University of Malta Graduates: 1998-2007
Whist more students are graduating now then ten years ago, there still exist gender gaps in the choices
for male and female students. Overall, more female students are completing courses than male
students, with more females obtaining first degrees, diplomas and post graduate diplomas. On the other
hand, more males are likely to complete PH.Ds. Up until 2006, more male students completed Masters
degrees than female students, but in 2007 this changed.
More male students are concentrated in FMEE, ICT and Architecture, with five times as many male
students in the former two, and twice as many in the latter. Male students are also more concentrated
in Sciences yet the difference is not as great.
Female students are more concentrated in IHC, Medicine, Education, Communication, Law and Arts.
The following are tables and graphs by Degree, Faculty, Institute and Centre, showing the number of
graduates, per year, by gender.
Total Number of Students Graduating:
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
778
962
842
917
921
936
1070
1105
1020
979
Female Graduates
904
1034
895
999
1072
1232
1644
1520
1380
1594
Total Number of Students
Total Male
Students
Total Female
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
For the past ten years, more female students have been graduated than male students with the
largest discrepancies being in 2004 and 2007. For females, the highest number of graduates was
in 2004 and for males in 2005. Since then, the numbers have decreased slightly overall.
Total Number of Students Graduating with First Degrees
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
463
614
470
575
548
575
537
606
595
727
532
750
517
800
592
824
548
859
622
889
Male Graduates
First Degree Graduates
Female Graduates
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
The number of female students graduating with a first degree decreased slightly between 1998 and
2000 and since then has increased steadily. Similarly, the highest number of male students graduated in
2007.
Total Number of Students Graduating in a Masters Degree
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
113
53
95
54
110
87
120
83
143
92
125
123
195
156
132
137
185
163
180
215
Male
Female Masters
Masters
250
200
150
100
50
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
From 1998 to 2006, male students graduating with Masters degrees has been greater than the number
of females. However, this changed in 2007 with 35 more female students graduating than males. The
largest number of male students obtaining such degrees was in 2004, whereas for females in 2007.
Total Number of Students Graduating in PH.Ds.
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
5
2
6
13
5
5
5
4
8
7
Males
Females
1998
1999
2
4
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
3
PH.Ds
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
The highest number of female students graduating with PH.Ds in any given year has never exceeded
more than 4. In 2001 and 2006 there were no female students graduating with PH.Ds, yet 13 and 8 male
students respectively.
Total Number of Graduates obtaining Diplomas
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
118
134
213
151
114
105
162
147
82
95
137
178
190
485
143
175
170
165
103
236
Diplomas
Male - Diploma
Female - Diploma
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
The number of female students graduating with diplomas has always been greater than male students
except in 1999 and 2001. The highest number of male and female students obtaining diplomas was in
2004, with 190 male students and 485 female students.
Total Number of Students obtaining Post-Graduate Diplomas
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
59
73
35
92
26
65
41
78
16
62
10
44
30
63
61
101
31
91
56
126
Post Graduate Diplomas
Males
Females
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Over the past ten years more female than male students have obtained postgraduate diplomas, with the highest number of female students obtaining the
diploma in 2007 and male students in 2005.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Architecture from 1998-2007.
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Males
Females
56
40
17
20
23
20
54
20
24
8
16
11
6
13
11
12
11
12
Males
Architecture
Females
Students
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
On average, three times more male students have graduated from the Faculty of Architecture than
female students. The largest discrepancy was in 1999 and since then the difference has slowly
decreased.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Arts.
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Graduates
Female Graduates
94
115
45
86
70
104
48
71
69
124
64
131
60
127
84
173
60
127
104
179
Arts
200
Arts - Male
Arts - Female
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Over the past ten years, more female students have graduated from the Faculty of Arts than male
students. The highest number of graduates for both male and female students was in 2007 with 104 and
179 students respectively.
Students Graduating from the Faculty of Dentistry
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
5
5
11
5
7
2
2
2
4
6
2
4
2
7
Dentistry
12
10
Students
8
Male
6
Female
4
2
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Previously, the B. Ch. D course was offered every alternate year, therefore in 1998, 2000 and 2002 there
were no graduates. In 2001 and 2003 there were more male students graduating within the faculty,
whereas in 2005 and 2007 more females graduated. In 2004 and 2006 the same number of male and
female students graduated.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Education
Year
Males
Females
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
147
228
146
160
128
110
85
114
93
106
289
401
265
334
273
304
534
291
311
367
600
Education
500
Students
400
300
Males
Females
200
100
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
On average, over the past ten years, for every two male students graduating from the Faculty of
Education there are five females. The greatest difference was in 2004, where 534 female and 85 male
students graduated.
Students graduating from FEMA.
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
225
158
211
223
256
231
310
340
291
311
Female
196
162
170
178
218
249
336
361
342
341
FEMA
400
350
300
250
Male
200
Female
150
100
50
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Between 1998 and 2002, more male than female students graduated from the Faculty of Economics,
Management and Accounts. However, this trend reversed from 2003 onwards and more female
students have been graduating from the Faculty since then, although the differences are minimal. For
example, in 2007, 52% of the students graduating were female.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
Year
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
63
47
46
45
60
50
48
50
80
68
Female
5
8
8
7
1
12
9
12
12
16
FMEE
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Year
The ratio of male to female students graduating from FMEE is roughly 5 to 1. Since 1998, the number of
female students has only increased minimally, from 5 to 16 (16 being the highest graduating in 2007).
Similarly, male students graduating from this course increased from 63 to 80 in 2006 and down to 68 in
2007.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology
Year
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
1
35
46
27
34
36
39
51
44
48
Female
0
7
4
3
5
6
14
10
7
13
ICT
60
50
40
Male
30
Female
20
10
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
As with FMEE, the Faculty of ICT has five times more males graduating than female students. The
number of male students increased from 1 in 1998 to 28 for males and from 0 to 13 for females.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Law
Year
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
61
129
91
171
141
161
143
125
120
134
Female
97
161
100
177
181
198
199
233
156
246
Law
300
250
200
Male
150
Female
100
50
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Over the past ten years, more females have been graduating from the Faculty of Law, with the
discrepancy increasing from 36 in 1998 to 112 in 2007.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Medicine
Year
Male
Female
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
30
43
13
49
45
34
56
45
37
43
47
20
30
46
41
33
75
73
37
66
80
70
Medicine
60
50
40
Males
30
Females
20
10
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Overall, more females have graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery with 23 more female
students graduating in 2007 than male students.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Science.
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
40
35
Males
7
20
23
28
26
34
32
22
33
32
Females
6
19
17
19
19
24
20
13
38
29
Science
30
25
20
Males
15
Females
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The number of male and female students graduating from the Faculty of Science have been roughly
equal, with the highest discrepancy occurring in 2005 with 9 more males graduating than female
students.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Theology.
Year
Males
Females
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
34
26
29
24
24
32
28
26
8
6
24
13
16
14
13
24
14
18
5
7
40
Theology
35
30
25
20
Males
15
Females
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
From 1998 to 2006 more male than female students graduated from the Faculty of Theology. In 2007
the numbers were almost equal with 7 female and 6 male students graduating.
Institutes and Centres
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
17
1
2
8
1
3
5
1
4
0
Students
IEI
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
In 1999 the number of male students who graduated from the IEI was double that of female students,
whereas in 2000, 2001 and 2003, the numbers were nearly equally. Only one male student graduated in
2004.
Students graduating from IHC
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
50
38
37
40
50
42
70
64
60
47
Female
63
72
73
60
86
99
134
131
168
169
Students
IHC
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
For male students, the numbers didn’t vary much, an overall decrease from 50 to 47 students. For
female students however, the number increased by over a 100.
Students graduating from the Institute of Islands and Small States
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
4
0
0
0
3
13
0
3
1
5
11
20
IISS
25
Students
20
15
Male
Female
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Since 2002, more female students have graduated from the IISS, with forty female and twenty male
students.
Students graduating from the Institute of Agriculture
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
5
14
1
21
0
15
30
2
5
10
2
7
2
11
11
0
Institute for Agriculture
35
30
Students
25
20
Male
15
Female
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
From 2000 till 2006 the number of male students graduating from the Institute of Agriculture increased
from 5 to 30 but decreased to 2 in 2007. For female students, the numbers varied from 0 to 11, with
eleven students graduating in 2005 and 2006 and no students in 2007.
Students graduating from the Institute of Baroque Studies
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
2
6
3
0
19
0
17
3
5
1
4
1
Students
Institute for Baroque Studies
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
The majority of students who graduated from the Institute of Baroque Studies were male, with an
overall number of 41 male students graduating from the Institute, whereas only 20 female students
graduated.
Students graduating from the Institute of Construction and Management of Culture
Year
Male
Female
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
8
2
4
4
1
5
2
9
9
2
Students
Institute for Construction and
Management of Culture
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Over the past five years, more female than male students have graduated from the Institute, although
the overall difference is only slight with 27 female students and 19 male students graduating.
Students graduating from the European Centre for Gerontology
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male Female
14
11
4
9
0
3
5
4
5
4
14
8
6
5
5
3
5
4
5
4
European Centre for Gerontology
16
14
Students
12
10
Male
8
Female
6
4
2
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
The total number of students graduating from the Centre has decreased over the past ten years, from
28 to 8. Throughout, the number of male and female students graduating has been almost equal.
Students graduating from the Edward de Bono Institute.
Year Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
5
9
Female
5
10
Edward De Bono Institute - Males
12
Students
10
8
Male
6
Female
4
2
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
The number of male and female students graduating from this Institute are nearly equal, with one more
female student graduating in 2007.
Students graduating from the European Research and Documentation Centre
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3
5
7
9
10
18
19
21
19
19
Female
2
3
1
10
14
18
5
23
15
26
Students
EDRC
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Since 1998, the number of both male and female students graduating from this Centre has increased,
for female students from 2 to 26 (the highest number, obtained on 2007) and for males from 3 to 19,
with the highest number of 21 being obtained in 2005.
Students graduating from the Centre for Communication Technology
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
15
17
35
22
21
36
52
27
23
46
Female
27
16
49
36
40
74
69
72
49
69
Students
CCT
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Male
Female
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
For the past ten years, more female than male students have graduated from this Centre. There has
been an overall increase of students graduating from 27 female and 15 male students to 69 and 46
students respectively.
Students graduating from the Institute of Masonry and Construction Research
Male
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Female
3
0
2
0
1
3
0
1
2
4
3
1
2
0
Institute for Masonry and Construction
Research
4
Students
3
Male
2
Female
1
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Between 1998 and 2002 only five male students graduated from this Institute, but from 2003 to 2007,
the number increased to seven male students and ten female students.
Students graduating from the Institute of Public Administration and Management
Male Female
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
12
11
17
9
17
17
Institute of Public Administration and
Management
20
Students
15
10
Male
5
Female
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Since 2002, slightly more male than female students have graduated from this Institute, however, the
difference is only of 9 students over 3 years.
Students graduating from the Institute of Forensic Studies
Male Female
1998
4
4
1999
15
6
2000
3
3
2001
2002
3
2
2003
2004
3
6
2005
1
4
2006
11
3
2007
16
Institute of Forensic Studies
14
12
10
8
Male
6
Female
4
2
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Nearly twice as many male students have graduated from the Institute of Forensic Studies than female
students. In fact, the highest number of male students to graduate in a given year is 15, whereas for
female students it was 6. In 2001, 2003 and 2007 no students graduated from the Institute.
Students graduating from the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
40
Male Female
27
14
16
7
24
23
16
8
24
23
19
16
28
31
26
25
37
25
14
16
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies
35
30
25
20
Male
15
Female
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Over the last ten years, on average there were a few more male students graduating from MADS than
female students. The highest amount of male students graduated in 2006, with 37 students, whereas
the highest for female students was in 2004 with 31 students.
Students graduating from the Mediterranean Institute.
Male Female
1998
3
0
1999
7
1
2000
3
0
2001
2002
1
1
2003
1
0
2004
2
0
2005
8
9
2006
2007
2
0
10
9
Mediterranean Institute
8
Students
7
6
5
4
Male
3
Female
2
1
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
Consistently, more male than female students have graduated from MI with 27 and 11 students
respectively.
Students graduating from the Centre of Labour Studies
Year Male Female
1998
0
1
1999
38
17
2000
7
1
2001
2002
1
2
2003
0
1
2004
41
38
2005
10
22
2006
29
26
2007
8
11
45
40
Centre for Labour Studies
35
Students
30
25
20
Male
15
Female
10
5
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Years
The distribution of students graduating from the Centre of Labour Studies has been uneven over the
past ten years, with 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2006 having more male students graduating, whereas in 1998
and 2003 there were no male graduates.