Midwifery with Registered Midwife BMid (Hons) for Registered Nurses (Adult)
Subject and course type
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Undergraduate
Provide essential care for babies and the people who birth them. This two-year course recognises your existing knowledge, and will give you the clinical skills you need to qualify as a professional midwife.
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Expand your nursing knowledge to facilitate births
When you graduate, you’ll be fully qualified as a midwife.
Studying this course at Kingston will deepen your expertise and open doors to a rewarding career with life-enhancing impact. This course is ideal for roles in a range of settings, including hospitals, community teams, private maternity hospitals, in partnership with obstetricians and more.
You’ll learn from experienced midwives, healthcare specialists and NHS experts, integrating theory and practice by working in hospitals and in the community.
A large part of this course will be spent on placement or in our award-winning simulation suites. This offers the perfect blend of learning styles and settings to help you refine your therapeutic skills.
During this course, you’ll build a scientific knowledge base for midwifery practice. Your studies will cover everything from maternal and neonatal physiology and care to health promotion and education. You’ll also explore research, as well as professional, ethical and legal issues.
Salary support
In September 2024, this course was funded by the government with salary support worth equivalent to the mid-point of AFC band 5 and a tuition fee contribution of the full tuition fee per student per annum, pro rata for the length of the course.
Each year we are notified by Health Education England about the number of places available. We are currently waiting for confirmation from the government about support available for 2025 entry.
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 Midwifery (Guardian University Guide league tables 2025).
Midwifery is an attractive career with good financial rewards and excellent prospects. You’ll be pleased to know that 100% of students from this course have gained highly-skilled employment within six months of graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2020/21).
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, resuscitates and exercise balls.
Outside of the University, you’ll spend time on clinical placements in a variety of hospital and community settings in South West London and Surrey.
You’ll receive guidance from a highly supportive team, who will take an individual and personal interest in your progress. Our Student Life Services team will be here to help you transition back to studying after spending time working.
Please note: if you already have a BSc (Hons) in Adult Nursing at grade 2.2 or above from the UK, you could enrol on our Masters of Midwifery (MMid) course.
Kingston is ranked No.1 in London for Midwifery (Guardian University Guide 2025).
100% of students from this course have gained highly-skilled employment within six months of graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2020/21).
Accreditation
This degree confers both an academic award and a professional qualification in midwifery. On completion of the programme, students are recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council or professional registration.
Course content
Year 1
Your nursing knowledge will be expanded to cover the essentials of midwifery practice. You will learn alongside students in the second year of their three-year midwifery programme.
Core modules
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- systematically analyse the quality and significance of published literature
- develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of pharmacology and appropriate medicines management across the childbearing continuum
- have a detailed understanding of fetal and neonatal development and be able to identify the normal parameters of systematic newborn examination
- develop systematic knowledge and understanding of human pathophysiology, pathophysiology, genetics, epigenetics and genomics including the physiological processes of lactation, bonding and infant nutrition
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- optimise normal processes in a variety of contexts even where there may be additional care needs for the woman or birthing person, fetus, and/or newborn infant
- have a systematic understanding of the role and scope of the midwife in order to collaborate with other healthcare practitioners when caring for women and birthing people and/or the newborn infant with additional care considerations and work collaboratively within the team
- critically analyse and synthesise the available evidence to support women and birthing people as they adapt to pregnancy and childbirth, anticipating complications by evaluating findings from assessment, screening and care planning
- apply systematic knowledge and understanding to identify pre-existing, current and emerging complications affecting the women and birthing people, fetus and/or newborn infants.
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- critically analyse the socio-economic, political and cultural factors which impact on health outcomes
- synthesise the interconnected issues which affect the health and care needs of women and birthing people and their families to generate transformative solutions
- source and systematically analyse authoritative data relating to public health and the socio-political context of maternity care
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- protect and promote aspects of normality in a variety of contexts even where there may be additional care needs for the woman or birthing person, fetus, and/or newborn infant
- demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role of the midwife and participate in the shared responsibilities of caring for the woman or birthing person, fetus and/or newborn infant in unpredictable and complex situations, alongside other members of the health care team
- use a range of strategies and tools to ensure effective professional communication
Year 2
In your final year, you will continue to develop your midwifery knowledge, understanding and leadership skills, preparing you for autonomous practice as a midwife.
Core modules
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- provide and critically evaluate safe and effective universal care for all childbearing women and birthing people, newborn infants and their families optimising physiological processes and managing common symptoms
- anticipate and prevent complications and take appropriate action when caring for women and birthing people and newborn infants with additional care needs working in partnership with interdisciplinary and multiagency colleagues
- critically analyse and apply evidence-based, best practice approaches across the maternity care continuum, including those which are complex and unpredictable
- provide first line management in emergency situations.
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- have a deep and systematic knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, genomics and genetics to provide universal and additional midwifery care for women, birthing people and babies
- have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of sexual and reproductive health and contraception options
- apply your systematic knowledge of normal physiology to develop innovative strategies to promote physiological childbearing and mitigate the factors in the care environment that can negatively impact these processes
- recognise actual and potential additional care needs for childbearing women, birthing people and babies and initiate first line management of complications that may occur for the woman or birthing person, fetus, neonate or both
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- investigate the historical and socio-political influences related to childbearing and critically analyse how this shapes the way midwives work both within the UK and globally
- critically analyse the local, national and international strategies and initiatives designed to promote equity of access to maternity and women's and birthing people's health services in a variety of contexts and evaluate the extent to which these promote and support individuals' rights, preferences, beliefs and cultures
- critically evaluate the impact of variations in childbirth and midwifery practice in a global context
- source and critically appraise the data relating to human rights and advocacy in maternity care to identify how this shapes your professional practice
30 credits
This module will enable you to:
- demonstrate confidence and responsibility as an accountable, autonomous, critical and analytical practitioner, fit for employment at the point of registration
- gain a systematic knowledge and understanding of professional and ethical frameworks for midwifery practice
- develop in-depth knowledge of midwifery principles and practice in order to effectively support and advocate for women and birthing people and newborn infants across the childbearing continuum
- implement and evaluate strategies to engage in personal health and wellbeing, ongoing education and professional development
Future Skills and careers opportunities
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Links with the health sector
We have a range of NHS practice partners for midwifery. They include:
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
After you graduate
As a qualified midwife, you can 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.
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For more information on how Kingston prepares you for the future job market, visit our Future Skills page.
Teaching and assessment
Scheduled learning and teaching on this course includes timetabled activities including lectures, seminars and small group tutorials. It may also include placements, project work, practical sessions, workshops, conferences and field trips.
Outside the scheduled learning and teaching hours, you will learn independently through self-study which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, preparing for and completing your work for assessments. Some independent study work may need to be completed on-campus, as you may need to access campus-based facilities such as studios and labs.
Our academic support team here at Kingston University provides help in a range of areas.
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of academic staff who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at Kingston and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer at Kingston University.
A course is made up of modules, and each module is worth a number of credits. You must pass a given number of credits in order to achieve the award you registered on, for example 360 credits for a typical undergraduate course or 180 credits for a typical postgraduate course. The number of credits you need for your award is detailed in the programme specification which you can access from the link at the bottom of this page.
One credit equates to 10 hours of study. Therefore 120 credits across a year (typical for an undergraduate course) would equate to 1,200 notional hours. These hours are split into scheduled and guided. On this course, the percentage of that time that will be scheduled learning and teaching activities is shown below for each year of study. The remainder is made up of guided independent study.
- Year 1: 93% scheduled learning and teaching
- Year 2: 98% scheduled learning and teaching
The exact balance between scheduled learning and teaching and guided independent study will be informed by the modules you take.
Your course will primarily be delivered in person. It may include delivery of some activities online, either in real time or recorded.
Types of assessment
- Year 1: Coursework 25%; exam 25%; practical exam 50%
- Year 2: Coursework 25%; exam 50%; practical exam 25%
Please note: the above breakdowns are a guide calculated on core modules only. If your course includes optional modules, this breakdown may change to reflect the modules chosen.
We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 20 working days.
Your individualised timetable is normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9am and 6pm. For undergraduate students Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible.
Fees and funding
Salary support
These courses are funded by the government with salary support worth equivalent to the mid-point of AFC band 5 and a full tuition fee contribution per student per annum, pro rata for the length of the course.
Students eligible for this funding offer will not be able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF). Further information on eligibility requirements for LSF are available on the NHS Business Services Authority website. However, students are entitled to seek support, if eligible, from the Student Loans Company for a maintenance loan.
Visit our Fees and funding page to find out about the student funding options available to help you fund your studies.
Scholarships and bursaries
For students interested in studying this course at Kingston, there are several opportunities to seek funding support.
Funding support
Interested in studying a Midwifery with Registered Midwife for Adult Nurses course at Kingston? The following funding support is available:
Salary support
In September 2024, this course was funded by the government with salary support worth equivalent to the mid-point of AFC band 5 and a tuition fee contribution of the full tuition fee per student per annum, pro rata for the length of the course.
Each year we are notified by Health Education England about the number of places available. We are currently waiting for confirmation from the government about support available for 2025 entry.
If you’re eligible for salary support funding, you won’t be able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF). Check out the NHS Business Services Authority website for more information.
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:
Our libraries have an extensive collection of books and journals, as well as open-access computers and laptops available to rent. However, you may want to buy your own computer or personal copies of key textbooks. Textbooks may range from £50 to £250 per year. And a personal computer can range from £100 to £3,000 depending on your course requirements.
While most coursework is submitted online, some modules may require printed copies. You may want to allocate up to £100 per year for hard-copies of your coursework. It’s worth noting that 3D printing is never compulsory. So if you choose to use our 3D printers, you’ll need to pay for the material. This ranges from 3p per gram to 40p per gram.
Kingston University will pay for all compulsory field trips. Fees for optional trips can range from £30 to £350 per trip.
Your tuition fees don’t cover travel costs. To save on travel costs, you can use our free intersite bus service. This route links the campuses and halls of residence with local train stations - Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames, and Norbiton.
The University will pay for your application to be processed, but you’ll need to subscribe to the Update Service for £16 per year. This allows universities and potential employers to view any changes to your DBS.
We provide you with a uniform. You will need to purchase appropriate shoes (£20-£60) and a fob watch (£5-£20) for practice. Additional uniform items will be available for purchase if you want them.
NHS Bursaries might reimburse your placement travel and accommodation expenses in certain circumstances. Often, you will need to cover them initially. EU and international students may not be eligible for this support.
Professional body membership fees will be about £10 while you’re studying this course. When you qualify, it costs £120 to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council for a year.
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.
