Midwifery with Registered Midwife MMid
- Nursing, midwifery and healthcare
- Postgraduate
Deliver life-changing care for babies and the people who birth them. This postgraduate course will give you the clinical skills and experience you need to register as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Help facilitate positive experiences for women and birthing people, and their babies
Investigate everything from maternal and neonatal physiology and care to health promotion, education and ethical and legal issues.
Studying Midwifery with Registered Midwife at Kingston will deepen your expertise and open doors to a rewarding career with life-enhancing impact.
During this course, you’ll build a scientific knowledge base for midwifery practice. You’ll work with midwives to care for women and birthing people and their families through pregnancy, birth and beyond.
On this course, you’ll spend 50% of your time developing practical skills – whether on placement in hospitals and the community, or in our award-winning simulation suites.
Teaching will come from experienced midwives, healthcare specialists and wider NHS experts, who’ll help you deepen your knowledge through a wide range of subjects.
You’ll even receive a £5,000 per year, non-repayable NHS Training Grant to support your studies. Check out the NHS Business Service Authority website to find out more.
When you graduate, you’ll be fully qualified as a midwife. Midwifery is a highly-attractive career, with good financial rewards and excellent employment prospects, both in the UK and overseas.
Although I have found the course challenging, my experiences have been enjoyable, varied and rewarding.
Why choose this course
While you study, you’ll benefit from top-quality teaching at Kingston University. Not only are we ranked Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, we’re also top in London for Nursing and Midwifery (The Complete University Guide 2026).
Our Kingston Hill campus offers modern facilities and well-equipped laboratories where you can practise in a safe environment. A portion of your learning will take place at our award-winning simulation suite, which creates realistic environments to help you develop skills in clinical, community and practice health settings.
You can use our versatile suite to simulate home and delivery suite environments. There’s also a range of learning equipment, including a birthing pool, birthing mattresses, manikins, resuscitaires and exercise balls.
Kingston University is top in London for Nursing and Midwifery (The Complete University Guide 2026).
Top University in London for Midwifery, The Guardian University Guide 2026.
Accreditation
This midwifery degree is validated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and on completion of the programme, students are recommended to the NMC for professional registration.
Course content
Year 1
Core modules
Year 2
Core modules
Year 3
Year 3 continues to develop your midwifery knowledge, understanding and leadership skills, preparing you for autonomous practice as a midwife.
Core modules
Career opportunities
Links with the health sector
We have a range of NHS practice partners for midwifery. They include:
- Croydon Health Services
- Epsom & St Helier University Hospital
- Frimley Healthcare (Frimley Park and Wexham Park Hospital)
- Kingston & Richmond NHS Trust
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Medway Hospital Trust
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- St Peter’s Hospital (Chertsey)
- West Middlesex Hospital
After you graduate
Previous graduates have gone on to work clinically or in research, education, management and strategy. Most UK midwives work in the NHS, either in the community or in hospitals. You could also choose to work in partnership with obstetricians, anaesthetists and neonatologists, in private maternity hospitals or independently.
Teaching and mentoring
Want to help future midwives succeed? You could take further qualifications in teaching and mentoring to supervise and teach students. Opportunities include lecturer-practitioner roles, which allow you to combine a teaching interest with hands-on midwifery practice.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching includes academic study and clinical practice experience. You will have access to well-equipped skills laboratories and simulation suites where you can use clinical equipment and practise on mannequins and teaching models that are relevant to maternity care.
There is a continuous assessment of theory and practice. This includes extended essays, examinations, reflective journal writing and projects.
Students are well supported at Kingston University, both before and during the course. Learning resources, such as libraries, journals and internet facilities, are available at the University sites and in the clinical areas. You're also supported on an academic and personal level by a named tutor and all lecturers are easily contactable to provide guidance on assignments.
Fees and funding
Additional course costs
Some courses may require additional costs beyond tuition fees. When planning your studies, you’ll want to consider tuition fees, living costs, and any extra costs that might relate to your area of study.
Your tuition fees include costs for teaching, assessment and university facilities. So your access to libraries, shared IT resources and various student support services are all covered. Accommodation and general living expenses are not covered by these fees.
Where applicable, additional expenses for your course may include:
NHS Training Grant
Midwifery students on pre-registration courses will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which doesn’t need to be paid back, subject to eligibility criteria. For more information, please visit the NHS Business Service Authority.
Funding support
Interested in studying Midwifery with Registered Midwife at Kingston? The following funding support is available:
How to apply
Before you apply
Please read the entry criteria carefully to make sure you meet all requirements before applying.
How to apply online
Use the course selector drop-down at the top of this page to choose your preferred course, start date and mode, then click 'Apply now'. You will be taken to UCAS where you will complete your application. You should:
- Submit your application between the beginning of the September before you come to university and mid-January if you're a British or EU applicant
- Visit the UCAS website for exact dates and more information
- Complete your application in full, including your personal details and academic record
- Supply a reference and personal statement
- Submit your application as early as possible to have the best chance of receiving the right offers.
- The UCAS code for Kingston University is K84.
Application deadlines
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Applications will close when the course is full.
Course changes and regulations
The information on this page reflects the currently intended course structure and module details. To improve your student experience and the quality of your degree, we may review and change the material information of this course. Find out more about course changes
Programme Specifications for the course are published ahead of each academic year.
Regulations governing this course can be found on our website.
What our students and graduates say
As a male student in a midwifery degree, you might expect to face some difficulties. However, with the appropriate support and guidance, it can be seen as a positive experience rather than an inconvenience.
Studying midwifery at Kingston University has been a life-enhancing experience, resulting in my ability to transition from nurse to midwife with a broad sphere of confidence and competence in the specialist area of midwifery.
Kingston University really care for their students, providing a range of tools and techniques to ensure they are very well supported. Nowadays, I'm working as a midwife in one of the healthcare trusts where I was trained.
