The course is intended if you are a qualified teacher who would like to enhance your professional training by pursuing specialisation in the area of Teaching Maltese as a Foreign Language. The course shall extend over a period of one year of part-time study. A relevant number of study-units will be offered every semester, and if you are an eligible applicant, then you may register as a visiting student for individual study-units and obtain credit for them. The programme of study is assigned 30 ECTS credits, and a small number of options are offered depending on your teaching context and experience. Having experience in the Teaching of Maltese as a Foreign Language (TMFL) is not a necessary pre-requisite to the postgraduate programme.

Applicants may be registered as students on the Course if they are in possession of at least a SEC pass in Maltese at grade 5 or better and of:

(a) the degree of Bachelor of Education (Honours) or

(b) a first cycle degree together with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education or

(c) a first cycle and/or second cycle degree or higher and a permanent teacher’s warrant or

(d) any other recognized teaching qualification together with a permanent teacher’s warrant or

(e) a first cycle and/or second cycle degree or higher, and shall have one-year teaching experience in a recognised institution.

The admission requirements are applicable for courses commencing in October 2022.

For more detailed information pertaining to admission and progression requirements please refer to the bye-laws for the course available here.