Hebammenwissenschaft (Midwifery Science)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) – 1 field degree program

The degree programme B.Sc. Midwifery Science offers a science-based and practice-oriented education in which the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities as well as scientific expertise are taught. The degree programme thus qualifies students for professional activities in various areas of midwifery. The degree programme is practice-integrated, with both theoretical study phases at the university and practical study phases at the clinical and non-clinical cooperation partners. The programme concludes with a Bachelor of Science degree and a state licence to practice midwifery. Students receive a salary throughout the entire programme. The degree programme prepares students for the varied and responsible work of midwives. Students acquire the skills required for comprehensive midwifery work in clinical and outpatient settings.

Fast facts

Standard Period of Study

7 semesters required for the full degree programme

Scope of services

210 ECTS-Points for the full degree programme

Language of instruction

German

Language requirements

German C1

First semester

Programme start: Winter Semester

Admission: Restricted admission (35 places)
Selection and qualifying examination Procedure

Non-EU citizens (who do not hold a German Abitur) are not eligible to take part in this selection process. Places are allocated within a quota of 8% of the total number of places, based on the average mark achieved in the university entrance qualification. However, the criteria for the entrance examination must be met.

Further information on the admission requirements can be found in the entrance examination and selection statutes (see section "Statutes" below).

Application period: 1 June - 15 July

Attention: The mandatory subject-specific study aptitude test takes place twice a year – in April/May and October/November. Further information on registration can be found here.

Application: Application involves a two-stage process:
1. hochschulstart registration
2. University of Freiburg application portal (open only during the application period), see Information Allocation of Study Places through the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure (DoSV)

Higher semesters

Programme start: Winter and Summer Semester

Admission: Without special prerequisites for admission (free admission)

Application period:
Winter Semester: 01 June - 30 September
Summer Semester: 01 December - 31 March
The information sheet for students in higher semesters contains all the relevant information.

Please contact the Student Advisory Service before applying for a higher semester.

Faculty affiliation

Faculty of Medicine

University admission requirements for the first semester and for higher semesters may change up to the start of the application period.

Academic content

The bachelor's degree program in midwifery science is equally science- and practice-oriented. In both the theoretical and practical study phases as part of the university education, students are taught sound knowledge and skills on a broad professional basis. The study of midwifery qualifies the students for a reflected, obstetric action on a scientific level in the individual care of pregnant women, women in labor, women in childbed and newborns in the various fields of midwifery. In addition, graduates are enabled to contribute to the scientifically based further development of care structures and processes of the midwifery profession and to critically reflect on their actions against the background of various conditioning factors and to contribute to the further development of midwifery practice.

Statutes

Disclaimer
The versions of statutes with relevance to teaching and learning provided on this page by the Department of Legal Affairs (in particular admission and selection regulations as well as subject and examination regulations) are primarily for information purposes. This means that all amendments subsequently agreed upon by the University Senate have been integrated into the respective text of the original statutes; in the case of the examination regulations for bachelor's and master's degree programmes, this generally relates to extracts of the respective examination regulations (framework examination regulations, subject-specific provisions, and appendices).
The greatest care has been taken in writing these versions. Nevertheless, it cannot be entirely ruled out that errors may have occurred. Consequently, it is solely the officially announced statutes and statute amendments that are legally binding, i.e. as published in the Amtlichen Bekanntmachungen der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau [de] or, up to the year 2000, in the official gazette of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts.

Module handbook

Contact

Departmental Academic Advising

M.A. Kira Serediuk

ipw.hebammenwissenschaft@uniklinik-freiburg.de
+49 761 270-64834
Institut für Pflegewissenschaft

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Service Center Studium

Advising and Counselling (ZSB)
The Advising and Counselling (ZSB) at Service Center Studium provides information and advice on all questions that may arise before, at the beginning of and during your studies. If you have any subject-specific questions, you can also contact the relevant subject advisory service.

Examination Office

Telefon: +49 761 270-64834
ipw.hebammenwissenschaft@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Additional Infos

Results of the last selection processes

The tables with the results of the last selection processes allow you to see the assigned grade/number of points in the selection process which would have sufficed and what the waiting period would have been to secure admission. The assigned grade/number of points is based by subject on the average grade or weighted grades achieved in the German higher education entrance qualification, on test results and/or outcome of the selection interview, and also on professional or practical experience in the respective subject.

The results of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd succession procedure can be found in the detailed results list

2025/2026: Selection score: Auswahl: 106; Waiting period (in half-years): 7 (2.3)

2024/2025: Selection score: Vorauswahl: 42 | Auswahl: 161; Waiting period (in half-years): 7 (2.1)

2023/2024: Selection score: Vorauswahl: 50 | Auswahl: 156; Waiting period (in half-years): 7 (2.3)

2022/2023: Selection score: Vorauswahl: 46 | Auswahl: 150; Waiting period (in half-years): 7

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