Systems and Control Engineering at UM

17/06/2026

🇬🇧 Matthias shares his experience as he presents his final year project. Join us at our annual Engineering Exhibition open days, happening on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th (9:30am-12:30pm), where all our final-year students showcase their projects! Join here for more information: https://fb.me/e/7TOdU1KcD...........................
🇲🇹 Matthias jaqsam l-esperjenza tiegħu hekk kif jippreżenta l-proġett tal-aħħar sena. Ingħaqad magħna fil-ġranet miftuħa tal-Esebizzjoni Annwali tagħna tal-Inġinerija, li se ssir nhar is-Sibt 27 u l-Ħadd 28 ta' Ġunju (9:30am-12:30pm), fejn l-istudenti kollha tagħna tal-aħħar sena juru l-proġetti tagħhom! Żuru din l-ħolqa għal aktar informazzjoni: https://fb.me/e/7TOdU1KcD

15/06/2026

𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 (𝗥𝗦𝗢) – 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮

We are seeking a full-time Research Support Officer (RSO) for an 18-month appointment with the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at the University of Malta.

The opportunity offers candidates the opportunity to contribute across a range of departmental activities, including:

• Supporting ongoing research and innovation projects;
• Assisting with laboratory setup, maintenance, and operation;
• Developing and preparing demonstrations for outreach, teaching, and research activities;
• Contributing to the day-to-day technical and practical activities that keep our laboratories running effectively.

This position would suit graduates with an interest in engineering, research, laboratory work, and hands-on technical problem-solving.

Further details and application information are available in the call for applications:https://www.um.edu.mt/media/um/docs/directorates/hrmd/workatum/projectsrecruitment/FTRSOIorII-80-SystCntrlEng-12.06.26.pdf

10/06/2026

The Department congratulates Prof. Ing. Simon Fabri on his reappointment as Pro-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer. We also thank Prof. Fabri for his continued dedication and service to the University.

By Prof. Frank Bezzina, Rector Elect of UM

03/06/2026

Cycling in urban environments can often be intimidating, particularly in areas with dense traffic and limited cycling infrastructure. The CycleAR project, currently under development within the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at the University of Malta, aims to explore how augmented re...

01/06/2026

The Department of Systems and Control Engineering is offering an Award on Control Engineering for those graduates wishing to further their knowledge in Control Engineering. The Award consists of two study units delivered completely online. For further information contact us on [email protected]

29/05/2026

Prof. Ing. Marvin Bugeja recently visited the University of Melbourne’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering as a Guest Academic, following an invitation from Prof. Iman Shames. During his two-week stay in March, Prof. Bugeja delivered a seminar introducing the University of Malta and the Department of Systems and Control Engineering (SCE), alongside a technical presentation on dual adaptive control with applications to mobile robotics and beyond. Additionally, he held research meetings with faculty members to discuss shared interests and projects, met with students, and explored the university's educational programmes to foster future academic and research collaboration.

07/05/2026

Read the latest Newspoint article about the project NOMOCRAT, carried out under the principal investigation of Dr Marc Tanti from the Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology, with Prof. Alexandra Bonnici and Dr Stefania Cristina from our Department of Systems and Control Engineering serving as co-investigators.

NOMOCRAT project concludes with new resources for Maltese OCR and document analysis

28/04/2026

Check out our latest blog post 👇

A corpus is a large collection of text that is used for studying how language is used (for example word frequencies) and for training computers to generate text. Lots of different sources of text are used such as books, PDFs, news articles, websites, and blogs, but ideally the digital plain text sho...

23/04/2026

The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Malta is currently carrying out a review of the Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree programme 📝🔎

As part of this process, the Faculty is conducting a trend analysis of graduate destinations to better understand how the programme supports its graduates in their careers.

Graduates of the programme are kindly invited to complete this short survey: https://tally.so/r/KYBL9g

04/03/2026

Congratulations to our MSc student, Mr Nipun Sandamal on his MSc in Engineering graduation!