Students' Stipends & Grants

Overview - Eligibility – Applying - Entitlements - Stipends Pay Dates – Payments

Students' Stipends and Grants are provided by the Government of Malta for students attending at approved Post-Secondary, Vocational and Tertiary Educational Institutions. Students' Stipends and Grants are regulated by Subsidiary Legislation 605.06. This legislation also determines applicants’ eligibility.

Students are encouraged to apply online between the 30^th September and 31^st December 2022 in order to benefit from Stipends and Grants as from the beginning of the respective academic year. Students submitting their online application after the end of December of the respective academic year would be considered eligible for Stipends and Grants as from the date of the submission of their application.

New students, students changing course and/or institution, repeaters, and students in additional or extension year are to apply for the Students' Stipends and Grants by submitting an online application at the beginning of the academic year by using their e-ID and password through the this link:

https://education.gov.mt/en/studentsgrants/Pages/default.aspx

Promoted Students are required to access their online application to confirm the already filled in details of their course and other personal details by using their e-ID and password at the beginning of the respective academic year but by no later than 31^st December 2022 in order to benefit from the Students’ Stipends and Grants as from the beginning of the respective academic year. Students confirming their online application after the end of December 2022 will be considered eligible for Stipends and Grants as from the date of the submission of their application.

Eligibility Criteria

For students to benefit from Stipends and Grants they should: -

• Be Maltese Citizens, or have at least one parent being a Maltese Citizen; or be a national of a European Union/European Economic Area state or a family member of such European Union/European Economic Area national (provided that such person has obtained permanent residence in Malta; or be a national of European Union/European Economic Area state who is in Malta exercising his/her Treaty rights as a worker, self-employed person or person retaining such status; or be a Third Country National that has been granted refugee/long term residence status.
• Have resided in Malta for a period of not less than 5 years immediately prior to the commencement of the respective course of studies. Provided that for the purpose of calculating the 5-year requirement, consideration shall not be given to that period of time during which the student, as per this Regulation, would have been residing outside Malta due to medical treatment or any other purpose that the Board may consider acceptable.
• Have completed their term of compulsory education.
• Attending their respective course of studies regularly and are making satisfactory progress.
• Not in full-time employment.
• Are in part-time employment not exceeding 25 hours weekly.
• Progressing in their level of studies. Progression of level of studies shall be determined according to the Malta Qualification Framework levels as established by the Malta Qualification Recognition Information Centre or any other competent body.

How to Apply

The below is a drive through the Stipends and Grants online application:

Page 1: This page contains your personal details. Ensure these are correct.  You will also need to fill in an IBAN.  It is made up of 31 alphanumeric characters.

Page 2:  Click all the questions and fill in all your course details.   Also ensure you fill in at least one item in the Education / Employment History section.

Page 3:  This page relates to Supplementary Allowances.  Click Yes to the question regarding Supplementary and select a reason why you are requesting Supplementary. 

Page 4    You are to upload the requested files. You will surely need your recent Employment History and all pages of the School-Leaving Certificate. If you have also requested Supplementary Allowances, make sure you also upload all the necessary documentation under the proper heading.

Once you fill in the online form make sure that you click on the Submit button.

Students may take up to 10 minutes to login, fill in and correctly submit an online application. This timeframe assumes that scans of requested documentation are already available and the IBAN account already available.

Students may amend their online applications for Stipends and Grant until end of June of the respective academic year.

There shall be no further processing of online applications after 30^th June 2023.

Entitlements

Students' Grants and Stipends include the following:

• One-Time Grant
• Initial Grant
• Stipends
• Single Parents’ Grant
• Summer Special Stipend
• Top-Up Stipend
• Supplementary Allowances

What you'll get in terms of Stipends and Grants

The awarding of Students’ Stipends and Grants is connected to the MQF Level and the classification of the course that the students are reading for as per table below:

*MQF – Malta Qualifications Framework

Stipend Pay Dates for Academic Year 2022 – 2023

• 2^nd December 2022
• 30^th December 2022

• 27^th January 2023
• 24^th February 2023
• 24^th March 2023
• 21^st April 2023
• 19^th May 2023
• 16^th June 2023
• 14^th July 2023
• 11^th August 2023

The below stipends dates are only applicable for students following their 3^rd Semester and those on Apprenticeships programmes

• 7th September 2023
• 6th October 2023
• 4^th November 2023

Payment of Stipends and Grants

All Stipends and Grants are credited directly to the bank account that the students specify in their online application, after the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Unit receives confirmation from the respective Educational Institutions’ regarding commencement of course, and after students confirm their online application. It is imperative that students enter their own active and correct IBAN account number in their online application.

No alerts are sent to students when stipends and grants are credited to students. Such service may be sought from the local bank services provider.

Apply: https://education.gov.mt/en/studentsgrants/Pages/default.aspx