BA/BS in Midwifery at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Midwifery programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 723 per credit (CAD 178 per credit for local students).
The Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of Manitoba is a full-time undergraduate degree following one qualifying year of prior university study, with a standard length of three years and up to six years allowed for completion. Eight students are admitted each fall term. Clinical placements are assigned by lottery across rural, urban, and northern regions of Manitoba, and students must accept the location they are assigned. Coursework progresses from bioscience, pharmacology, and normal childbearing clinical practice in year two to advanced clinical skills, interprofessional practice, newborn feeding, and complex care in years three and four. Admission is an advanced-entry pathway requiring at least one year of completed university-level study with specified prerequisite courses, Canadian citizenship or permanent residency, and non-academic requirements such as background checks; preference is given to Manitoba residents. Graduates become eligible for registration with the College of Midwives of Manitoba and for candidacy in the Canadian Midwifery Registration Exam. The program suits students committed to community-based maternity care across varied regional settings, combining structured clinical placement with progressively advanced coursework in midwifery practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Advanced Entry only — applicants must have completed at least one year of university-level study, including several required and recommended courses, before being considered; no direct-entry route from high school and no minimum GPA/average is stated. Registration is restricted to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with preference given to Manitoba residents. Only 8 students are admitted per fall term. Applicants must also meet non-academic admission requirements and review the Requisite Skills, Abilities and Standards for Capacity for the Bachelor of Midwifery Program policy. Clinical placements are assigned by lottery across Manitoba locations.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to the University of Manitoba. As of this September 2026 fetch, the Direct Entry deadlines page shows only the Fall 2026 cycle in full - University 1 and the Diploma in Agriculture at May 1, 2026 domestic / March 1, 2026 international, other Direct Entry programs at March 1, 2026 - a cycle that has already closed, alongside minor Winter 2027 (Dec 1, 2026) and Summer 2027 (Apr 1, 2027) intake deadlines. No Fall 2027 Direct Entry deadline has been published yet, so specific 2027 dates cannot be stated for the university's main intake. The Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Jazz Studies deadline (January 15, applying equally to domestic and international applicants) is likewise confirmed only for the 2026-27 cycle, also closed, with no 2027-28 bulletin posted. These are described as fixed deadlines rather than rolling admission, and the university opens each new cycle's applications on October 1. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
