18 - Malta - Organisational variations, alternative structures

A tertiary education level institution that organises a number of courses is the Foundation for International Studies, founded in 1987, based in Valletta in the original University building which dates from 1592. It is the international relations arm of the University of Malta, a status instituted formally by Statute in 1994. However, the Foundation is an autonomous, self-governing organisation housing the University’s International Office and a number of institutes with an international dimension. The Rector of the University is also the Chairman of the Foundation.

The Foundation is partly subsidised by Government but it generates its own funding mainly through the organisation of short courses, international conferences and international research and other projects. It helps develop links with foreign universities. The Foundation has a well established reputation in the international education arena and with other cultural organisations, in particular the European Union, the Council of Europe and UNESCO.

Within the Foundation for International Studies there are the International Environment Institute, the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics and the Institute for Islands and Small States.

Within the University of Malta there is also the University of the Third Age which runs courses for elderly people in a number of areas of interest. These courses do not entail any assessments but are rather meant to inform, educate, entertain and keep the elderly actively interested in various aspects of knowledge and life.

Institutions:

Foundation for International Studies
Old University Building St. Paul's Street Valletta Malta
Tel.:++356 21234121/2
Fax:++356 21230551
E-mail:  intoff@maltanet.net
Website:http://www.um.edu.mt/intoff/fis.html

 

University of Malta
University of Malta Msida MSD 06 Malta
Tel.:++356 2340 2828
Fax:++356 21 336450
Website:http://www.um.edu.mt

 

University of the Third Age
University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Msida MSD 06, Malta
Tel.:++ 356 2340 2828
Fax:++ 356 21 336 450
E-mail: comms@um.edu.mt
Website:http://www.um.edu.mt


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Date: 2009
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