Master of Midwifery
Degree Level Postgraduate
Year 2025
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You're considered an Australian student if you are any of the following:
Degree Level Postgraduate
Year 2025
Mode
On-campus/Online
Extend your skills in midwifery practice, policy, leadership, research, education and management.
Graduate confident to step into advanced practice or senior leadership roles.
Choose to study a clinical pathway or research pathway, depending on your interests and career goals.
Benefit from flexible learning, including online and part-time study options.
Use your qualification as a pathway into further learning, including doctoral studies.
Learn from industry-experienced clinicians at a university with well-above world-class research in midwifery.1
Study with South Australia’s No.1 university for teaching quality in nursing and midwifery.2
1Results in Nursing - 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). 2ComparED (QILT) Student Experience Survey 2021-22, Nursing – Teaching Quality Indicator (Postgraduate). SA public universities
The Master of Midwifery is designed to inform and improve your knowledge, practical skills and understanding of evidence-based practice, grow your understanding of professional issues and extend your research capabilities.
Offered part-time over three years, this program is designed to complement and expand upon your existing clinical practice. The flexible curriculum and schedule enables you to choose between a clinical or a research pathway, as well as a range of electives tailored to your career goals.1
1Some course prerequisites apply. More information can be found on individual course pages.
The Master of Midwifery will give you the skills and knowledge to step into a variety of advanced roles in midwifery. The flexible curriculum allows you to study areas which will inform and improve your midwifery practice, knowledge, and research capabilities.
During your studies, you will choose a variety of elective courses and one of two pathways: a clinical pathway or research pathway.
Our electives are aligned with key clinical areas and offer you flexibility to match to your interests and career goals. Choose from areas including mental health, education, leadership and management, and high acuity.1
You can start with your electives followed by your desired pathway, or you can begin studying your chosen pathway and then complete your electives if starting in February.
1Some course prerequisites apply. More information can be found on individual course pages.
Further your career of care and make an advanced contribution to midwifery practice.
You'll build important industry relationships when you learn from experienced clinicians and acclaimed researchers, and benefit from our leading midwifery teaching staff and academics.
We’re home to the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, where leading researchers are working to strengthen the role of the nursing and midwifery professions across the health system.
As Australia’s University of Enterprise, we’re:
Our flexible suite of postgraduate midwifery qualifications are designed to recognise your prior learning and advance your career. Upon successful completion of a postgraduate qualification, you may then be eligible to gain credit into higher level qualifications and reduce the overall duration of your study.
This degree is offered online and can be studied on a part-time or full-time basis. Some attendance required at on-campus workshops.
12018 ARC Engagement and Impact Assessment (EI), Combined Impact – Approach to Impact and Engagement on Assessed Fields. 2Ranked #43, 2024 THE Young University Rankings.
Expanding upon your experience as an midwife, graduates are qualified to step into advanced practice and senior leadership roles across a wide variety of hospital, community, and governance settings. You'll be confident to act as a leader in the workplace, help improve healthcare services through experience and advanced practice, and influence how the midwifery workforce operates in Australia.
You can apply your skills into areas including:
Have any questions? We're here to help! Contact Adelaide University's Future Student Enquiries Team.
Our campuses have fantastic facilities including modern lecture theatres, libraries, workshops, laboratories, tech zones, and spaces that simulate real work environments. You’ll also find student gyms and campus sport activities to keep you active. We also offer flexible study options, with online resources available for accessing lecture recordings, virtual classrooms, library resources and learning support.
Adelaide also has a variety of accommodation options to suit different requirements and budgets. Options include dedicated student accommodation and private rentals. See our long-term accommodation pages, or explore our student accommodation by Scape on Bank Street in Adelaide’s lively cultural precinct, an ideal location for students. It is within easy reach of UniSA’s city and metropolitan campuses, Rundle Mall shopping, the Central Market, Chinatown, and the West End’s vibrant nightlife. It is also across the road from the Adelaide train station, and on bus and tram routes.