Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry)

What you will study

The Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) program consists of 160 units of core courses. Unless otherwise indicated, each course is worth 10 units.

Core courses

• Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childbearing Women
• Midwife: 'With a woman'
• Women in Pregnancy
• Midwifery Professional Experience 1
• Women in Labour
• Women and their babies in the postnatal time
• Perinatal Mental Health
• Midwifery Professional Experience 2
• Women with Complex Pregnancies
• Women with Complex Labours and/or births
• Midwifery Professional Experience 3 (20 units)
• Women with postnatal complications and/or unwell babies
• Midwifery Professional Experience 4 (20 units)
• Applied Equity-Focussed Health Impact Assessment

Entry requirements

• Completion of an AQF Level 7 (or higher) nursing degree.
• Current registration as a Nurse (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, meeting the Recency of Practice registration standard.
• Documented evidence of concurrent employment as a registered nurse working in the capacity of a midwifery student through either:
  • The MidStart program in NSW Health, or
  • One of the university's partnering private hospitals is Gosford Private Hospital or Newcastle Private Hospital.

Note: Students are required to attend face-to-face classes at least two days per week; therefore, this program is suited to applicants with MidStart positions at hospitals local to the location of study:

• Callaghan, Newcastle
• Central Coast Clinical School, Gosford

English language requirements

All Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the University’s English proficiency requirement. The English Language Proficiency for Admission Policy contains further information regarding English language proficiency requirements. Contact the university for more details.

• IELTS Overall Minimum: 7
• IELTS Sub Test Minimum: 7

Contact the university for more information.

Recognition of Prior Learning

The University of Newcastle wants to help you fast-track your degree, recognising that your prior study is one way they can do that. If your application is successful, you can reduce the number of courses you need to study, saving you time and money. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• The professional preparedness to promote health, prevent illness and minimise harm, through the philosophy of woman-centredness.
• Specialised theoretical and technical skills for safe and ethical midwifery practice with women and their babies across multiple models of care.
• The ability to critically engage using best evidence, communication skills, theory, collaboration and reflection to make safe midwifery judgements, across regional, rural and metropolitan situations and by engaging with other health disciplines
• Deep understandings of the health inequity caused by the impact of colonisation on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• The reflective ability to provide appropriate midwifery services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and to women with specific ethnic and other diverse needs and their babies.
• The capabilities to interpret and transmit maternity health information to women and families.     
• The confidence and competence to contribute to, promote and, potentially, lead the midwifery profession through practice, teaching, research and community engagement.

Career outcomes

This program will provide you with an advanced knowledge base to start your career in midwifery practice.

Possible career paths may include:

• Midwife (areas of work include hospitals, community, private practice, home birth)
• Clinical Midwife Educator
• Midwifery Manager
• Research or policy work

Fees and CSP

Estimated total fee in 2025: $4,627 (Commonwealth Supported Places)

Indicative total fee in 2025: $20,305 (domestic full-fee paying place)

A student’s annual fee may vary depending on:

• The number of courses studied.
• Choice of programs.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

Commonwealth Supported Places

The Australian Government allocates a certain number of CSPs to the universities each year, which are then distributed to students based on merit.

If you're a Commonwealth Supported Student (CSS), you only need to pay some of your tuition fees. The student contribution amount is the balance once the government subsidy is applied. This means your costs are much lower.

Limited CSP spaces are offered to students enrolled in selected postgraduate courses.

Your student contribution amount is:

• Calculated per the courses you're enrolled in.
• Depending on the study areas they relate to.
• Reviewed and adjusted each year.

HECS-HELP loans are available to CSP students to pay the student contribution amount.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.