The Student-Athlete Support Programme (SASP) was first launched at the University of Malta in the academic year 2017/18 following UM's participation in an Erasmus+ project with other European universities during the previous two years.
The programme is aimed at supporting student-athletes studying at UM who, at the same time, compete in a sporting discipline at national and/or international level. Our ultimate goal is to provide student-athletes with the possibility of striking a balance between their academic and sporting commitments and consequently excel, to the best of their abilities, in both.
Selected student-athletes are assigned a sport mentor from their faculty/institute, who is normally their first point of contact, and would be able to assist with any affairs the student-athlete may be concerned with throughout the course of their studies at UM. This may include matters of an academic and/or administrative nature, such as clashes between international competitions and examinations, clashes between lectures and training, distribution of workload and time management.