An Overview

Stipends & Grants

Overview - Eligibility – Applying - Entitlements - Stipends Pay Dates – Payments

Stipends and Grants are provided by the Government of Malta for students attending at approved Post-Secondary, Vocational and Tertiary Educational Institutions. Stipends and Grants are regulated by Subsidiary Legislation 605.06. This legislation also determines applicants’ eligibility.

Students are encouraged to apply online between the 30^th September and 31^st December 2023 in order to benefit from Stipends and Grants as from the beginning of the respective academic year. Students submitting their online application after the end of December 2023 would be considered eligible for Stipends and Grants as from the date of the submission of their application.

New students, students changing course and/or institution, repeaters, and students in additional or extension year are to apply for the Students' Stipends and Grants by submitting an online application at the beginning of the academic year by using their e-ID and password through this link: https://studentgrants.gov.mt/login

At the beginning of the respective academic year but by no later than 31^st December 2023, in order to benefit from Stipends and Grants as from the beginning of the respective academic year, promoted students are required to access their online application using their e-ID and password to confirm their personal details and the details of their course. Students confirming the details on their online application after the end of December 2023, will be considered eligible for Stipends and Grants as from the date of the submission of their application.

Eligibility Criteria

For students to benefit from Stipends and Grants they should: -

• Be Maltese Citizens, or have at least one parent being a Maltese Citizen; or be a national of a European Union/European Economic Area state or a family member of such European Union/European Economic Area national (provided that such person has obtained permanent residence in Malta; or be a national of European Union/European Economic Area state who is in Malta exercising his/her Treaty rights as a worker, self-employed person or person retaining such status; or be a Third Country National that has been granted refugee/long term residence status).
• Have resided in Malta for a period of not less than 5 years immediately prior to the commencement of the respective course of studies. Provided that for the purpose of calculating the 5-year requirement, consideration shall not be given to that period during which the student, as per this Regulation, would have been residing outside Malta due to medical treatment or any other purpose that the Board may consider acceptable.
• Have completed their term of compulsory education.
• Be attending their respective course of studies regularly and are making satisfactory progress.
• Not be in full-time employment.
• Be in part-time employment not exceeding 30 hours weekly.
• Be progressing in their level of studies. Progression of level of studies shall be determined according to the Malta Qualification Framework levels as established by the Malta Qualification Recognition Information Centre or any other competent body.

  How to Apply

  The below is a drive through the Stipends and Grants online application:

  Page 1:  This page contains the students’ personal details. Students are to ensure that these are correct.  Applicants will also need to insert an IBAN.  It is made up of 31 alphanumeric characters.

Page 2:  Applicants are urged to click all the questions and to fill in all their course details.   There shall be at least one item in the Education / Employment History section.

Page 3: This page relates to Supplementary Grant.  Only applicants facing proven hardship and humanitarian situations are to click Yes to the question regarding Supplementary and select a reason why they are applying for Supplementary. 

Page 4: Applicants are to upload the requested files indicated in the application. Applicants need to upload a recent Employment History and all pages of the School-Leaving Certificate and Profiling. Students applying for Supplementary Stipend and Grant (if applicable), are to make sure to also upload all the necessary documentation under the proper heading; such as parents’ Employment History, parents FS3, Social Security statements of allowances/benefits received, profit and loss declaration (where applicable) etc..

Once students fill in the online application, they need to make sure that they click on the Submit button.

Students may take up to 10 minutes to login, fill in and correctly submit an online application. This timeframe assumes that scans of requested documentation are already prepared and the IBAN account already available.

Students may amend their online applications for Stipends and Grant until end of June of the respective academic year.

There shall be no further processing of online applications after 30^th June 2024.

Entitlements

Stipends and Grants include the following:

• One-Time Grant (depending on the course of studies)
• Initial Grant
• Stipends
• Single Parents’ Grant
• Top-Up Stipend
• Supplementary Grant/Stipends

What you'll get in terms of Stipends and Grants

Stipends and Grants are awarded to students according to the MQF Level and classification of the course that the students are reading for as per table below:

*MQF – Malta Qualifications Framework

**Only Master’s Degrees that lead to a warrant are entitled for Stipends and Grants

Stipend Pay Dates for Academic Year 2023 – 2024

• 2^nd December 2023
• 30^th December 2023

• 29^th January 2024
• 26^th February 2024
• 25^th March 2024
• 22^nd April 2024
• 20^th May 2024
• 17^th June 2024
• 15^th July 2024
• 12^th August 2024

The below stipend pay dates are only applicable for students following their 3^rd Semester and those on Apprenticeships programmes: -

• 9th September 2024
• 7th October 2024
• 4^th November 2024

Payment of Stipends and Grants

All Stipends and Grants are credited directly to the bank account that the students specify in their online application, after the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Unit receives confirmation from the respective Educational Institutions’ regarding commencement of course, and after students confirm their online application. It is imperative that students enter their personal active and correct IBAN account number in their online application.

No alerts are sent to students when stipends and grants are credited to students. Such service may be sought from their local bank services provider.

Apply:  https://studentgrants.gov.mt/login

Published on 30 September 2023