The workings of the School are governed by the Statute for the Doctoral School approved by the Council of the University of Malta on 14 July 2017 and published as Legal Notice 293 of 2017. The Doctoral School Statute has been updated through Legal Notice 351 of 2022 on 16 December 2022 and Legal Notice 197 of 2023 on 1 August 2023.
The University of Malta has the largest graduate researcher community on the Maltese Islands. Its Strategy for Doctoral Education commits to enable doctoral researchers to advance knowledge through original independent research, be creative, embrace risk, and to provide them with the right skill-set for multiple knowledge-based and leadership roles.
Strategic Plan for the Doctoral School - for printing [PDF]
Strategic Plan for the Doctoral School - for viewing online [PDF]