Stipends and Grants
NOTE: For the sake of clarity, gender-specific terms
referring to the male gender are often included in these information
pages. Whenever a gender-specific term is used, it is to be
understood as referring to all genders, unless otherwise stated.
An Overview
Students' Maintenance Grants are provided by
the Government of Malta for students furthering their studies on full-time
basis in higher education. The Students' Maintenance Grants' Scheme
operates under a set of regulations and the respective Legal Notices
namely Submidiary Legislation 605.06 in determining their eligibility.
Students' Maintenance Grants' online application forms should be
submitted by students through this link: https://education.gov.mt/en/studentsgrants/Pages/default.aspx
There shall be no further processing of online applications after 30th
June 2022.
For further details about different Students' Maintenance Grants,
click HERE.
Stipends and Grants
Students' Maintenance Grants include the initial grant, the one-time
grant, the stipend, the supplementary allowances, the single parents’ grant,
Summer Special Stipends and Top-Up Stipends. Stipends are paid
periodically in backdated four-weekly payments. Students applying
for the Students’ Maintenance Grants before the end of December shall receive
their first stipend backdated as from beginning of academic year subject to
confirmation by the respective educational institution and after students
confirm their online application.
Students submitting their online application after the end of December
of the respective academic year will be considered eligible for the Maintenance
Grants as from the date of submission of application.
Students studying at MQF Level 5, 6 and 7 (in the case of master degree
leading to a warrant, will also be receiving a yearly Initial Grant (and a
One-Time Grant for degree-level students) which is to be utilised for the
purchase of textbooks and other educational material. This allowance will
be credited directly to the student’s bank account at the beginning of the
academic year, after this office receives the educational institutions’
confirmation of the students’ commencement of course and after the students confirm
their online application.
Students who change their course during the same academic year after
submission/confirmation of the online application are required to login again
to their online application using their e-ID and password and click on
the Add Course button. This will create a new
application. Students are to fill the details of the new institution and
course of studies. Finally, they are to submit their newly-created
application. Unless this procedure is followed payments will be withheld.
It is very important that students who resign from their respective
course of studies, inform their respective stipends office by an email or
letter within a week of their resignation. Students who: (a) resign; (b)
abandon; (c) fail to continue their studies, will have to refund the One-Time
Grant or part thereof and/or any stipend received after the last day of
attendance.
University of Malta students who abandon the course without submitting a
resignation will be asked to refund both the stipend and initial grant /
one-time grant.
Since all Students’ Maintenance Grants are directly credited into the
students' bank account it is imperative that an active and correct IBAN account
number is entered in the online application so as to avoid payment
complications.
For MCAST and University of Malta students, the amount of stipend to be
received depends on whether the course is classified as General, Prescribed or
High Priority. Classification of courses depends on the area of study and
is determined by the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Board after consultation
with the Hon. Minister for Education. Lists of Prescribed courses are
published annually in the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ website. For viewing
click HERE.
Part-Time Self-Employed
Students
In terms of Subsidiary Legislation 605.06, self-employed students can only be considered as eligible for Students' Maintenance Grants if they are working on a part-time basis. Students who are registered as full-time
self-employed cannot be deemed as eligible, and their application will be decline
accordingly.
Online Application
The online application is accessed through education.gov.mt/studentsgrants
After submission, the new online applications and re-confirmed
applications for promoted students or students in their additional/extended
year and documentation are checked by the employees at the Stipends Offices.
Once an application is approved students receive an instruction via email to reconfirm
their online application in order for their details to be included in the
payment process.
Students who do not successfully submit or reconfirm their online
application or fail to provide the requested documentation on submission, will
have their application re-opened to amend as necessary and re-submit. In
such cases, online applications remain pending until the student re-submits the
application with complete/correct information. The Students’ Maintenance
Grants’ Board reserves the right to decline an application if incorrect data is
submitted or if student fails to provide the information being requested.
Notes:
a. Students submitting their online application after 31st
December 2021 will be considered eligible for Students' Maintenance Grants as
from the date of submission of application.
b. Students may amend their online application
for the Students' Maintenance Grants until the 30th of
June 2022. There shall be no further processing of online applications after 30th
June 2022.
c. Students have the right to
present an appeal before the Students’ Maintenance Grants' Board if they feel they have
particular circumstances which need to be assessed by the Board. The Board
reserves the right to verify the information submitted and request additional
information/documentation as may be required to reach an informed decision
about certain cases.
d. All Government forms are subject to monitoring and
assessment by the Better Regulation Unit within OPM, to ensure the
implementation of Better Regulation within the Public Sector.
e. The Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Board is hereby
informing that it can make use, retain, and share information of personal and
other data which students have submitted in their online application,
i. for the processing of
their application;
ii. for the determination
of future eligibility in line with lawful processing under the General
Data
Protection Regulation *, Article 6 (b); and,
iii. for statistical
purposes.
* Students will be
asked for their consent through the online application.
f. All
communication addressed to the Students’ Maintenance Grants' Board is to be
sent through the online application itself via the contact us button or on maintenancegrants.mfed@gov.mt
g. Documents should
not be sent via email, unless the Students’ Maintenance Grants' Board
specifically requests otherwise.
Students who do not possess an e-ID
Students including those admitted as Foreign Students and who for some
reason do not possess an e-ID, should click on the link available here, leading to the hard copy application form
and submit it personally along with the necessary documentation
to the Students’ Maintenance Grants' Office via the One Stop Shop,
EduServizz.gov at Great Siege Road, Floriana or sent it by registered post
to the Students’ Maintenance Grants' Boards' Office, Room 207,
Ministry for Education, Great Siege Road, Floriana.
Link: http://education.gov.mt/en/Pages/SMGBStipends/SMGB-Foreign-Students-Special-Cases.aspx