If you're a registered nurse with a passion for helping new parents safely navigate pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, fast-track your entry to midwifery practice with La Trobe's Graduate Diploma in Midwifery.

Our flexible 12-month course focuses on contemporary issues in Australian midwifery practice by combining lectures, workshops, labs and simulations with hands-on clinical placements in some of Melbourne and regional Victoria's most respected maternity services.

By completing La Trobe's Graduate Diploma in Midwifery, you will:

Develop the skills and knowledge to provide best-practice, woman-centred and evidence-based midwifery care.
Apply your skills and knowledge in a real-world clinical settings by taking advantage of La Trobe's long-standing partnerships with providers like Mercy Health, The Royal Women's Hospital, Bendigo Health, Goulburn Valley Health and Albury-Wodonga Health.
Promote the role of the midwife and become an agent of change for maternity care reform.
Understand the impacts of digital health in a maternity care context
Connect with a community of practicing clinicians and world-leading researchers in women's and maternal health in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Judith Lumley Centre.
Graduate eligible to apply to become a registered midwife.
Upon completion, use your qualification to apply for our Master of Midwifery Practice.