The University of Malta currently has 1,073 international students, the highest number ever.
According to the annual report on internationalisation trends at the university, written by Pro-Rector Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, eight per cent of the student population of the 14 faculties are international students.
The Faculties of Medicine & Surgery, Arts and Economics, Management and Accountancy registered the highest number of international students.
Within the University’s institutes, centres and schools, the proportion of international students is even higher: 18 per cent.
The University of Malta hosted 359 Erasmus students and 41 other students from non-EU countries. This was 12 per cent lower than the previous academic year.
Further insight about this report may be found on https://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/features/2019/05/umregistersthehighestnumberofinternationalstudentsever