Overview

If you are a psychiatric/general nurse or midwife seeking to enhance your mental health knowledge, then this course is targeted for you.You will be provided with the knowledge, confidence and skills to improve your own self development and make a major contribution to professional care.

Career opportunities

The Mental Health Nursing programme at the University of Malta enables you to master research, educational and professional mental health skills in order to contribute to enhancing clinical practice and service delivery. As a graduate, you may be in a position to take up clinical leadership and/or management and education posts.
Mental Health services are expanding all the time in recognition of the huge impact mental health and illness has on society. As a masters’ level mental health nurse, you will be able to take a lead in many of these initiatives. Additionally, they may also take up opportunities for further academic and self-development in foreign countries. You will be eligible to undertake the third cycle programme for the fulfilment of Doctorate studies.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Methods for Health Care Professionals

Professional Issues in Mental Health Care

Critical/Creative Thinking in Ethical Applications to Health Care

Advanced Therapeutic Interaction in Mental Health Care

Mental Health Interventions

Advanced Mental Health Nursing Practice

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2026-10-05 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

95

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PTE Academic

71

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Msida, Malta

Disciplines

Nursing Clinical Psychology View 4 other Masters in Clinical Psychology in Malta

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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95

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71

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of:

a Bachelor's degree obtained with at least Second Class Honours in an area of study deemed suitable by the Board or
a degree from this or another university which the Board considers as comparable to the degree indicated in paragraph (a).

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

4466 EUR / year

≈ 4466 EUR / year
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EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

Local/EU/EEA Applicants:

Annual Enrolment Fee: Eur 400

Non-EU/Non-EEA Applicants:

Total Tuition Fees: Eur 13,400
Yr 1: Eur 6,700 - Yr 2: Eur 6,700 - Yr 3: NIL

Living costs

Msida

Malta

690 - 1170 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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