An American university is expected to open a campus in Malta catering for 4,000 students, TVM has reported.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat spoke of this investment for the first time last Sunday during a political meeting in Nadur, without giving any details.
Attempts to get more information over the past few days proved futile, with the government keeping its cards close to its chest.
The national broadcaster yesterday said the De Paul University of Chicago would be running the Malta campus, which would be situated somewhere in the south. The investment is expected to run into millions of euros, and the first intake of 1,000 students is reportedly expected to take place in October 2016. An agreement between the government and the American university is expected to be signed in the coming days.
If it materialises, this will be the second investment since the start of the year by foreign private universities in Malta.
College aims to have 3,000students by 2018, mainly from Commonwealth countries, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia
In February the government signed an agreement with Barts medical school, a branch of London’s Queen Mary University. The medical school is expected to operate from the grounds of the Gozo General Hospital and will cater for 300 foreign-paying students over a five-year period. The first intake of 60 students will happen in October 2016.
Two years ago a British higher education facility, Global College, opened its doors at Smart City.
The college offers British style Master’s degrees in key sectors such as oil and gas, IT and management. The college aims to have 3,000 students on campus by 2018, mainly from Commonwealth countries, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
The UK-based Middlesex University opened a campus in Pembroke in 2013, making it only the second university on the island. The opening of the Pembroke campus strengthened a six-year collaboration Middlesex had going in Malta.
It offers business, computing and finance courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.