University of Malta
L-Università ta' Malta

Motto	Ut Fructificemus Deo (Latin: Let's bless the God)
Established	1591
Type	State owned
Rector	Prof. Roger Ellul Micallef
Faculty	600
Students	ca 9,000
Location	Msida, Malta
Athletics	University of Malta Sports Club
Website	University of Malta Official Site

The University of Malta is the highest teaching institution in the Republic of Malta. It offers undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, which last three or four years, or five if taken with Honours, and postgraduate Master's Degrees that last two years full-time. Image File history File links Uom. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Msida is a harbor town in the northeast of Malta. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ...

The university also offers postgraduate Doctorates (PhD), but these are somewhat unpopular, with students usually turning to foreign universities when undertaking doctorate-level studies. PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

As of July 2006, the rector of the university will be Professor Juanito Camilleri, replacing Professor Roger Ellul Micallef. Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Entry

Admission to the university is based on Sixth Form examination results, locally referred to as A-Levels, however entry on basis of maturity is granted for certain courses. England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level...

The University is known to have the strictest grade requirements in the European continent, and entry into some course is limited.

Over the years, the university has been criticised both for its antiquated admission policies, which are based solely on test grades and take nothing else into consideration, its didactic approach to education, and its attitude to teaching/learning in general. It has also been criticised for discontinuing/not offering courses when it is forecasted not enough students will enrol to make hosting the course financially rewarding, though this has not happened very often of late. A famous chapter in the university's history saw the then recently-elected Dom Mintoff halt an ongoing medical course in its track and cancel the first and second year students' university enrollment. The students were not financially compensated, their years of hard work at the university went unrecognised, and they were not offered advanced placement into another course. Dominic Mintoff (born 6 August 1916 in Cospicua) was Prime Minister of Malta under British colonial rule, between 1955 and 1958, and then after independence, serving between 1971 and 1984. ...

Faculties

• Faculty of Architecture & Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Dental Surgery (Medical School)
• Faculty of Economics, Management & Accountancy
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering (official website)
• Faculty of Laws
• Faculty of Medicine & Surgery
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Theology

Fees

Undergraduate courses are free-of-charge to citizens of Malta and the European Union, however, comparably hefty fees are charged to European nationals from other countries as well as Africans, Asians and non-EU European states. In spite of this, the university has a healthy percentage of foreign students (non-EU) the majority of which are from Asia, namely, China. Recently, the university has also began to attract students from Eastern Europe. Students enrolled in higher education in Malta are entitled to a stipend, though whether or not this shall continue to be the case remains to be seen. The endowment of this stipend has been halted previously, and it has never been conferred to foreign nationals. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. ... This article is about the continent. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. ... A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. ...

History

The University is one of the oldest in Europe. Its origins dates back to 1592 when the Collegium Melitense was founded by the Bishop Garagallo. Originally the University was run by the Jesuits. After the Jesuits were expelled from the Maltese Islands in 1768, the University was taken over by the state. After Napoleon conqured the island in the 1798, the university was briefly abolished in favour of a French educational institutions. 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. Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A protectorate is, in international law, a political entity (a sovereign state or a less developed native polity, such as a tribal chiefstainship or feudal princely state) that formally agrees (voluntarily or under pressure) by treaty to enter into an unequal relationship with another, stronger state, called the protector, which... Sir Alexander John Ball (born 1759—October 20, 1809), was a Malta. ...

Notable graduates

Students during the Graduation Ceremony at the University of Malta

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Dr. Edward Fenech-Adami - President of Malta, attorney-at-law and former Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami (born February 7, 1934) was the Prime Minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996 and from 1998 until 2004. ... The office of the President of Malta, known in Maltese as President ta Malta, came into being on 13th December 1974, when Malta became a republic within the Commonwealth. ... A lawyer in the United States is technically called an attorney at law or an attorney-at-law. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

Dr. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici - attorney-at-law and former Prime Minister of Malta Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici (also known as Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici; sometimes colloqially referred to as ZERO) (b. ... The Prime Minister of Malta is the most powerful figure within the government of Malta, although the President of Malta has higher rank. ...

Dr. Guido de Marco - former President of Malta, former Malta Nationalist Party politician and former Deputy Prime Minister Guido de Marco (born July 22, 1931) was President of Malta from 1999 to 2004. ... The Nationalist Party or Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) is a Maltese political party. ... A Deputy Prime Minister is the deputy of a Prime Minister, and a member of a nations cabinet. ...

Dr. Alfred Sant - Malta Labour Party leader and former Prime Minister Alfred Sant (born February 28, 1948) is a Maltese politician, who served as Prime Minister of Malta between 1996 and 1998. ... The Malta Labour Party (MLP, Maltese: Partit Laburista) is a Maltese political party. ...

Dr. Lawrence Gonzi - Malta Nationalist Party leader and incumbent Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi (born July 1, 1953) is the Prime Minister of Malta and Finance Minister of Malta. ...

Dr. Carol Peralta - Magistrate A magistrate is a judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. ...

Student Associations

KSU - University Students' Council (KSU official website)

University Engineering Students' Association (UESA official website)

Malta Medical Students' Association (MMSA official website)

Association of Students of Commercial Studies (ASCS official website)

European Law Students Association - Malta (ELSA Malta official website)

GħSL - The Law Students' Society (GħSL official website)

Malta University Sports Club (MUSC official website)

Malta Pharmaceutical Students' Association (MPSA official website)

University Student Teachers' Association (USTA official website)

Pulse - Social Democratic Students (Pulse official website)

SDM - Christian Democratic Students (SDM official website)

External links

• University of Malta website