Some academics genuinely commented on this article in a state of delusion, insisting that ranking 1,600th globally as a university is actually a good result. The University of Malta even brags about this figure by saying that it comes in the 7th place in the world, probably assuming that it is the equivalent of a top ten list: the arithmetic naivety is incredibly astonishing. This isn’t a peripheral university: this is Malta’s national university.
For further context to this ranking, one may also use the ranking by the Times Higher Education. Globally, the UOM’s ranking has been getting worse since 2020. In 2021 Malta was in the 601-800th category and in 2022 it got downgraded to the 801-1000th category. Malta ranks with universities like University of Lahore (Pakistan), University of Kashan (Iran), University of Salento (Italy), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), and University of Roehampton (United Kingdom).
There’s clearly also some confusion on what privitsation for the university would entail. The government would still be able to subsidise the University of Malta if it is privatised. The government could relinquish control over the leadership of the University of Malta by partially or fully privatising the institution, while retaining a set of conditions to safeguard the national interest. This could also pave the way for both economic and intellectual growth, as the university pursues value creation and profitability.
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