Overview

It is a rewarding career path for those passionate about maternal and child health, offering opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the lives of families.

Key features

Graduates of a BSc in Midwifery are qualified to work as registered midwives, providing care to women and newborns in various settings. Midwives play a critical role in promoting safe and positive childbirth experiences. They provide care that respects the dignity, privacy, and cultural needs of women, and they are advocates for normal, physiological birth processes. Midwives also offer health education, counseling, and support to women and families throughout their reproductive lives.

The overall objective of the undergraduate Midwifery program at Addis Ababa University is to have competent midwifery professionals who are efficient practitioners, leaders and researchers in all midwifery and reproductive health services at all levels of health care system.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human body structure and function

Disease prevention and Health promotion

Leadership and midwifery education

Medical surgical nursing

Disease causation and management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Disciplines

Midwifery

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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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Letter from the Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) for the certification of your educational documents. (The office of HERQA is found in Addis Ababa on the road which is leading to Shiro Meda in front of the American Embassy).
Two copies of educational documents.
A letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia or from your embassy here in Ethiopia showing the reason for being here.
Application fee: for Undergraduate Program 40USD, for Graduate Program 150USD
Two passport size photograph.

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

650 - 1000 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Bachelor's scholarship opportunities for Midwifery.

Available Scholarships

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