Overview

You will experience a wide variety of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities, including a minimum of 1046 practice hours across the two years. You will provide continuity of midwife care to 12 women across their journey through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period. The Midwifery Practice course is offered at University of Canberra.

From a theoretical perspective, you will learn midwifery-specific language, and become immersed in midwifery philosophy, social and ethical principles, and the law, developing significant research abilities, clinical reasoning, and critical thinking skills which will be applied to working with women and their families. You will graduate as a competent midwife, prepared to practice within the full scope of midwifery.

Career opportunities

Upon completion of the Master of Midwifery Practice, you’ll be eligible to register as a midwife in Australia across a variety of settings, including rural and remote areas, hospitals, birth centres, communities and in women’s homes.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Project in Health

With Woman With Child

Women in Pregnancy and Beyond

Frameworks
Midwifery

The Work of Birth

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-21 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-07 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-02-03 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

94

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65

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IELTS

7

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Credits

48 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Canberra, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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94

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65

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Other requirements

General requirements

This course has an early closing date to submit applications (November 30 every year). To apply you will be required to:

be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a registered nurse

meet normal University requirements for admission to a postgraduate course and

submit a curriculum vitae (CV) and a written response to the questions included on the supplementary application form

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

32000 AUD / year

≈ 32000 AUD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

12720 AUD / year

≈ 12720 AUD / year

Additional Details

Domestic students have Commonwealth Supported Places

Living costs

Canberra

Australia

1425 - 2504 AUD / month

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