Midwifery with Registered Midwife BMid (Hons)

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Kingston University London

Program Overview

The BMid (Hons) Midwifery with Registered Midwife at Kingston University London is designed for students who are passionate about supporting women, babies, and families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. This course combines strong academic learning with extensive hands-on clinical experience, preparing you to qualify as a confident, compassionate, and professionally registered midwife.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1
Your first year focuses on building a strong foundation in midwifery knowledge, professional values, and safe practice. Modules such as Foundations of Midwifery Practice, Applied Anatomy and Physiology for Midwifery, and Professional Practice 1 introduce you to woman-centred care while helping you develop essential clinical and communication skills through early placements.

Year 2
In the second year, you deepen your understanding of maternity care across diverse and complex situations. Through modules like Midwifery Care in Complex Situations, Evidence-Based Practice, and Professional Practice 2, you’ll learn to support women with additional needs, strengthen clinical decision-making, and apply research to real-life practice.

Year 3
Your final year prepares you for autonomous practice as a newly qualified midwife. Modules such as Leadership and Professional Accountability, Enhancing Midwifery Practice, and Professional Practice 3 focus on leadership, safe management of care, and readiness to transition smoothly into professional midwifery roles.

Focus Areas

Woman-centred maternity care, normal and complex childbirth, professional practice and leadership, public health and safeguarding, evidence-based midwifery.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates gain the clinical competence, professional confidence, ethical awareness, and communication skills needed to deliver safe, compassionate midwifery care and work effectively within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

Professional Alignment (Accreditation)

The program is professionally approved, enabling graduates to register as a midwife and practise within regulated maternity services in the UK.

Reputation (Employability)

Kingston University London is well regarded for its strong healthcare education and close NHS partnerships, with midwifery graduates benefiting from excellent employability and strong demand across maternity services.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

Experiential learning plays a central role in the BMid (Hons) Midwifery with Registered Midwife at Kingston University London, ensuring you graduate with real confidence and real-world readiness. Throughout the course, you’ll balance academic study with extensive hands-on practice, supported by modern simulation facilities and long clinical placements that reflect the realities of maternity care in the UK.

This practical, career-focused approach is delivered through a range of dedicated experiences and facilities, including:

Extensive NHS clinical placements across South West London and surrounding areas, giving you experience in hospital maternity units, community midwifery teams, and specialist services.
Award-winning clinical simulation and skills suites, where you practise labour care, emergency scenarios, and newborn assessments in realistic, supportive environments before going on placement.
Midwifery-specific skills laboratories, helping you build confidence in examinations, procedures, and communication skills in a safe setting.
Practice learning embedded every year, allowing you to progressively develop competence, autonomy, and professional judgement.
Interprofessional learning opportunities, working alongside nursing and other healthcare students to reflect multidisciplinary NHS practice.
Access to specialist health and social care library resources, supporting research, reflective practice, and evidence-based learning throughout the degree.

Together, these experiences ensure that by the time you qualify, you’re not just academically prepared—you’re clinically confident, professionally grounded, and ready to step straight into registered midwifery practice.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduates of the BMid (Hons) Midwifery with Registered Midwife at Kingston University London step into a profession with strong demand and real impact. Most students move straight into employment after qualifying, often within NHS trusts they trained with, taking on roles such as Registered Midwife, Community Midwife, Labour Ward Midwife, or progressing into Specialist Midwifery roles over time.

Kingston University supports your transition from student to professional through strong employability preparation and trusted healthcare partnerships, including:

Dedicated careers and employability support through Kingston’s career services, offering interview preparation, CV support, and career planning tailored to healthcare students.
Strong NHS partnerships across London and surrounding regions, helping students build professional networks and secure graduate roles quickly after qualification.
Excellent employment prospects, with newly qualified midwives in high demand across the UK healthcare system and clear progression pathways.
Professional accreditation, enabling graduates to register and practise as midwives, providing long-term career security and national recognition.
Positive graduate outcomes, reflecting Kingston’s focus on producing confident, practice-ready midwives who adapt well to clinical environments.

Further Academic Progression:

After qualifying, graduates can continue their development through postgraduate study, including specialist midwifery training, leadership and management courses, or education and research-focused programmes. Many midwives also progress into advanced clinical practice, teaching, research, or leadership roles, supporting long-term career growth within maternity and women’s health services.