As far as I know, midwifery is not a subject offered at German universities. It's learnt at midwifery schools which are affiliated to a hospital, and takes three years to learn, with a theoretical part of 1,600 hours and a practical part of 3,000 hours. There are voices calling for it to become a subject to be studied at university level, but it hasn't happened yet.
As far as I know, the only university so far that offers midwifery is Fachochschule Osnabrück: http://www.wiso.fh-osnabrueck.de/index.php?id=23422 However, you can only study it Dual (that means that you do an apprenticeship in midwifery at the same time) or if you already have completed an apprenticeship. So that's probably not much help to you, sorry.
Erm.....can I aslo ask something else: Is it common for students from other countries to apply for them? Like is it easy for students from other countries to relocate to Germany and study it, or is something that you already have to be set up in Germany to do?
Of course, people from other countries come to study in Germany all the time. If that's what you mean.;) Maybe this can help you: http://www.study-in-germany.de/
Thank you so much - your seriously helping me alot.
My concern is only with studying in Germany from abroad - if there are places for students in midwifery, because I think (its the definate case here), that it's only easier for foreign students to learn certain subjects.
I'm in the UK - so how does dual-studying translate into that. Because.....we study vocational things in college, but we don't get work experience unless it's our full time job. And midwifes in Germany can start at 17 years?
The dual system in Germany combines apprenticeships in a company and vocational education at a vocational school in one course. In practice, this means that you work, say, 4 days a week for practice and go to school 1 day a week to study theory. You would be able to do this at age 17, but I'm not sure if it requires having gone through the German school system as it varies a lot from others.
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(Someone correct me if I am mistaken.)
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http://www.wiso.fh-osnabrueck.de/index.php?id=23422
However, you can only study it Dual (that means that you do an apprenticeship in midwifery at the same time) or if you already have completed an apprenticeship. So that's probably not much help to you, sorry.
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Erm.....can I aslo ask something else: Is it common for students from other countries to apply for them? Like is it easy for students from other countries to relocate to Germany and study it, or is something that you already have to be set up in Germany to do?
If you know what I mean :S - sorry.
Also what does this mean?
>abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung.
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Maybe this can help you:
http://www.study-in-germany.de/
Also, an "abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung" means that you completed an apprenticeship in the Dual System, which doesn't exist in the US.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system)
Apaprently, it's about equal to an Associates degree from a community college (which doesn't exist in Germany).
Hope that could help.
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My concern is only with studying in Germany from abroad - if there are places for students in midwifery, because I think (its the definate case here), that it's only easier for foreign students to learn certain subjects.
I'm in the UK - so how does dual-studying translate into that.
Because.....we study vocational things in college, but we don't get work experience unless it's our full time job.
And midwifes in Germany can start at 17 years?
Sorry if I sound silly.
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I found this http://www.hebammenforschung.de/24381.html
Maybe you can email them and ask how this might work for you. Good luck! :)
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