Midwifery with Registration as a Midwife
Entry requirements
A level
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. Science subjects preferred but not required. Must include at least 5 GCSEs, including English Language, Maths and Science at grade 5/C or above. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.
Access to HE Diploma
Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject (such as: Health & Social Care, Nursing, Midwifery, or Science). Numeracy/Literacy modules studied within an Access to HE diploma are not accepted for this programme to meet the GCSE/IGCSE requirements.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
All applicants must obtain or have obtained a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 5/C (C* in N Ireland) or above including Science, English and Mathematics. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
including 6,5,5 at Higher Level (preferably including a Science subject). Note the total point score of 34 includes TOK/EE. IB applicants should also meet the GCSE requirement or have English, Maths and Science at Standard Level grade 5.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Must include at least five GCSEs, including English Language, Maths and Science at grade 5/C or above. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
DDM in either Health & Social Care or Applied Science OR DDM in any other subject, and one A level at grade B in a Science subject.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM in either Health & Social Care or Applied Science OR DDM in any other subject, and one A level at grade B in a Science subject.
Scottish Advanced Higher
Must be combined with three Scottish Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject. Applicants must offer either 5 subjects including Mathematics, English and Science at Credit Level Standard grades at 1 or 2/Intermediate 2 grade C, or recognised equivalent.
Scottish Higher
Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.
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About this course
From bump to birth, midwives play a critical role caring for women and safely bringing their babies into the world. At King’s College London, our Midwifery BSc prepares you for everything you’ll face in your career.
You’ll learn from leading practitioners, professors, and researchers, developing skills you need to support women through their entire pregnancy journey.
**Key benefits**
- Study at the No.1 Nursing & Midwifery Faculty in the UK and No.2 in the world (2019 QS World University Rankings).
- 99% of our graduates find successful employment.
- Opportunities to take an elective to study in the UK or abroad at the end of year 3
- King’s College London offers exciting opportunities with two world-class Academic Health Science Centres and renowned teaching hospitals providing maternity care.
- Our study courses are delivered by internationally renowned clinicians and relation to public-health-promotion strategies such as sexual and psychological health.
- Academics with a strong focus on promoting evidence-based care and appreciation of translational research.
Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate
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King's College London, University of London
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
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