Malta
Government Undergraduate Scheme (MGUS) 2019/2020
High
quality undergraduate education is of central importance to a number of
objectives: an ever more highly skilled workforce and the development of new
fields of study and specialisation. It
is a key to Malta’s economic and social progress, and is essential to many
people's continuing professional development.
The
Maltese Government believes that students may find valid learning pathways in
degree courses / programmes that are provided, either through foreign higher
education institutions or through recognised private higher education
institutions in Malta.
The
Malta Government Undergraduate Scheme 2019/20 aims at providing more
opportunities to further the choice of undergraduate degrees/qualifications up
to MQF Level 6 and including Bachelor Degrees and vocational qualifications,
classified at Level 6 or equivalent under the Malta Qualification Framework
(MQF).
Students
who require further information about the National Qualification Framework may contact
the Malta Qualification Council on +356 2381 0000 or visit their website at www.ncfhe.gov.mt/.
Through this
scheme, the Government is extending the financial support available to undergraduate
students at the University of Malta, MCAST and the American University of Malta
(AUM), to other students undertaking equivalent studies, at other institutions,
leading to officially recognised local and foreign MQF Level 6 qualification at
First Degree Level.
Students
pursuing studies in a foreign/private institution at any other level may
request the Students’ Maintenance Grants Board by a letter or email and submit the
duly filled-in online application within the stipulated time, to consider their
case for eligibility.
Key Objectives
The
key objectives of this Undergraduate Courses scheme are:
• To encourage more student participation at an
undergraduate level in Malta and abroad;
• To promote academic/vocational excellence in
the private tuition sector;
• To increase student choice of degrees/qualifications
and institutions.
To
be eligible under this scheme, applicants shall be students currently
registered as full time students, physically on campus, reading a course of
studies at one of the following institutions:
• A
licensed private higher education institution or licensed tuition centre in
Malta offering courses leading to a recognised MQF Level 6 , or;
• A foreign higher education institution
offering recognised MQF Level 6 Qualification.
Note: This scheme excludes students
registered on Distance Learning (Full-time/Part-Time), Part-Time Courses and
Blended Courses.
Provided
that for the purposes of this scheme, ‘recognised MQF Level 6 qualification’
shall mean such qualifications
classified as undergraduate/vocational courses equivalent to MQF level 6 by the
Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) within the National
Council for Further and Higher Education (NCFHE).
In the application the student is
requested to declare whether he/she was ever awarded a scholarship or was in
receipt of the Students’ Maintenance Grants from any educational institution as
this will determine his/her eligibility.
Students are to inform the SMG Board immediately if they are accepted
for any other funding from any institution/body whilst in receipt of SMG.
Closing date for applications is
30th November 2019 at noon.