Midwifery - BHSc
Midwifery - BHSc
Degree: Bachelor of Health Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Community Services
Requirements: Grades-Plus
Grade range: Mid 70s1
Experiential learning: Placement mandatory
Full-time formats: 4 Year | Post-Baccalaureate option available
Part-time format: First-Year Entry
Is this degree for you?
Midwives provide primary care to people with low-risk pregnancies throughout pregnancy, labour and birth and up to six weeks postpartum. More than half of this program is spent in clinical midwifery and interprofessional placements. Your access to social and biological science courses, research and innovative classroom and distance formats teaches you to provide care to birthing parents and newborns in varied settings. Prior to graduation, you will attend a minimum of 60 births, acting as primary caregiver for at least 40 births in home and hospital settings.
The Midwifery degree program’s focus on social justice prepares you to support midwifery users of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and values.
After graduation you’ll be eligible to write the Canadian Midwifery Registration Examination and apply for registration with the College of Midwives of Ontario.
This program is not available to international students. Space is limited. Previous post-secondary education is encouraged.
Accreditation:
- Canadian Association for Midwifery Education
Student spotlight
Inside Toronto Metropolitan University's community of care
"The (Midwifery Education Program at TMU) works to create an environment that is welcoming, safe, accessible and inclusive, with many opportunities for dialogue and self-reflection."
Laura Solis, Midwifery, Class of 2019
Read more: How the university's health-care programs prepare practitioners for integrative care
Image courtesy of Chloë Ellingson
After you graduate with this degree
🎓 Further education:
- Feminist studies
- Health sciences
- Microbiology and infectious diseases
- Public health
Career possibilities:
Registered Midwife providing care in:
- Homes
- Clinics
- Hospitals
- Birth centres
💼 Employer possibilities:
- Association of Ontario Midwives
- Health Quality Ontario
- Midwives Collective of Toronto
- Scarborough Health Network
- The Midwives Clinic of East York - Don Mills
Tuition and fees range 2024-2025
For detailed fees information, visit tuition and fees by program.
Full-time format:
Ontario students fees range: $7,340 - $7,813
Out-of-province students fees range: $8,402 - $9,101
Part-time format (one to eight or more courses)
Ontario students fees range: $987 - $5,485
Out-of-province students fees range: $1,107 - $6,442
First-year courses
Here is a preview of first-year courses based on the available undergraduate calendar information.
1st Semester
REQUIRED GROUP 1 - Gender and Women's Studies: One course from the following:
- CMN 230 Trans Studies and Communication
- ENG 602 Women's Writing
- ENG 621 Women's Texts, Global Contexts
- FNF 400 The Social Context of Human Sexuality
- FRS 502 Feminism and French Literature
- MWF 325 Birth and its Meanings
- MWF 508 Black Birthing and Health Equity
- MWF 510 Topics in African Mothering Traditions
- POL 501 Women, Power and Politics
- SOC 603 Sociology of Gender
- SOC 608 Women, Power and Change
- SOC 609 Gender and Global Human Rights
- SOC 703 Women, Power and the Global South
- SOC 885 Women, Islam and Modernity
OPEN ELECTIVE: One Open Elective
2nd Semester
REQUIRED GROUP 1 - Gender and Women's Studies: One course from the following:
- CMN 230 Trans Studies and Communication
- ENG 602 Women's Writing
- ENG 621 Women's Texts, Global Contexts
- FNF 400 The Social Context of Human Sexuality
- FRS 502 Feminism and French Literature
- MWF 325 Birth and its Meanings
- MWF 508 Black Birthing and Health Equity
- MWF 510 Topics in African Mothering Traditions
- POL 501 Women, Power and Politics
- SOC 603 Sociology of Gender
- SOC 608 Women, Power and Change
- SOC 609 Gender and Global Human Rights
- SOC 703 Women, Power and the Global South
- SOC 885 Women, Islam and Modernity
Faculty of Community Services
Toronto Metropolitan University's Faculty of Community Services offers a diversity of disciplines that focus on making a positive impact in the community. The rich curriculum of multi-disciplinary programs in health, education, social justice and community development is closely connected to the spirit and the dynamism of the community.
Faculty of Community Services degree programs
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Academic requirements
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with a minimum of six Grade 12 U or M courses including the following program-specific requirements.
- English/anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)
- Biology (SBI4U)
- Chemistry (SCH4U)
- One Grade 12 U/M course in Canadian world studies or the social sciences and humanities
- Note: A minimum 75% is required in each subject and a minimum 75% overall average
Note: The Midwifery Education Program (MEP) is a competitive, limited enrolment program. Over the years, very few candidates have been successful in gaining admittance directly from high school. High school graduates are encouraged to gain further college or university experience before applying.
Visit the Midwifery admissions page for further details on the admissions process.
Academic admission requirements for all other applicants are available on the admission requirements page.
This is a Grades-Plus program. In addition to meeting competitive academic requirements, you are required to submit the following non-academic requirements. Your ability to follow and adhere to the requirements is part of the assessment of your application.
Fall 2025 application and non-academic requirement submission due date: February 1, 2025
The Racial Equity Admissions Self-ID
The Racial Equity Admissions Self-ID is used to promote equitable representations of Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour (IBPOC) and/or racialized people in the interviews for admission. Further information on this process can be found on our website: The Equity Admissions Self-ID.
The Indigenous Admissions Process
The Indigenous Admissions Process (IAP) is designed to counter some of the systemic disadvantages that may affect Indigenous applicants' access to the program. Further information on this process can be found on our website: The Indigenous Admissions Process. Applicants who choose to self-identify as Aboriginal, First Nations, Métis, or Inuit can indicate that they wish to participate in the IAP by completing this section of the Survey.
Submission instructions
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Access your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal account.
Here’s how to access your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal account:
- Get your TMU Student Number in the email acknowledgement of your application
- Activate your TMU Online Identity. Fill in the Activation Form on the Accounts website. When asked for your Student/Applicant ID, enter your nine-digit TMU Student Number. Keep a record of your user name and password
- 24 hours after activating your TMU Online Identity, visit the ChooseTMU Applicant Portal
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Click on the button Link to eForms Centre.
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Next, click on the eForms Center tile.
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Then click on the Midwifery Form link.
Subject to competition, select candidates will be invited to participate in a personal interview. Further information about the interview process can be found on the Midwifery website.
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Notes:
- Actual minimum grade ranges required for fall 2025 admission/wait list consideration will be determined based on grades and qualifications presented by the applicant pool as they become available. Required grade ranges may fluctuate from year to year (up or down) as a result of competition. Applicants not educated in Ontario may present the equivalent of the Ontario requirements. TMU reserves the right to determine equivalency at its sole discretion.
Disclaimer:
While every effort is made to ensure accuracy on this site, in the event of a discrepancy, TMU's current Undergraduate Calendar is the official reference.