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Students9 Mar 2026

Watch the March Graduation Season unfold

On UM's social media

Students4 Mar 2026

Creating a home away from home: The UM Japanese Culture Club

The number of Japanese students pursuing their studies at UM has steadily grown

Lifestyle22 Dec 2025

UM Futsal Team confirm themselves as League leaders after Matchweek 7

They currently sit at the top of the Men's Championships standing

Lifestyle14 Jan 2026

OED recognises Maltese influence on English with support from University Linguists

Dr Sarah Grech and Prof. Alexandra Vella

Lifestyle16 Jan 2026

Space MMO Juggernaut EVE Online Designer brings expertise to Institute of Digital Games

Jammers at the Institute of Digital Games will receive tips from game designer behind one of the world's deepest and oldest MMORPGs

Lifestyle11 Feb 2026

UM launches Carnival Photography Competition

Lifestyle16 Feb 2026

Giovedì Gras cultural tour at Teatru Manoel

Lifestyle17 Feb 2026

Sustainability measures: reducing unnecessary use of paper, ink and toners at University

Have you ever wondered how much money is spent at UM on ink, toners and paper?

Lifestyle23 Feb 2026

University of Malta Futsal set for Super Cup showdown against Luxol Futsal

Taking place on 28 February 2026

Academia19 Feb 2026

UNESCO chair on Teacher Professional Development using Lesson Study

Agreement signed with UNESCO establishing a new UNESCO chair

Academia2 Mar 2026

A record number of caps in the air: Postgraduate Graduations 2026 Kick Off

Ceremonies taking place in March 2026

Notices & Opportunities5 Mar 2026

Be part of the EuroSteps Walking Challenge: download the app!

A pan-European initiative promoting financial literacy

Discuss5 Mar 2026

The emotional side of learning at UM

New study published in the International Journal of Emotional Education

Academia6 Mar 2026

Prof. Peter Mayo delivered keynote speech at Global Policy Dialogue Conference in Rome

Speech by Prof. Peter Mayo

Academia6 Mar 2026

University of Malta highlights migration narratives at SEA-EU staff week

SEA-EU initiative advancing rights-based migration policy

Upcoming Events

A Night of Poetry at the Co-Cathedral

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Upcoming Events

UM’s Finance Office to Host Bake Sale in Aid of Puttinu Cares Foundation

On Tuesday 24 March 2026

Students3 Mar 2026

Applied entrepreneurship masterclass on business modelling for FEMA’s Int MBAs

MBA students joined a hands-on guest masterclass on start-up business and financial modelling.

Upcoming Events

The KSU x MFA Farmers Market

On 16 March 2026

Notices & Opportunities16 Feb 2026

Call for Applications - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Programme 2026

The application deadline is Wednesday 15 April (16:00)

Upcoming Events

Aquinas Lecture 2026

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Learn5 Mar 2026

Women's Archive: The Rose Lapira Collection

Exhibition open for the public until 25 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Comics on Campus 2026

Monday 16 March 2026

People5 Mar 2026

Dr Jacqueline Vanhear Named Deputy Director of UM’s Quality Support Unit

She joined UM in December 2021

Notices & Opportunities5 Mar 2026

Borrow a librarian!

10 - 27 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Konferenza - Mary Meylak: Ritratti Ġodda

Is-Sibt 7 ta’ Marzu 2026

Upcoming Events

Bibliotherapy: Psyche & Eros - beauty and courage

Saturday 14 March

Students4 Mar 2026

UM athlete to represent Malta at the 2026 FISU World University Championship

David Borg

People3 Mar 2026

Sonia Young: A broadcaster with over 33 years of experience

Upcoming Events

Lunchtime Gathering at UM: St Patrick’s Edition

Upcoming Events

Unlocking the brain’s potential: Helping the brain recover, restore, and adapt

Upcoming Event on 10 March 2026

Learn3 Mar 2026

Faculty of Education publishes e-book with abstracts from papers presented at latest CALE

People4 Mar 2026

New CEO for University’s Research, Innovation & Development Trust (RIDT)

Claudette Buttigieg

Notices & Opportunities3 Mar 2026

APERTURE PropTech MOOC & €5,000 Innovation Competition

Organised by AcrossLimits Ltd

Upcoming Events

International Women’s Day Film Screening

Upcoming Event on Friday 6 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Borma Tbaqaq: Il-Lingwa tal-Kċina

Nhar l-Erbgħa, l-11 ta' Marzu 2026

Upcoming Events

INSIGHTS Research Cluster on Security, Intelligence and Societal Challenges

Thursday 5 March 2026

People3 Mar 2026

🎊Recounting Postgraduate Graduation Traditions of the Past🕰️

Meet Emanuela Dimech

Upcoming Events

From Carmen to Neverland

Saturday 7 March 2026

Upcoming Events

WIPSS - Living Each Other’s Death - Where do the dead go?

Thursday 26 March 2026

People3 Mar 2026

UM Lecturer publishes an innovative life and limb saving operative procedure

Matthew Joe Grima, UM Lecturer within Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, publishes a Jugaar in EJVES

Notices & Opportunities2 Mar 2026

Academic promotions approved

Following Council Meeting of 19 February 2026

Notices & Opportunities2 Mar 2026

Workshop: Feel4Climate: from Climate Emotions to Climate Agency

The survey is anonymous and takes just a few minutes to complete.

Academia2 Mar 2026

'Southern' Europe and beyond in the Mediterranean

Prof. Peter Mayo's latest book is published in hardback, paperback and ebook versions

Upcoming Events

Horizon Europe Information Day – 26 March 2026

Thursday 26 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Global learning, Inclusive futures, Embracing diversity through education

From 9 to 11 April 2026

Learn27 Feb 2026

Maltese parliament hosts seminar on practical applications and ethics of AI

The AI department from the Faculty of ICT delivered a seminar to parliamantarians

Upcoming Events

Malta National Epilepsy Conference

Upcoming Event on 21 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Junior College Open Day 26

Friday 6 March 2026

Notices & Opportunities26 Feb 2026

Notice of Nominees: One member of the Administrative/ Technical/ Industrial staff on Council

The electronic election will take place on Thursday, 5 March, 2026

Upcoming Events

Horizon Europe Information Day – 26 March 2026

Notices & Opportunities26 Feb 2026

🚀 Boost Your Day with "Exercise Snacks"! 🤸

Upcoming Events

Guided Visit to the Parliament of Malta for International Women’s Day

On Monday 9 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Film and Panel Discussion Event: Grand Theft Hamlet

Monday 23 March 2026

Students25 Feb 2026

✨ Cherish your milestones: What to expect at this March's graduations 🎓

People23 Feb 2026

Cultivating a culture of wellbeing at the University of Malta

Initiatives to promote wellbeing at UM

Upcoming Events

Bridging Hospitaller Histories: a digital journey from Malta to Florence and beyond

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Discuss23 Feb 2026

Celebrating World Anthropology Day

On 19 February 2026

Learn24 Feb 2026

Reading Recovery in a Bilingual Context

A book by Prof. Charles L. Mifsud

Lifestyle19 Feb 2026

Visit and book donation from the Japan–Malta Friendship Association

Visit and book donation from the Japan–Malta Friendship Association

Discuss24 Feb 2026

A Collective Commitment to Rare Diseases in Malta

Approximately 30,000 people in Malta are living with a rare disease

Upcoming Events

Public talk and Panel Discussion: Ageing Femininity on Screen The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema - Guest Lecture by Dr Niall Richardson

Upcoming Event on Thursday 26 March 2026

Upcoming Events

La Solidaire de Brest (Malta Edition) - UM 3K Fun Run/Walk on Campus

Sunday 23 March 2025

Students24 Feb 2026

ArchiVisit - Organised by SACES in collaboration with iAS

Student trip to provide student body with experience of the built Environment abroad.

Upcoming Events

Doctorate in Educational Leadership 2026-2027

Saturday 28 February 2026

People24 Feb 2026

UM academic contributes to an International Manifesto on Human-Centred AI

UM academic contributes to an International Manifesto on human-centred AI

Notices & Opportunities23 Feb 2026

Temporary traffic disruption at Car Park 7 - Tuesday 24 February

Tuesday 24 February

People20 Jan 2026

Prof. Peter Borg Joins Editorial Board of Prestigious Mathematics Journal

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory (DMGT)

Learn23 Feb 2026

Game Studies: What even is a game mechanic?

The complex academic study of games

Notices & Opportunities20 Feb 2026

Election for the Office of the Rector

The election for the Office of the Rector shall take place at an extraordinary meeting of Council convened on Thursday, 26 March 2026

Notices & Opportunities20 Feb 2026

Library newsletter #68

Library newsletter

Learn20 Feb 2026

Storm before the Storm: The satellite clues that reveal Cyclone Harry

Atmospheric remote sensing reveals early clues to the formation of Cyclone Harry.

Academia20 Feb 2026

The MSA Annual General Meeting 2026

The Malta Sociological Association (MSA) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13/03/2026.

Discuss19 Feb 2026

SEA-EU Staff Week in Cádiz – Enhancing HR in Higher Education

The third SEA-EU HR Staff Week was held in Cádiz, focusing on HR development in HEIs

Notices & Opportunities19 Feb 2026

Library Marketing Survey

Responses will be collected until 29 March 2026

Upcoming Events

National Conference about Rare Diseases: Together Through the Uncommon & 11th Rare Disease Colloquium

On Thursday 19 February 2026

Upcoming Events

Performing Arts Encounters (Public Lecture Series) - Dr Maria Kapsali (University of Leeds UK)

Upcoming Event on Thursday 19 February 2026

Notices & Opportunities18 Feb 2026

Call for Papers - Health And Migration: Perspectives from the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Journal of Migration is accepting contributions for its special issue

Lifestyle18 Feb 2026

Carnival spirit fills campus at Lunchtime Initiative

Upcoming Events

Engineering Holiness: A Kantian Discussion on the Ethics of Moral Enhancement

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Academia18 Feb 2026

University of Malta contributes citizen science expertise at CS-MACH1 workshop

University of Malta shares citizen science success at CS-MACH1 workshop in Belgium

Notices & Opportunities18 Feb 2026

Be Success-Forward: March 2026 Training Programme

Offered by the Office for Human Resources Management & Development

Notices & Opportunities12 Feb 2026

Academic Membership for PROMISE is open!

The Academic Membership for the Poverty Research Cluster (PROMISE) at the UM is open

Upcoming Events

“Can this be done?” New research tools for studying human interaction

Friday 6 March

Students12 Feb 2026

French comes alive: a day of film, games and discovery at UM

Fun and educational outreach event for Year 10 students

Upcoming Events

From Script to Archive: The Words of Rose Lapira

On Monday 2 March 2026

Upcoming Events

Feminist Digital Humanities: Intersections in Practice

Online event on Friday 08 May 2026

Lifestyle17 Feb 2026

Random Act of Kindness Day at UM

17 February 2026

Notices & Opportunities17 Feb 2026

IBM SPSS Courses - March/April 2026

Courses for the statistical software SPSS are being organised by IT services

Academia17 Feb 2026

UM makes historic debut in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

Clinical Medicine ranked in the 401–500 band globally

Upcoming Events

Mytholudics: Games and Myth

Upcoming Event on 10 April 2026

Learn16 Feb 2026

Monitoring extreme events in the central Mediterranean

Cyclone Harry hit Central Med; WAVEGUARD boosts monitoring & response resilience

People16 Feb 2026

Colin Fitz joined Campus 103.7 as a presenter and producer in 2020

Meet Colin Fitz

Academia13 Feb 2026

FEMA strengthens ties with Bielsko‑Biała, Poland

FEMA signs 5-year MoU with City of Bielsko-Biała to boost collaboration, research & mobility

Upcoming Events

Annual Pharmacy Symposium

Monday 2 March - Friday 6 March 2026

Upcoming Events

UM Green Travel Plan - Cycling Classes

TBA

Upcoming Events

Get Ready for Artivisti! Join Our Info Session

Upcoming Event on 27 February 2026

Upcoming Events

SEA-EU International Week: Equity and Inclusion

Monday 16 - Friday 20 February

Academia14 Jan 2026

Inauguration of a painting commemorating Professor Oliver Friggieri

In the Library’s Melitensia Special Collection

Academia15 Jan 2026

Driving discovery through research excellence: UM awards Research Excellence Funds 2025 to support five research projects

On Thursday 15 January 2026

Upcoming Events

Training and Cooperation Activities (TCA) on Green Sustainability: The Erasmus+ Generation for the Earth

16 April 2026 - 17 April 2026

Upcoming Events

Carnival Lunchtime Initiative on Campus

17 February 2026

Learn4 Feb 2026

ECOSCOPE project concludes with exceptional results

UM's Department of Economics, supported by Project Support Office, collaborated with an excellent consortium of partners

People5 Feb 2026

Prof. Mayo to deliver keynote address at Global Lifelong Learning Coordination Group Meeting

On 18 February 2026

Students5 Feb 2026

Where curiosity sparks innovation: another successful KurżitàJiem at Esplora, featuring the participation of UM

Was open to school pupils between 26 and 30 January

Lifestyle2 Feb 2026

Antonella on Campus 103.7: Campus Breakfast and beyond

Producer, presenter, and cultural voice behind Campus Breakfast on Campus 103.7

People9 Feb 2026

Project Anchor launched

The project Anchor is a digital well-being platform for individuals in high-consequence professions

Academia5 Feb 2026

UM achieves best result to date in QS Europe Rankings 2026

The performance of 958 universities across 42 European countries and territories, were assessed

Notices & Opportunities5 Feb 2026

IMO IMLI - Call for Applications for the Academic Year 2026-2027

Applications are open for the 2026-27 academic year at IMO International Maritime Law Institute IMLI

Upcoming Events

Comprehensive Care In A Changing World: A Congress by the Malta College of Family Doctors

On 27 & 28 March 2026

Lifestyle11 Feb 2026

Jesuits’ Church reopens following major restoration works

Additional restoration interventions are still in progress.

Academia9 Feb 2026

A new look for MRER — coming soon

New look for MRER on its 20th anniversary

Learn9 Feb 2026

Nine Games created in 48 hours at Malta Global Game Jam

Over 40 creatives made nine games in 48 hours at the Malta Global Game Jam

Notices & Opportunities6 Feb 2026

2027-2028 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Application deadline:30 November 2026

Learn9 Feb 2026

The WAVE Project launched

The AI Project WAVE (Water-rescue Adaptive Virtual-reality Experiental learning) has been launched

Discuss5 Feb 2026

Advancing Virtual Mobility: SEA-EU Staff Week held at Kiel University

The event brought together academics and administrative staff from across the Alliance

Academia6 Feb 2026

AIR SAVE solidifies market readiness with New Patent and First-Place IP Award

AIR SAVE gets its patent granted and places first in Malta Intellectual Property Awards

Upcoming Events

The World in Sand

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Notices & Opportunities6 Feb 2026

School of Performing Arts UM partners with Intellect Books

The School of Performing Arts UM is proud to partner with Intellect Books for its annual conference

Upcoming Events

French and German Language Cafés as part of the SEA-EU International Week

On Tuesday 17 February 2026

Learn5 Feb 2026

University of Malta’s FlexBIT Demonstrator for Residential Smart Energy Systems

UM develops a residential digital twin for smarter, sustainable energy management

Academia5 Feb 2026

MRER celebrates 20 years with book launch on its educational research legacy

This book launch celebrates MRER's role in shaping educational research

Upcoming Events

Valentine's Day at the Library

On Friday 13 February 2025

Notices & Opportunities4 Feb 2026

Apply Now! Summer School Alpbach 2026: High-Energy Processes in Planetary Systems

14 - 23 July 2026

Notices & Opportunities4 Feb 2026

Malta–Poland Joint Call for R&I Proposals

Academia2 Feb 2026

UM strengthens global reputation with positive Times Higher Education 2026 rankings

People3 Feb 2026

Prof. Lino Bianco led interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research seminars at the Faculty of Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University

From the Department of History of Architecture within the Faculty for the Built Environment

Lifestyle2 Feb 2026

UM Wolves RFC hit the ground running with unbeaten start to 2026

Good Start for UM Wolves RFC

Discuss3 Feb 2026

How well are Maltese businesses prepared to respond to the growing risks of coastal flooding?

A UM study explores coastal flood risk perceptions among Maltese businesses

Upcoming Events

Inside the Interval: The Palestinian Time of Incarceration in Mai Masri’s '3,000 Nights'

Discuss2 Feb 2026

From our University Campus to the Community: Research leading to active sustainability

Write-Up

Academia28 Jan 2026

UM hosts researchers from CERN, INFN and IFIC at joint TWOCRYST/ALADDIN workshop

Results from CERN experiment in the Large Hadron Collider presented at UM Valletta campus

Discuss30 Jan 2026

Bringing in Politics through an Erasmus+ BIP

The Department of Nursing participated in a BIP- Political Empowerment for Health and Social Work.

Notices & Opportunities21 Jan 2026

Call for Interns - Science in the City 2026

Science in the City is looking for new interns to join the team!

Notices & Opportunities21 Jan 2026

Calls for Applications for a Traineeship at the EPO and EUIPO are Now Open!

Apply for a one year paid traineeship at the EPO or EUIPO!

Lifestyle3 Feb 2026

Why publish with Malta University Press?

Hear it directly from the authors as they share why they decided to publish their work with Malta University Press.

Learn3 Feb 2026

The Poverty Observatory Biannual Bulletin

Publishing of the Poverty Observatory Biannual Bulletin and linking to the feedback form

Upcoming Events

HUMS Event - Life: Balances & Conflicts

On Wednesday 4 February 2026

People2 Feb 2026

Celaine Buhagiar: leading Campus 103.7 through storytelling, collaboration, and community

Station Manager at Campus 103.7

People2 Feb 2026

Michael Briguglio participates in RethinkBlue COST conference in Tallinn

Michael Briguglio participates in RethinkBlue COST conference in Tallinn

Academia2 Feb 2026

University of Malta charts its course for the next five years with Strategic Plan 2026–2030

Launched on Thursday 22 January 2026

Discuss7 Jan 2026

IEEE Malta Awards Night Celebrates Excellence and Industry Impact of UM Faculties and Students

Held on Wednesday 17 December 2025

Upcoming Events

The Military Orders IX: Documents and Monuments 2026

9 - 12 September 2026

Upcoming Events

Webinar on newly developed Media Literacy and AI toolkit

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Notices & Opportunities28 Jan 2026

Youth Information Ambassadors - Listen Up

Aġenzija Żgħażagħ launches the Youth Information Ambassadors | Listen Up Initiative. Apply Now!

Upcoming Events

Giovedì Gras Cultural Tour

On Thursday 12 February 2026

People28 Jan 2026

UM academic participates in workshop on climate change and cultural heritage

Dr Agius attended the SD-WISHEES workshop to discus enablers and barriers in funded projects

Upcoming Events

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): advances, challenges and business insights

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Upcoming Events

Save the Date: Seminar marking European Perioperative Nurse Day

Friday 20 February 2026

People28 Jan 2026

Prof. Norbert Bugeja given Jury's Honourable Mention at the Mediterranean Poetry Prize

The awards ceremony for the international prize was held at Rome's historic Palazzo Valentini