BSc (Hons) Midwifery

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Liverpool John Moores University

Program Overview

The BSc (Hons) Midwifery at Liverpool John Moores University is ideal for students who want to play a meaningful role in supporting women, babies, and families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. The course blends strong scientific learning with extensive hands-on practice, helping you develop the confidence, compassion, and clinical skills needed to become a professional midwife.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1
Your first year focuses on building strong foundations in midwifery knowledge and professional practice. Through modules such as Foundations of Midwifery Practice, Applied Anatomy and Physiology, and Professional Practice 1, you’ll begin developing essential clinical skills while gaining early exposure to real maternity settings.

Year 2
In the second year, learning becomes more complex as you explore the wider context of maternity care and public health. Modules like Midwifery Care Across the Childbearing Continuum, Evidence-Based Practice, and Professional Practice 2 help you connect theory with clinical decision-making and support women with a range of physical, emotional, and social needs.

Year 3
The final year prepares you for confident, autonomous practice as a newly qualified midwife. With modules such as Leadership and Professional Accountability, Complex Midwifery Care, and Professional Practice 3, you’ll refine your clinical judgement, manage complex situations, and develop leadership skills needed for modern maternity services.

Focus Areas

Woman-centred care, normal and complex childbirth, public health and safeguarding, clinical decision-making, leadership in midwifery, evidence-based practice.

Learning Outcomes

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

Professional Alignment (Accreditation)

The program is professionally approved, allowing graduates to apply for registration as a midwife in the UK and practise within regulated maternity services.

Reputation (Employability)

Liverpool John Moores University is well regarded for its strong links with NHS partners and focus on practice-based learning, with midwifery graduates benefiting from high employability and strong demand across maternity services.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

At Liverpool John Moores University, experiential learning is a core part of the BSc (Hons) Midwifery, ensuring you develop real confidence alongside real competence. From the very start, you’ll combine classroom learning with hands-on practice, using specialist facilities and spending a significant portion of the course in supervised clinical placements so you’re fully prepared for professional midwifery practice.

This practical approach is supported through a range of dedicated learning environments and structured experiences, including:

Extensive NHS clinical placements across maternity units, community midwifery services, and specialist settings in the Liverpool region, allowing you to work with diverse women and families.
Purpose-built maternity and clinical simulation suites, where you practise labour care, emergency scenarios, and newborn assessments in realistic, safe environments.
Midwifery and healthcare skills laboratories designed to help you build hands-on competence before applying skills in real clinical settings.
Interprofessional learning activities, working alongside nursing and other health students to reflect the collaborative nature of modern maternity care.
Practice-based learning modules every year, ensuring your clinical skills, professional judgement, and confidence grow steadily throughout the course.
Access to specialist health and life sciences library resources, supporting evidence-based practice, academic writing, and reflective learning.

Together, these experiences mean you don’t just learn about midwifery at LJMU—you actively practise it throughout your degree, graduating ready to step confidently into professional maternity care.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduates of the BSc (Hons) Midwifery at Liverpool John Moores University go on to meaningful, in-demand careers where they support women and families at some of life’s most important moments. Most students move directly into professional practice after graduation, often securing roles with the NHS organisations they trained alongside. Common career paths include Registered Midwife, Community Midwife, Labour Ward Midwife, and Specialist Midwife roles in areas such as public health or safeguarding.

LJMU actively supports your transition from student to professional through strong employability support and trusted healthcare connections, including:

Dedicated LJMU Careers, Employability and Start-Up services, offering career coaching, CV and interview support tailored to healthcare students.
Strong NHS placement partnerships across the Liverpool City Region, helping students build professional networks and improve graduate employment prospects.
Excellent employment outcomes, with midwifery graduates in high demand across the UK due to ongoing workforce needs within maternity services.
Professional accreditation, enabling graduates to apply for registration as a midwife and practise within regulated UK maternity care settings.
Consistently positive graduate destinations, reflecting LJMU’s reputation for producing confident, practice-ready midwives.

Further Academic Progression:

After qualifying, graduates can progress into postgraduate study, including specialist midwifery training, leadership and management programmes, or research-focused master’s degrees. Many also move into advanced clinical practice, education, research, or leadership roles, allowing for long-term career development within maternity and women’s health services.