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The University of Queensland (UQ)

  • 29% international / 71% domestic

Bachelors of Nursing / Midwifery

  • Bachelor

Double your professional worth and carer opportunities by earning two degrees from one of Australia's leading nursing and midwifery schools.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
2290, 062637E
Intake Months
Feb
International Fees
$34,736 per year / $138,944 total

About this course

Imagine the difference you could make to the lives of young and old, mothers, babies and entire families with an exciting, diverse and rewarding career in nursing and midwifery.

UQ's innovative Bachelors of Nursing / Midwifery dual degree program takes a narrative and patient/woman-focused approach to learning, integrating practice across diverse, complex and dynamic healthcare environments.

You'll benefit from a program that links theory and practice through a variety of teaching methods, including narrative workshops, online learning and clinical simulation.

You'll integrate theory with practice across a range of healthcare settings, undertaking more than 1000 hours of supervised clinical placement in a range of clinical settings that include hospitals and a variety of other healthcare organisations.

Included in these hours are 10 'continuity of care' experiences that are completed over the duration of the program. Providing continuity of care involves accompanying a woman and her family through the pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum experience. You'll also have opportunities to engage with innovative models of healthcare, such as telehealth.

Students may receive the opportunity to undertake a placement outside the Brisbane metropolitan area. Additionally, subsidised international placement opportunities may be available, subject to funding.

Study locations

St Lucia

What you will learn

Program highlights
  • Gain knowledge and professional recognition across two programs.
  • Start your practical experience in your first semester, where you'll undertake rostered clinical placement shifts and clinical skills simulations.
  • Consolidate your knowledge and skills through extended clinical placements in your final year, streamlining your transition from student to registered nurse.

9 in the world for nursing

Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019

1 in Queensland for clinical, pre-clinical and health

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020

Career pathways

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Registered nurse
  • Midwife
  • Registered nurse (aged care)
  • Community midwife
  • Registered nurse (community health)
  • International aid worker
  • Registered nurse (critical care and emergency)
  • Antenatal midwife
  • Registered nurse (child and family health)