen area of study, they will be exposed to a range of equipment that maybe used in clinical practice so that they are competent in using it and interpreting certain data from such equipment that will inform their ability to delivery first-class patient care.

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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.

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