To enroll in doctoral studies in Midwifery at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, students must have completed an MS in Midwifery or another qualification deemed equivalent by the research-based study committee.

Alongside work on the doctoral thesis, doctoral students shall take studies in accordance with their study and research plans.

A final project for a doctoral degree may either be in the form of a comprehensive thesis or a collection of scientific articles that have been published or submitted for publication in international peer-reviewed journals. In the case of a collection of articles, a detailed summary of the work must be included, as well as an overview of knowledge in the relevant field.

Doctoral theses must comply with requirements concerning academic methodology and comprise an independent contribution to the creation of knowledge in the field.

Students at the University pay an annual registration fee ISK. 75,000.