University of Malta

The University of Malta is a public university in which undergraduate students from Malta and the European Union who qualify for admission may go for free.

It traces its roots back to 1592, with the founding of the Collegium Melitense by the Jesuits. The college building is now known as the Old University Building or the Valletta Campus.

It was then established as a traditional university some 250 years ago in 1769.

Today, there is the Valletta Campus, a campus on Malta’s sister island Gozo, and a larger campus in Msida near Mater Dei Hospital, which also serves as a medical school. The sports complex includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a diving pool, a football ground, tennis courts and a track.

There are over 11,500 students, around 1,700 of whom are international students from over 100 countries. The university also hosts Erasmus and other exchange programmes.

A Foundation Studies Course is available to international students who have completed their secondary education but who do not have the necessary entry requirements to qualify for admission to an undergraduate course.

Maltese students enrolled in higher education in Malta are entitled to a stipend.

There are 14 faculties, a number of interdisciplinary institutes and centres and three schools.

The university motto is "Serving students, scholarship and society, sustainably".