There are some 10,000 students including over 750 foreign/exchange students from nearly 80 different countries, following full-time or part-time degree and diploma courses, many of them run on the modular or credit system.

Over 2,500 students graduate in various disciplines annually. The degree courses at the University are designed to produce highly qualified professionals, with experience of research, who will play key roles in industry, commerce and public affairs in general.

There are approximately a further 3,000 pre-tertiary students at the Junior College which is also managed by the University.

This year (academic year 2009-2010) international students hail from about 60 different nations worldwide. For full-time courses, 277 overseas applicants have been accepted, while 270 applicants were accepted as visiting (Exchange, Transfer and Erasmus) students. They will be following study-units in a number of areas, the most popular being units from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy. Most of the visiting students will be in Malta for one semester.

In 2009 there were 15 graduation ceremonies.

Today the University has eleven Faculties and a number of Institutes and Centres.

The total floor area occupied by the University Library building is between 5,000 and 6,000 square metres, and contains about 700,000 volumes. The Library currently subscribes to about 20,000 journals.

The Total Area of the University Campus
The area within the University ring road measures approximately 115,000 square metres. The other areas outside the ring road measure approximately 80,000 square metres, giving a grand total area of 195,000 square metres. This is around 173 tumoli.

Some Statistics
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