Bachelor of Science Honours in Clinical Midwifery

The Bachelor of Science Honours in Clinical Midwifery prepares students for clinical midwifery practice across pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and early neonatal care. The programme combines theoretical knowledge, clinical practice, research, leadership, and community-based learning, with emphasis on antenatal care, normal and complicated pregnancy, labour and delivery, postnatal care, newborn care, reproductive health, maternal and neonatal emergencies, health promotion, disease prevention, and respectful maternity care.

Training includes evidence-based clinical practice, professional ethics, communication, leadership, public health principles, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Students may undertake supervised clinical placements in approved healthcare facilities and participate in skills laboratory sessions, simulations, clinical assessments, community-based activities, and research. Completion prepares graduates to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred and family-centred care and to recognise and manage maternal and neonatal emergencies.

Minimum Entry Requirements: A recognised secondary school qualification with the required passes in relevant subjects, including English Language, Mathematics, and a science subject, subject to the institution’s approved entry requirements. A recognised nursing qualification and appropriate professional registration/licensure where admission is intended for qualified nurses undertaking a clinical midwifery degree. Relevant nursing and/or midwifery experience where required by the institution or applicable professional regulatory authority. Applicants holding other relevant health qualifications may be considered in accordance with approved institutional and regulatory requirements.

Additional Programme Requirements: Students admitted to the programme may be required to: Provide evidence of valid professional registration where applicable. Undertake supervised clinical placements in approved healthcare facilities. Meet all clinical practice, health, immunisation, occupational safety, and professional conduct requirements applicable to clinical training. Participate in skills laboratory sessions, simulations, clinical assessments, community-based activities, and research. Fulfil all university academic, examination, clinical competency, and attendance requirements.

• Clinical Midwife
• Professional Midwife
• Midwife Practitioner
• Maternal and Newborn Health Practitioner
• Antenatal Care Practitioner
• Health Promotion and Education Officer
• Maternal and Newborn Health Project Coordinator
• Healthcare Administrator or Manager, subject to relevant experience and further training