Friday, 18th July 2008 - 10:37CET
Growing number of Maltese at UK universities
The number of Maltese students following under-graduate and post-graduate studies in the UK in 2006/2007 rose by 7 percent over the previous year to reach 835, the British Council said. In contrast, only 390 Maltese
students were registered in the UK in 2003/2004.
The Council said the majority of Maltese students are studying at postgraduate level (600+). While still relatively low, the number of Maltese students registered in the UK at undergraduate level (i.e. 3 year courses) is increasing (200+).
"The growth has been driven predominantly by enrolments in non-traditional subject areas such as the Creative Arts and industry-related subjects," the Council said.
The Council added that there were indications that Maltese students tend to 'cluster' in the same universities. For example, a majority are studying education in Sheffield; medicine in Ulster; engineering in Southampton
and Brunel.
The top three subject areas for Maltese students in the UK are medicine, business and administrative studies and engineering and technology.
Requests for more detailed information should be submitted in writing to information@britishcouncil.org.mt
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Shouldn't they come shouting in this article, asking for the fines to be extended to other areas of studies?
Or are we just discrimanting against doctors?
Don't Get me wrong, I agree very much with post graduate, and undergraduate studies with foreign universities.
What I don't understand is the prejudice of the general public against newly graduated doctors, as opposed to other areas of studies with regards to post graduate training
For Maltese students attending university in Scotland.... tuition is FREE.
The thought of considerably improving a secondary language may seem daunting at first, however it will prove to be an asset since if one wants to work in a european environment, one's lingustic skills will be as valuable as their academic ones.