Education, Science and Technology

Third country nationals can apply from exemption of fees of state learning institutions if they are so entitled according to Law. Categories of applicants may include asylum seekers, refugees, refused asylum seekers until deported, persons in possession of single permits or a blue card, as well as family members and dependents of those entitled. Fees may also be waived on humanitarian grounds for persons not otherwise entitled.

The National Commission for Further and Higher Education is responsible for licensing further and higher education institutes, and accrediting educational programmes to the Malta Qualifications Framework as outlined in Subsidiary Legislation 327.433.

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 30th September and 31st 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 31st 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.

A consent form which is to be filled by parent/guardian of students under 16 years of age who are applying for a Students’ Maintenance Grant.

Supplementary Allowances are additional monetary funds awarded to students facing certain circumstances of proven hardship, including financial difficulties.

Tax benefit to individuals who had not completed forty years of age on the date of commencement date of the course who graduate with a PHd, Masters degree or Postgraduate Diploma (minimum 60 credits) (MQF level 8 or 7).