The Midwife is a healthcare worker who supports a woman, couple or family in the very important stages of life which are pregnancy, labour and post-natal care, providing services for pre-natal education, preparing to become parents, family planning and infant care; in a gynaecological framework, Midwives provide services aimed at preventing and identifying female genital cancers, support youngsters in making their choices on sexual and reproductive health and support women affected by gynaecological diseases.

The training provided in the Degree Programme in Midwifery includes: biology, with a special focus on the male and female reproductive system; main biophyisical and biochemical methods used in prenatal diagnostics and diagnostic/clinical issues associated to medical genetics; biomedical science, including physiopathology to manage diagnostic-therapeutic procedures for the reproductive health of women and couples in all stages of life; hygiene and preventive sciences, human and psycho-pedagogical sciences; ethical, legal and organisational studies.

Lessons are held in Italian.