Doctoral School

Meet the doctoral researcher

Meet the doctoral researcher

Follow our students in their endeavours:

Konstantinos Sfikas and Nemanja Rasajski (Institute of Digital Games) - Institute of Digital Games wins Outstanding Transnational Collaboration Award

Neil Cutajar (Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking) and Alessio Marrone (Faculty of Science) - Waste2Taste Project: Transforming Fish Waste into Taste

Gilmour Camilleri (FEMA) - Gilmour Camilleri participates at prestigious 8th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences

Alessandra Bianco (Faculty of Engineering) - Daughter and father from UM contribute to an International Scientific Conference held in Romania

Raffaella Zammit (Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development) - How accessible are our streets? Active Travel Workshop in Rabat

Alessio Marrone (Faculty of Science) - A second milestone in Maltese waters: expanding seagrass reforestation in Qawra

Joseph Buttigieg and Dwayne Ellul (Department of Maltese) - Maltese dictionaries for the future in Bari

Quentin Bugeja (Department of Translation, Terminology and Interpretating Studies) - Terminoloġija Maltija: exploring language, one Maltese term at a time

Nemanja Rasajski, Chintan Trivedi and Kosmas Pinitas (Institute of Digital Games) - Institute of Digital Games Recognised as Leading Research Centre in Game AI and Technology

Isabel Evans (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology) - Academic Research, Real-World Impact: UM Research delivers opening keynote at Europe's largest  Software Testing Conference

Amberlynn Bonello (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering) - UM researcher awarded Best Paper Award at Axiomatic Design ICAD 2025 conference

Andre Micallef (Faculty of Engineering) - Award-Winning Maltese Cooling Technology ICECAP Launches for Commercial Sales

Clayton John Axiak and Dr Muhaiyo Bartolo Khodjayeva (Faculty of Health Sciences) - Research Findings Presented at European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2025

Dr Muhaiyo Bartolo Khodjayeva (Faculty of Health Sciences) - Presentation at Prestigious European Ophthalmology Congress

Lara Sammut (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery) - UM Researcher Adds Academic Insight to Malta's Miscarriage Leave Consultation

James Moffett (Faculty of Arts) - UMplugged - Showcasing the Hidden Talents, Hobbies & Side Hustles of UM students, staff & academics

Rebecca Clark, Ing. Albert Curmi and Sarah Mifsud (Faculty of Engineering) - Malta Highlights Sustainable and Smart Technologies at Polymer Processing Society's 40th Anniversary in Auckland

Carmenrita Bugeja (Department of Tourism Management - FEMA) - Caring about Diversity and Wellbeing in Commercial Kitchens

Roberto Gallotta (Institute of Digital Games) - Research in Generative Art Presented at the EvoStar Conference

Lara Sammut (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery ) - Early Pregnancy Bleeding: New UM Research Offers Predictive Insights

Alumni from the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy - Need a Little PhD Wisdom? Hear It from Some of Our Youngest, Freshest Graduates!

Dr Danielle Farrugia (Faculty of Education) - Danielle Farrugia's Viral Graduation Speech

Mirko Consiglio (Department of Physics) - UM Achiever

Sameer Kumar Jasra (Institute of Aerospace Technologies) - UM Aviation PhD Student Presents His Research to US Government

Dr Emma Hunter (Department of Applied Biomedical Sciences) - UM PhD Student Showcases Research at Europe's Foremost Intensive Care Conference

Nemanja Rasajski and Chintan Trivedi (Institute of Digital Games) - AI research by Institute of Digital Games scholars wins prestigious NVIDIA Award

Cynthia Koopman (Institute of Aerospace Technologies) - UM PhD student honored with the Best Intelligent Systems Student Paper Award at AIAA Aviation Forum

Cynthia Koopman (Institute of Aerospace Technologies) - UM PhD candidate pushes the envelope and wins competition at world’s largest event for aerospace R&D

Sarah Cuschieri (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery) - A Pocket Guide for Medical Students – Book Review

Tore Lomsdalen (Department of Classics and Archaeology) - Malta’s Prehistoric Temples and the People Who Built Them

Renata Ntelia (Institute of Digital Games) - Love in Video Games

Rebecca Borg (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery) - A Fruitful Effort: Understanding the Genetics of Maltese ALS Patients by Using Fruit Flies

James Farrugia (Department of History) - The Soft Power of Elizabeth II

Shansuke Shimura (Department of Pharmacy) - Postgraduate Pharmacy Student nominated International Pharmaceutical Federation Champion

Dorita Agius (Department of Biology) - Cutting EDGE Research: the Genomes of Maltese Plants

Duncan Paul Attard (Department of Computer Science) - Research by UM student awarded best paper at DisCoTec 2022

Angelique Pouponneau (Islands and Small States Institute) - Islands & Small States Institute PhD candidate attends COPS26 in Glasgow

Karyn Scerri (Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development) - WCTRS Y-II Innovation Grant awarded to UM Researcher

Sarah Cuschieri (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery) - To Do or Not to Do a PhD? – Book Review

Joanna Causon Deguara (Department of Geography) - 2020 IOI Elizabeth Mann Borgese Bursary awarded to Geography PhD student

Sarah Scheiber (Faculty for the Built Environment) - How can Malta's urban open spaces act as Green Infrastructure?

Renata Ntelia (Institute of Digital Games) - PhD student publishes chapter in collaborative book on romance and affection games

Luke Buhagiar (Faculty for Social Wellbeing) - Doctoral work at UM published in Frontiers in Psychology

Hend Abeidi (Department of Chemistry) - Award for Best Poster

Gabriella Azzopardi (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology) - Best Student Poster award for Gabriella Azzopardi

Carlos Cañas Sanz (Institute for Climate Change) - UM doctoral student awarded 1st prize for research on walkability

Kevin Theuma (Institute of Aerospace Technologies) - Kevin Theuma at ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab

Jeremy Scerri (Faculty of Engineering) - Ph.D. student receives Gold Leaf Award at PRIME 2018

Colin Borg (Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy) - UM represented at the University of Valencia

Donald Dalli (Faculty of Engineering) - Maltese doctoral student places first in world engineering competition


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