Bachelor in Obstetrics
Parma, Italy
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Blended
Key Summary
About: The Course in Midwifery at The University of Parma is a three years first-cycle programme focused on theoretical-practical training for future midwives. It emphasizes physiology, health promotion and maintenance across women's life stages, with particular attention to the mother-infant couple. Key topics include obstetrics, maternal health, neonatal care, perinatal and prenatal/postnatal care, clinical skills and community health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in clinical and community settings as hospital midwives, community midwives, maternal-child health practitioners, or birth center specialists. They can also pursue roles in perinatal education, lactation support, public health, research or postgraduate study in midwifery and obstetrics.
The Course in Midwifery is a three years course and aims at the theoretical-practical training for the future midwife.
The focus is on in-depth knowledge of physiology, promotion, and maintenance of women's health at all stages of life with particular attention to the mother-infant couple.
The Programme
The Degree Course includes the acquisition of 180 credits, 60 of which for practical training activities. The professionalizing activity is favored, in the various areas of training, through the support of a network of clinical tutors dedicated to each individual student in a one-to-one relationship.
At the end of the course, the graduate student will present an adequate professional autonomy and clinical judgment in the assistance of physiology and will be able to teamwork in the management of obstetric-gynecological pathology under the supervision of medical doctors.
Double Degree option
The course is projected towards internationalization. Beyond the Erasmus Plus Program and the Overword Program, the cooperation protocol with the Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) will allow students who pass the selections based on the excellence of the curriculum to be able to acquire also the degree in "Obstetricia "At the Brazilian University, and therefore the possibility of carrying out the profession both in Italy and in Brazil.