Malta Government Undergraduate Scheme
(MGUS) 2023 - 2024
High quality undergraduate education is of central importance to a
number of objectives: an ever more highly skilled workforce and the development
of new fields of study and specialisation. It is a key to Malta’s
economic and social progress and is essential to many people's continuing
professional development.
The Maltese Government believes that students may find valid learning
pathways in degree courses / programmes that are provided, either through Foreign
Higher Education Institutions or through recognised Private Higher Education Institutions
in Malta.
The Malta Government Undergraduate Scheme 2023 - 2024 aims at
providing more opportunities to students to further the choice of undergraduate
degrees/qualifications leading to MQF Level 6 and including Bachelor’s degrees
and vocational qualifications, classified at Level 6 or equivalent under the
Malta Qualification Framework (MQF).
In the case of Diplomas set
at MQF Level 5 leading to one of the abovementioned Degrees, this continuation
must be expressly stipulated in the Unconditional Letter of Acceptance.
Students who require further information about the National
Qualifications Framework may contact the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
on +356 25981489 or visit their website through https://mfhea.mt.
Through this scheme, the Government is extending the financial support
available to undergraduate students at the University of Malta, MCAST and the
American University of Malta (AUM), to other students undertaking equivalent
studies, at other institutions, leading to officially recognised local and
foreign at MQF Level 6 qualification at First Degree Level.
Key Objectives
The key objectives of this Undergraduate Courses are:
• To encourage more student participation at an undergraduate
level in Malta and abroad;
• To promote academic/vocational excellence in the private
tuition sector;
• To increase student choice of degrees/qualifications and
institutions.
To be eligible under this
scheme, applicants must be registered as full-time students, be physically on
campus and reading for a course of studies at one of the following
institutions:
• A licensed Private Higher Education Institution or licensed tuition
centre in Malta offering undergraduate courses leading to a recognised MQF
Level 6 qualification, or;
• A Foreign Higher Education Institution offering undergraduate
recognised qualifications leading to MQF Level 6 Qualification.
Note: This scheme excludes students registered on Distance Learning
(Full-time/Part-Time), Part-Time Courses and Blended Courses.
Provided that for the purposes of this scheme, recognised MQF
Level 6 qualification’ shall mean such qualifications classified
as undergraduate/vocational courses equivalent to MQF level 6 by the Malta
Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) within the Malta Further
and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA).
In the application students are requested to declare whether they were ever
awarded a scholarship or were in receipt of the Students’ Maintenance Grants’
from any educational institution as this will determine their eligibility. Students
are to inform the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Board immediately if they are
accepted for any other funding from any institution/body whilst in receipt of
Students’ Maintenance Grants.
Students may apply from https://studentgrants.gov.mt/login
Malta Undergraduate Government Scheme Regulations are available through
this link:
https://educationservices.gov.mt/en/studentsgrants/Documents/Documents_alice/MGUS%20Regulations%20English%202022-2023%20Final%20Version.pdf
Closing date for applications is 30th March 2024 at noon Central
European Time (CET).
Published on 30 September 2023