Cheaper AND Better
Computing Degrees @ Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education
MCAST are distributing their brochures, door-to-door, announcing their part-time courses for 2019–2020.
We are pleased to confirm what we have been saying all along!
Reading for a Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education degree in Computing is cheaper than what MCAST is offering. And we leave it up to you to decide which is better …
Compare like with like …
@ MCAST a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Development with 180 ECTS at MQF level 6 costs €11,000, whilst a Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education BSc (Hons) Computing degree will cost you €10,255 with the same ECTS and studied over the same period of five years as an evening student.
Read the small print: ‘MCAST puts as an enrolment condition that the ‘decision whether MCAST commits to the delivery of a course depends directly on the number of confirmed and paid applications received. Once MCAST commits to deliver the course, the full value of the course becomes due by the Applicant, irrespective of failures, dropouts, or expulsions.’ This means that if you need to suspend your studies for any reason, you not only lose your GetQualified tax rebate, but also have to pay MCAST the full fee!
Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education, understands that studying for your degree in the evening is a tough choice to make, owing to work and family commitments, and therefore we do not impose any such conditions on the student!
The Institute offers monthly payments starting at €167 per month for the 9 months of the academic year, and the possibility of an exit certificate for every stage of studies. Students who are constrained to suspend their studies will be able to possess proof of their achievements — even if they do not complete the full honours degree!
First year of study; Higher Education Certificate in Computing
(MQF level 5, 30 ECTS) [total of 30 ECTS attained]Second year of study; Diploma in Computing
(MQF level 5, 30 ECTS) [total of 60 ECTS attained]Third & Fourth years of study; Foundation Degree in Computing
(MQF level 6, 60 ECTS) [total of 120 ECTS attained]Fifth year of study; BSc (Honours) Degree in Computing
(MQF level 6, 60 ECTS) [total of 180 ECTS attained]
A student who will successfully study for the full programme will be awarded the Diploma in Computing after two years of evening study, and the BSc (Hons) in Computing after the remaining three years.
If a student decides to stop after the first year of successful study, the student is awarded the Higher Education Certificate in Computing.
If a student decides to suspend studies after the fourth year, the student graduates as a BSc in Computing.
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The SMIFlexiPay™
The SMIFlexiPay™ is offered by the Institute to those individuals who, although are in employment, may have difficulties to pay for the monthly tuition fees when they become due. The scheme is an unsecured loan at 3.7% interest, payable at €100/month and a commitment to deposit the GetQualified tax rebates in the loan when these are repaid by Government.
Added Specialisations
to make your degree even more valid for the twenty first century
The Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education MQF level 5 Diploma in Computing & the MQF level 6 BSc (Hons) in Computing may have added specialisations that make your studies even more desirable for the present and future. These specialisations account for 25% of the ECTS allocated and do not in any way decrease the element of software development skills taught in the computer science element of the degree.
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Students may choose specialisations from;
eBusiness & Digital Marketing
Game Design & Development
Information Systems
User Experience
Web Development
Get Qualified 70% Tax-Rebate Scheme
Your OWN income tax contributes to YOUR studies
If you are in employment, you are paying income tax! Through the GetQualified scheme, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue will rebate up to 70% of all your tuition expenses that you commit to your own studies. All Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education programmes at MQF level 5 and level 6 are already approved for the GetQualified Tax Rebate.
A student in employment will be reimbursed a total of €7,178.50 as an income tax rebate under the GetQualified scheme, thus meaning that the net cost for the BSc (Hons) degree to the student is of €3,076.
What makes us believe we will be better for YOU?
Our track record for starters
The median salary paid in Malta is of €19,390 as recorded in the Labour Force Survey for the last quarter of 2018, an increase of €2,000 over the past year. The survey also shows close to 9,000 individuals are employed in the ICT sector in Malta, and experienced a growth of 2,000 new jobs generated in this industry in just one year with a higher average salary of €22,000.
In a tracer study carried out by Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher Education, a staggering 42.6% of the Institute’s ICT graduates earn well over €30,000 as an annual salary within two years from graduation, with 80% of alumni promoted to a managerial position soon after they end their studies at the Institute.
Everyone who’s Anyone …
knows the value of this affiliation
These are YOUR Benefits
You will graduate from one of the renowned Institutes, whilst studying as an evening student, opening up opportunities both for work as well as for further studies;
A pay as you go system, with easy payment terms and income tax refunds to ascertain that you will benefit from your own income tax contributions. After all, charity begins at home;
If monthly payments of €167 per month are stifling your disposable income, we can provide you with assistance through the SMIFlexiPay™ plan — paying your fees at just €100 every month.
Professional lecturers with decades of experience dedicated to your academic development enhances your opportunities to succeed!
ACT NOW
Join the Class of 2019. Make an appointment NOW by completing this form or email us on infodesk@stmartins.edu or give us a call on +356 2123 5451.
or You may wish to apply. Download the application form Click Here
Remember — YOU deserve the best chances in life …
