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Do you want to be a skilled and caring midwife with the expertise to support women and their families during pregnancy, birth and beyond? This program offers theory and clinical practice experience that develops the skills you need to provide midwifery care.
Study options
FULL TIME
3 years
PART TIME
Start times
Autumn
March
(2024)
Please note: additional English language proficiency requirements set by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) must be declared and met before you are eligible to commence study in the Bachelor of Midwifery at Western Sydney University.
Additional selection criteria apply. Please see our handbook for more information.
Available campuses
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At Western, we care how you do in all aspects of your life. We believe your future is unlimited and together the possibilities are endless.
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The heart of healthcare
Western’s Midwifery program opens a world of unlimited potential for people with a passion for midwifery. As well as studying the theory behind midwifery practice, you will learn using a woman-centred continuity of care model, through clinical placements and on-campus simulated clinical practice settings.
You will also discover how to apply critical, reflective and intellectual skills to the delivery of evidence-based midwifery care and emerge with both local and international knowledge that will benefit pregnant and birthing women in Australia and around the world. Be part of the future. Study Midwifery at Western.
Professional accreditation
The Bachelor of Midwifery has accreditation and approval from the Nurses and Midwives Board Australia. It prepares graduates with eligibility to apply for registration throughout Australia as a beginning professional registered midwife.
Program structure
The program structure is outlined in our handbook. Here you can view all of the subjects you will be studying.
Fees and delivery
Fees: Varies depending on subjects selected. View available subjects in our handbook.
For further information on University fees, please visit Fees and University Costs.
Delivery: On campus
This program is only available to domestic students.
Unfortunately, student visa holders are not eligible to study this degree.
Apply now and start your unlimited journey.
Your career
Midwives take on a rewarding roles in antenatal, postnatal and birthing care, research, education, management and policy development.
They can also be self-employed, find work in public and private hospitals, or work in caseload midwifery programs and group midwifery practice.
Your career
Midwife
Midwifery is the art and science of providing holistic care to women and their families throughout pregnancy and birth.
Policy Development Consultant
Policy development involves researching, compiling and analysing a range of facts that relate to the benefit of society. It involves working with a range of government agencies and community groups to pinpoint relevant solutions.
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Clinical practice units
Western’s CPUs are designed to simulate a contemporary hospital ward setting. They all contain teaching and practice rooms, a simulation room and a control room to develop clinical practice skills.
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Other study options
*The tuition fees quoted above are the fees for the normal full-time study load of the program (80 credit points) per annum, unless the total duration of the program is less than 80CP. International students will be subject to a variable fee regime; i.e. enrolled students will be required to pay fees during their program based on the approved fee for each calendar year. Fee changes (if any) will occur at 1 January each calendar year. Students who extend their program past the normal finish date of the program will be required to pay additional fees based on the prevailing fee level. Western Sydney University is a multi-campus institution. The University reserves the right to alter the location of its programs between campuses and other locations as necessary. Students should be aware of the possibility of change of location for the whole or part of programs for which they enrol and should plan for the need to travel between Western Sydney campuses.
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