Cultural mediation will facilitate you with the establishment of good communication and mutual understanding between different cultures, promoting and enhancing access to local services provided in a number of specific areas of intervention such as reception, health, education and employment. You will be exercised by trained and experienced professionals who are able to promote and not hinder its scope, preparing you to become a professional in facilitating the relations between migrants and citizens in the host country, aiming at the mutual exchange of knowledge and the establishment of positive relations between individuals of different cultural backgrounds and ethnic origins. The course aims at promoting awareness and to sensitize all parties involved in otherness issues. In developing and delivering the course, the Department for Inclusion and Access to Learning collaborates with other academics and professional practitioners in order to develop and offer the best programme of study possible.
Applicants must satisfy the General Entry Requirements for admission, namely, the Matriculation Certificate and Secondary Education Certificate passes at Grade 5 or better in Maltese, English Language and Mathematics.
Applicants admitted as “Adult Learners” under paragraph (c) of regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations must be in possession of passes in English and Maltese proficiency tests as approved by the Faculty. Applicants will be exempted from sitting for the proficiency tests in English and Maltese if they are in possession of a Secondary Education Certificate pass at Grade 5 or higher, or at Intermediate Matriculation Level pass at Grade C or higher in the respective subject. In the case of English, passes at the same standard in comparable qualifications will also be accepted. Applicants who do not fulfil the Maltese Language Proficiency requirement by the beginning of the Course, may be allowed to enrol in the Course, provided that they obtain a pass in Maltese Language Proficiency before the end of the first semester of the Course, and prior to sitting for any assessment.
All applicants must have native or advanced speaker competence in a third language other than Maltese or English.
All applicants shall be required to satisfy the Board, through an interview, that they have reached the necessary aptitude and disposition to follow the Course with profit.
All applicants shall be required to submit with their application a letter written in English giving their motivation for applying for the Course, together with a copy of their Curriculum Vitae.
All applicants must prove that they have resided in Malta for a minimum of three (3) years prior to the commencement of the Course.
The admission requirements are applicable for courses commencing in October 2023.
For more detailed information pertaining to admission and progression requirements please refer to the bye-laws for the course available here.
UM currently hosts over 1,000 full-time international students and over 450 visiting students. The ever-increasing international students coming from various countries, in recent years, have transformed this 400-year old institution into an international campus.
Our international students generally describe Malta as a safe place, enjoying excellent weather and an all-year varied cultural programme. Malta is considered as the ideal place for students to study.
You can compare your national qualifications to the local requirements by visiting our qualifications comparability webpage.
After you receive an offer from us, our International Office will assist you with visas, accommodation and other related issues.
Local/EU/EEA Applicants:
Total Tuition Fees: Eur 1,800 Fee per semester: Eur 450
Non-EU/Non-EEA Applicants:
Fee per academic year: Eur 4,250
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
• assume and assert your role as cultural mediators while interacting with clients, without intruding into other professional fields • apply effectively principles and techniques of trust development, facilitation of communication, conflict resolution and promotion of collaboration between professionals and migrants, in your everyday work • be aware of your tasks, what they involve, and how they are differentiated according to the intervention field • comprehend how to assess the level of trust, collaboration and mutual understanding in a triadic encounter, and adjust your behaviour accordingly • become acquainted with different ways of reviewing, analysing and reflecting on encounters, in order to improve your performance.
If you are a Maltese or Non-Maltese citizen with an interest in cultural mediation, and have resided in Malta for at Least three (3) years, then this is the ideal course for you. As a pre-requisite, you are required to have language proficiency in Maltese and English, and must possess native or near-to-native speaker competence in at least a third language.
As a graduate of Education for Cultural Mediation, you will have opportunities in different fields of intervention such as: Health and Wellbeing, Education, Employment, Law Enforcement, Agencies, Reception and Housing and Local Services.
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication. The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.
