Bachelor of Science in Midwifery
Limerick, Ireland
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The BSc Midwifery course will prepare you to become a competent midwife who is sensitive to the needs of pregnant women and their families. The course leads to registration as a midwife (R.M.)
The word ‘midwife’ means being with women. A midwife gives care and support to women and their families during pregnancy, labour, birth and to new mothers and their babies. Today’s midwife is responsive to the socio-economic, cultural, educational, physical and psychological needs of women.
This course is full-time with practice placements currently in the University of Limerick Hospital Group, and in the maternity services of Waterford Regional Hospital, South Tipperary General Hospital Clonmel and St Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny. You will learn about midwifery based on a wellness model of women-centred care. The course will give you the knowledge and skills of normal midwifery care. It includes the study of physiology, sociology, research, management, law and ethics. A midwife recognises and initiates action when deviations from normal occur. As this course leads to academic and professional qualifications, students will need to put time and effort into study.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
Semester 1
- Shared Module: Promoting Safety within a Healthcare Context
- Shared Module: Foundations for Engaged Learning
- Introduction to Midwifery
- Midwifery Care in Pregnancy
- Shared Module: Biological Sciences applied to Nursing & Midwifery 1
- Shared Module: Communication and interpersonal Relationships in Nursing & Midwifery
Semester 2
- Practice Placement Midwifery 1
- Shared Module: Introduction to Health and Health Promotion
- Midwifery Care in Childbirth
- Shared Module: Biological Sciences applied to Nursing & Midwifery 2
- Shared Module: Introduction to Psychology applied to Nursing and Midwifery
Year 2
Semester 3
- Practice Placement Midwifery 2
- Midwifery Care for the Postnatal Mother, Baby and Family
- Maternal and Infant Nutrition
- Shared Module: Biological Sciences applied to Nursing & Midwifery 3
- Shared Module: Principles of Infection Prevention & Control for Nurses and Midwives
- Shared Module: Pharmacology for Nurses and Midwives
Semester 4
- Practice Placement Midwifery 3
- Responding to Complex Needs During Pregnancy
- Reproductive Health & Wellbeing
- Shared Module: Law and Ethics for Nursing and Midwifery Practice3
- Shared Module: Sociology of Health and Illness for Nursing and Midwifery
- Obstetric Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Practice Placement Midwifery 4
Year 3
Semester 5
- Practice Placement Midwifery 5
Semester 6
- Contemporary Midwife Practitioner
- Shared Module: Research and Evidence in Healthcare
- Responding to Complex Needs in the Postnatal Period
- Responding to complex Needs of the At Risk and Ill Neonate
- Shared Module: Transition towards a Competent Practitioner
Year 4
Semester 7
- Practice Placement Midwifery 6
- Shared Module: Practice Research Project
- Shared Module: Leading and Managing in Quality Practice
- Consolidating Midwifery Practice
Semester 8
- Practice Placement Midwifery 7
- Practice Placement Midwifery 8
Program Outcome
NFQ Level 8 major Award Honours Bachelor Degree
- Structured PhD in Nursing & Midwifery
- MSc in Advanced Practice (Midwifery)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates progressing directly into employment take up a wide variety of roles. The following provides a sample of initial roles listed on the Graduate Outcomes Survey by graduates approximately one year after graduation:
- Midwife
- Maternity Nurse