Professor John Chircop, chairperson of the Mediterranean Institute at the University of Malta, has been elected Vice-President of the Community of Mediterranean Universities (CMU) by a general assembly held at Cairo, Egypt, hosted by Tanti University, from 3 to 5 November 2017. Prof. Chircop has been an active UM delegate and member of the council of the CMU for these past three years.
The Community of Mediterranean Universities was established in 1986 as an NGO official partner of UNESCO, gathering 163 universities from all over the Mediterranean. As from its beginning CMU has promoted scientific and cultural cooperation among regional universities through various structural programmes including the setting up of a regional city of science as well as the launching of a variety of post-graduate courses.