Documents for Malta Universities
The papers students from India and Pakistan need to apply to a Maltese university, then for the visa and the residence permit. Money is in euro (EUR).
You need papers at three stages: applying, the visa and the residence permit.
Study papers
Certificates, transcripts and translations.
English test
IELTS, TOEFL, PTE or another test UM accepts.
Visa papers
For the D visa (type D), the long-stay visa that lets you enter Malta to study.
Money papers
For the visa and the residence permit.
Your marks and certificates, as copies first and as originals later.
- Upload certified copies (copies stamped by an official as true) of your certificates and transcripts.
- Add certified English translations if needed.
- Your bachelor's degree and transcripts.
- Most master's courses want a minimum degree class or GPA (grade average).
- UM looks at each master's application one by one.
- UM checks your passport, certificates, transcripts and English test result when you arrive.
- You cannot enrol until they are checked.
Class 12 Students
Papers about you, besides your marks.
- A detailed CV showing your studies and work since school.
- A result from an approved English test (SELT) from a test provider UM accepts.
- Academic IELTS for a bachelor's: 6.0 overall. For a master's: 6.5 overall.
- Results must be issued within 2 years of your course start.
You show money twice: for the visa, and again for the residence permit.
- India: money for every month of study equal to 75% of Malta's national minimum wage (the lowest pay allowed by law), plus your fees.
- India: 6 months of bank statements and 3 years of income tax returns.
- Pakistan: 3 months of bank statements. Follow the VFS Global checklist for Pakistan.
- The last 3 months of bank statements.
- Money equal to at least 60% of Malta's national income threshold for your household size (a set yearly amount), for the time you stay. Ask your university or Identità (the government office for residence permits) for the euro amount.
- A sponsor's signed letter and ID copy, if someone pays for you.
Average Cost Overview for Malta
English test deadline at UM, October 2027 start (students from outside the EU who need a visa)
1 July 2027
When each paper is checked, and what stamps it needs.
Stamps for Visa Papers
- Papers not in English need certified English translations.
- For your residence permit, foreign public papers need an apostille or legalisation (an official check that a paper is real).
Document Verification Timeline
Upload copies
When you apply
Scans of certificates, transcripts, English test and CV.
Visa papers
After you are accepted
Your country's checklist from VFS Global (the company that takes visa papers).
Show originals
When you arrive
UM checks your original papers before you enrol.
•Missing the English test deadline: UM does not admit you without it, even if you meet every other rule.
•Uploading papers in a format UM does not accept (only jpeg, gif or pdf).
•If an upload fails, send the missing papers within 10 days of applying.
What the University of Malta (UM) asks applicants with certificates from outside Malta to upload.
Study Papers
English Test
Personal Papers
Course Papers
Tips
Scan each paper as a separate file (jpeg, gif or pdf) before you start your online application.
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