The University of Malta (Maltese L-Università ta' Malta) is the highest educational institution in Malta offering undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, postgraduate Master's Degrees and postgraduate Doctorates (PhD). It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. In post-nominals the university's name is abbreviated as Melit., a shortened form of Melita (A Latinised form of the Greek Μελίτη).
The University traces its origins to the ...
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The University of Malta (Maltese L-Università ta' Malta) is the highest educational institution in Malta offering undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, postgraduate Master's Degrees and postgraduate Doctorates (PhD). It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. In post-nominals the university's name is abbreviated as Melit., a shortened form of Melita (A Latinised form of the Greek Μελίτη).
The University traces its origins to the Collegium Melitense founded in 1592 and run by the Jesuits. Following the suppression of the Order in the Kingdom of Sicily (of which Malta was then a vassal), Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca seized their assets in Malta, including the Collegium. These assets were used in establishing the University by a decree signed by Pinto on 22 November 1769.
With the arrival of Napoleon in 1798, the University was briefly abolished and transformed into a French École Polytechnique. It was re-established with the arrival of the British in 1800. In...
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