Study in Malta: Education in Malta

Malta is part of the EU. This means that it’s part of the Bologna Process. The Bologna Process ensures that all universities that are involved deliver consistently high standards of education. As such, you can be ensured of a world-class education in Malta. 

The Bologna Process also means that Maltese higher education is divided into three tiers, known as cycles. 

• First cycle - this is the undergraduate cycle. Bachelor’s degrees almost always run for three years, no matter the subject. 
• Second cycle - this is the postgraduate cycle. Master’s degrees normally take two years to complete, although accelerated programs take only one year. Some Master’s programs are only run once every two years, so the next round starts when the previous round has finished.
• Third cycle - this is the doctoral cycle. A PhD normally takes three years to complete. However, some students choose to teach alongside this. This means that a PhD can take up to six years part-time. 

As Malta is part of the EU, it participates in Erasmus. This means that you can take a semester or even a whole qualification abroad. Your nationality doesn’t matter. You just need to be studying at a school that participates in the program.

As for choosing a school, Malta has a surprising number for such a small country. The oldest and most prestigious of these is the University of Malta. Located in Msida, the school was founded more than two-hundred years ago and today offers some of the best English-language education in the Mediterranean. There’s also the European Graduate School in Valletta as well as MCAST (Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology) in Paola. Whatever you’re studying, Malta will likely have a school to match. 

Generally speaking, the language of tuition is English, unless you’re specifically studying in Maltese. That being said, there are an increasing number of Maltese-taught programs across multiple subjects.