STUDY IN MALTA

About Malta

Malta’s education system is regulated by the Ministry of Education and rated very highly internationally. School attendance is compulsory up to the age of 16.

This article highlights the different levels of education available in Malta, from the most junior to the most senior and from free to sponsored to paid options where relevant each section has links that provide even more granular information.

Given that Malta is bilingual, both English and Maltese are spoken in and outside the classroom. If English or Maltese is not one of your child’s primary languages, your child might need to undergo a Language Induction course.

Further to a simple test, your child would be admitted to an induction course which usually lasts one academic year. 

Apart from preparing your child to feel confident and gain the ability to communicate in both English and Maltese, the programme includes Mathematics, Art and Crafts. The only difference is that all these subjects are taught to learn the two languages.

While a number of new foreign universities are being set up in Malta, at present there is one major university namely the University of Malta. 

Centrally located in the country, the university is the highest teaching institution on the island for tertiary education.

For EU nationals and EU Long-Term Residents, education within the University of Malta is free. In order to further encourage students to study and not incur burdensome student loans, students receive a stipend together with an allowance for academic-related expenditure.