Status: Malta 2001

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Key points

No. of participating organisations in the Maltese survey: 6 Total no. of students at five of six schools in 2001: 23,606 (one school did not specify) Total no. of student weeks in 2001, estimated: 145,175 weeks Overall average length of stay: 5.9 weeks Average cost of a one-month course, excluding accommodation: ML187 (US$458) Average cost of residential accommodation per week (low season): ML51 (US$125) Average cost of host family accommodation per week (low season): ML55 (US$135) Typical commission paid on a language course: 20 per cent (from 15 to 25) Five institutions paid commission on accommodation, from 10 to 20 per cent

Means of recruiting students in Malta, 2001		Intensity of study (hours studied per week)
Agents 75% Other means 11.4% Internet 8.6% Local bookings 5%		From 22 to 55 Overall average = 28.5

Top student nationalities in Malta by student numbers, 2001*
German 34.7% Italian 13.9% Chinese 9.7% Russian 5.6% French 5% Scandinavian + Finnish 4.9% Austrian 4.7% Swiss 3.8% Japanese 3.2% Spanish 3.1% Polish 1.6%		Slovakian 1.3% Czech 1.1% Turkish 0.8% Ukrainian 0.5% Hungarian 0.5% Korean 0.5% Croatian 0.5% Dutch 0.4% Rest of world 4.2% *three schools only were able to supply data

Student numbers by age range
8-11, 1% 12-15, 8% 16-18, 30.5% 19-24, 21% 25-30, 14.2% 31-50, 19.3% 51+, 6%