Midwifery with Foundation Year

Keele University
Undergraduate BMid (Hon) Full-time including foundation year 4 Years Midwifery

A-Level Entry

See entry requirements

UCAS Points

112 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£27,000

About this course

Foundation Year Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

Please note, we do not currently offer this Foundation Year for international students.

Midwifery

Qualify as a confident and compassionate midwife. Gain the clinical skills and knowledge to provide holistic, safe, and effective care for women, newborn infants, and their families.

Why choose this course?

  • Top 20 for Nursing and Midwifery (Complete University Guide, 2023)

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council approved programme

  • Midwifery at Keele is Top 5 in England for student positivity* NSS 2023 (BROAD-BASED UNIVERSITIES) *based on overall student satisfaction, which is an average score across 27 questions asked in the NSS

  • Eligible students can apply for the £5,000 NHS grant

  • Top 10 for Midwifery (Guardian University League Table, 2023)

    Explore the fundamentals of midwifery and develop your understanding of the whole maternity journey for mothers and infants. Gain clinical skills to support childbearing women, newborn infants and families through pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life. You will study the importance of communication in care provision and in building professional relationships.

    Your training will ensure you can anticipate, prevent, and respond with confidence to the additional needs and complications that can arise during pregnancy. Your practice will be underpinned by evidence to ensure that you are delivering high-quality and safe care to women and infants at every stage of their journey.

    As a midwife you will respect women's individual circumstances and advocate their wishes where appropriate. You will support mothers to confidently use their voice throughout their pregnancy, delivery and beyond, but also enable them to provide nurturing care to their infant.

  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades See entry requirements
    UCAS Tariff Points 112 points

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2231 Midwifery nurses

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Midwifery (with Honours) - BMid (Hon)
    Study Mode
    Full-time including foundation year
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Keele
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Midwifery
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £27,000