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Nearby Universities
- European Institute of Education 3.5 kilometres away in Ta’ Xbiex
Institution Info
The University is one of the oldest in Europe and was originally a Catholic university. Its origins dates back to 1592 when the Collegium Melitense was founded by the Bishop Garagallo and originally run by the Jesuits. After the Jesuits were expelled from the Maltese Islands in 1768 the assets of the Collegium Melitense were taken over and the University founded by Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca in 1769. After Napoleon conquered the island in the 1798, the university was briefly abolished and transformed into a French educational institution. However, after the French were forced to leave in 1800, the islands became a British protectorate and the University was reestablished by Sir Alexander Ball. In 1938, King George VI gave it the title of The Royal University of Malta. The word "Royal" was subsequently removed from the name of the university, when Malta became a republic in 1974.
Facts and Figures
| No. of students: | 100,025* |
| No. of Academic staff: | 600 |
| Funding type: | Public |
Master's Programmes
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International Masters Programme - EU Dual Degrees with US Universities
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The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking
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EMA-PS Programme
Services & Facilities
The Foundation Stone of the main campus at Msida (known as Tal-Qroqq) was laid on 22 September 1964 by the Rt. Hon. Duncan Sandys, the then Commonwealth Secretary. The total area of the Msida Campus is 194452 square metres
There are two other campuses: one at Valletta and the other on Malta’s sister-island, Gozo.
The Valletta Campus, which is housed in the Old University Building, dates back to the founding of the Collegium Melitense and incorporates the Aula Magna. The Valletta Campus also serves as a prestigious setting for the hosting of international conferences, seminars, short courses and summer schools. It is also the venue of the University's International Masters Programme and the Malta University Holding Company.
The Gozo Campus (formerly known as the University of Malta Gozo Centre) was set up in 1992 with the collaboration of the Ministry for Gozo. The administration of the University of Malta Gozo Campus supports the organisation of part-time degree, diploma and short-term courses in Gozo and also caters for the needs of the increasing number of students from Gozo who study on the main campus. This campus also provides a venue for public lectures and seminars and it houses the Guesten Atmospheric Research Centre, within the Department of Physics.
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