Midwifery

The Midwifery Department is a part of the Health Sciences Faculty at our university and the students who complete this program are entitled to the title ‘Midwife’ upon graduation. Our department aims to educate midwives who are equipped with the necessary occupational knowledge and skills, able to adapt to the rapid scientific developments, respectful to the values of the families and the society, who contribute to the development of their scientific field and think critically with excellent problem-solving skills. It is our mission to train midwives who embrace the importance of continuing education, base their practice on scientific proof and are innovative educators, practitioners and leaders within their field. Their training allows sufficiently prepares them to work in administrative roles as managers, clinical roles as responsible midwives or clinical midwives, and academic roles as teachers and educators. Moreover, they may open in private healthcare cabins and nursing homes to pursue self-employment. The ones who are both willing and qualified to pursue post-graduate education may continue by following a Master’s program to become an academic at the universities. Our motivation to educate midwives who are qualified to actively contribute to the continuation of healthy generations, together with our vigorous academic staff, extensive and rich course catalogue, laboratories and application areas we are looking forward to welcoming you to our department!