Midwives play an invaluable role in facilitating childbirth and caring for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, labour and beyond. With Deakin's combined Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery, you will graduate ready to gain registration as both a nurse and a midwife, opening the door to a truly rewarding and diverse career. Deakin graduates are highly sought-after for their ability to provide quality person-centred, evidence-based care, focused towards improving patient outcomes.

Throughout this four-year course you will engage in experiential learning in our purpose-built Clinical Simulation Centres, along with our extensive clinical placement program. Involving over 40 weeks of real-world experience, clinical placements enable you to develop skills in a range of areas and settings, including hospitals and community health centres in metropolitan, rural and regional areas.

To complete the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery students must attain 32 credit points. Units (think of units as 'subjects') may be worth 1 or 2 credit points - check each unit for its credit point value in the course structure below. Most students choose to study 4 credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters each year. All units in this course are core units (these are compulsory).

The course aims to provide graduates with a blend of knowledge, skill, and ethical behaviours appropriate to the professions of both nursing and midwifery.

Nursing and midwifery is a career rich with opportunity. As a Deakin graduate, you will be highly sought-after for the many transferable skills you will obtain, such as:

• nursing and midwifery skills
• health sector knowledge
• critical thinking and problem solving
• communication

You will enter the world of nursing and midwifery with the ability to provide high-quality, person-centred and evidence-based care focused on improving patient outcomes.

As a registered nurse and registered midwife, you can pursue a global career in a range of work settings, such as:

• maternity services
• acute care/sub-acute care
• emergency
• paediatrics
• neonatal care
• rehabilitation
• community health centres
• hospitals
• homes
• hospices
• aged care settings
• clinics
• schools
• universities
• government agencies and private industries

Nursing and midwifery are diverse professions with a number of specialty areas available. We encourage you to look at continuing professional development throughout your career; this may include postgraduate degrees and/or research degrees, including masters and PhDs.

Students must have qualification most relevant to your secondary school studies. The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entr

IELTS - Overall 7 No band lower than 7

TOEFL IBT - 94 Writing 27

TOEFL PBT - 600 Writing 5

C1 PROFICIENCY and C2 PROFICIENCY- 185 No band less than 185

PTE - 65 No less than 65 in each skill

OET - Overall B (equivalent to an IELTS 7 - 7.5 range)

DUELI EAP PROGRAM - EAP 4 (75%)