University of Malta ranks in top 10 Universities in which senior EU officials studied .The University of Malta is among the top 10 Universities in which senior EU officials studied before joining EU institutions and bodies. This result emerged from a study compiled by POLITICO Europe (a joint-venture between POLITICO LLC, based in the
USA and Axel Springer, the leading digital publisher in Europe), a non-partisan politics and policy news organization. 

 

The share of EU officials in the sample who attended the University of Malta during their educational career stood at 1.8%, placing the University in 9th place among the top 25 universities. Alumni of the University of Malta include scientists, architects, thinkers and medical professionals of international repute, such as Edward de Bono, Gauden Galea and Richard England.The results should be interpreted in the context that Malta is the smallest EU member state in terms of population and joined the EU in 2004 together with 9 other countries.