Faculties/Institutes/Centres/Schools

Format: www.um.edu.mt/entityname
Examples:
www.um.edu.mt/arts
www.um.edu.mt/medinst
www.um.edu.mt/cres
www.um.edu.mt/performingarts

Academic Departments

Format: www.um.edu.mt/facultyname/departmentname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/arts/english

Platforms

Format: www.um.edu.mt/platforms/platformname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/platforms/maritime

Research Groups

Format: www.um.edu.mt/research/groupname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/research/maritime

Projects

Format: www.um.edu.mt/projects/projectname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/projects/maltapot

Journals

Format: www.um.edu.mt/journalname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/pde

Senate/Council Boards and Committees

Format: www.um.edu.mt/boardname (or committeename)
Examples:
www.um.edu.mt/gender
www.um.edu.mt/urec

Conferences and other events

Format: www.um.edu.mt/events/eventname
Example: www.um.edu.mt/events/bilingualism2019

Directorates and Services

Format: www.um.edu.mt/servicename
Examples:
www.um.edu.mt/marketingcommunications
www.um.edu.mt/apqru

Contact us if you would like to create a website.

Junior College academic entities
Format: jc.um.edu.mt/name
Example: jc.um.edu.mt/sociology

Contact us if you would like to create a website.

Departments that require a URL for research purposes (such as servers, equipment, devices, hardware) and that are not used for marketing purposes, can be provided with the following URL:

Format: researchname.research.um.edu.mt
Example: mlrs.research.um.edu.mt

Contact IT Services if you would like a research URL.

Aliases (shortened URLs) may be set in order to have more memorable and user-friendly URLs that would be more appropriate to quote on marketing material (e.g. posters, stationery, publications etc.).

Important: bit.ly or equivalent shortenings should not be used for marketing or promotional purposes.

Refer to the full details if you would like a shortened URL to be created.

The exceptions to the URL policy include:

• research or collaborative project, where staff at UM collaborate with other universities or academics from other institutions as is the case of European Union projects
• a University spin-off or licensed sub-brand e.g. takeoff.org.mt.

The above will be able to use a non- 'um.edu.mt' URL and host the site on the UM web servers. As the content is of a non-commercial nature, the use of '.com' or '.com.mt' domains is not permitted.

Sites that qualify for this exception are exempted from using the UM branded templates. Exceptions to the URL policy are assessed on a case by case basis.

Refer to the Standard Operating Procedure [Intranet][PDF][Staff] section 6.4.