Year: 2023

November 15, 2023 Communications

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) and MG2I – MCAST’s Gateway to Industry inaugurated the opening of the new Zheng He Traditional Chinese Medicine Education Centre on campus in Paola. The new Centre will operate under MCAST’s Institute of Community Services (ICS). MCAST and Jiangsu Vocational College of Medicine (JSMC) signed a…

November 14, 2023 Communications

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) as part of the ‘Encounter – MCAST Meets the Industry’ series held a conference titled, Quality Apprenticeship – Are We There? to discuss the importance of apprenticeships to students, employers, and the local industry. Industry partners, key international speakers, students, and academics from diverse fields of…

November 6, 2023 Communications

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) Principal and CEO Professor Joachim James Calleja is currently participating in the third Erasmus+ European Universities Alliance EU4Dual Rectors’ Council Meeting in Kecskemét, Hungary. Prof. Dr. Tamas Fülöp,  Rector of John von Neumann University as host, greeted the other eight Principals and Rectors for the 2-day…

November 3, 2023 Communications

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, visited the Institute for Engineering and Transport and the Institute for Applied Sciences at MCAST, where she witnessed the fruit bore from EU Funds. While being shown around the new laboratories and lecture halls by MCAST Principal and CEO Dr Joachim James Calleja, President Metsola reiterated the…

November 2, 2023 Communications

The Central Bank of Malta Governor, Professor Edward Scicluna visited the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) where he addressed the students of the Institute of Business Management & Commerce (IBMC) and explained the role of the Central Bank of Malta both as part of the European System of Central Bank as well…

October 30, 2023 Communications

Last week, MCAST Principal and President of EfVET Professor James Calleja chaired the annual conference of the European association of training providers in vocational education and training in Rhodes, Greece. Over 350 participants participated in a two-day conference focused on Future Skills for Green Transitions: an agenda for VET. EfVET members representing over 3.5m students in vocational…

October 23, 2023 Communications

The Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology has been awarded a grant of €125,000 from the Malta Council for Science & Technology, under the Space Upstream Programme (in collaboration with ESA), to develop a new method for repairing spacecraft hulls using cold-welding adhesion. The project, led by Dr Leonardo Barilaro, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace…

October 19, 2023 Communications

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) welcomed the newly established ‘MCAST Act’, which ensures that the College operates with more autonomy and increased representation by all stakeholders. MCAST is the first local tertiary educational institution with its legal act independent from the act governing education in Malta. This new law ensures that…

October 19, 2023 Communications

The European Network of Innovative Higher Education Institutions (ENIHEI) hosted its third annual conference on October 5th and 6th. The event was hosted by the Technical University of Gabrovo, Bulgaria. ENIHEI, a consortium of 38 innovative universities representing countries across the European Union, is at the forefront of fostering collective innovative thinking on the role…

October 19, 2023 Communications

The Honorary Consul of Kosovo in Portugal, Mr Nuno Pinto Coelho de Faria, a Kosovar technical delegation from the Ministry of Education, and representatives from Higher Education and Employment institutions visited MCAST on 17 October. Mr Stephen Vella, Deputy Principal Business Development and Communications and EU Projects Director Perit Deborah Borg welcomed the delegation. The…