18 students make it to the Faculty of Arts Dean’s List 2026

Eighteen students were inducted to the Dean’s List of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta, which Bank of Valletta has been proudly sponsoring since its inception 30 years ago. This award recognises students who achieved remarkable grades, including ‘A’ grades in at least 80 credits, during the first two years of their course. The students were presented with a commemorative certificate and a monetary grant by the Bank.

Congratulating the students on behalf of Bank of Valletta, Charles Azzopardi, Head of CSR, Events & Business Alliances, said that it is an honour for the Bank to have supported this award ceremony continuously since its beginning. He added, “Our long‑standing support of the Dean’s List Awards reflects the Bank’s continued commitment to education and excellence. Through initiatives such as this sponsorship, the Bank continues to contribute meaningfully to the communities we serve.”

Presenting the students, Professor Dominic Fenech, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, explained how the demanding criteria meant that only truly outstanding students could make it into the list. Noting that students were not competing with each other, but satisfying a set of objective criteria, he observed that the number of students qualified to join the List had grown over the years, which was an indication of the quality of the Faculty’s students. He also noted that the geographical distribution of the students’ addresses indicated that the best students did not necessarily come from the more reputedly prosperous areas.

The students qualified to join the Dean’s List 2026 are:

• David Attard – B.A. English and Maltese
• Lucienne Romina Binot – B.A. Communication Studies and Psychology
• Hale Bonello – B.A. French and German
• Estella Camilleri – B.A. Psychology and Sociology
• Judy Cordina – B.A. Honours Philosophy with Geography
• Samuel Cedric Farrugia – B.A. Honours European and Global History with International Relations
• Nina Galea – B.A. Honours History of Art with Psychology
• Gaia Grima – B.A. Honours Fine Arts with History of Art
• William Warren Levy – B.A. Honours European and Global History with International Relations
• Catherine Limbada – B.A. Psychology and Sociology
• Nathan Anthony Pace – B.A. Honours Maltese with Linguistics
• Daria Ponomarova – B.A. Honours International Relations Student with Communication Studies
• Marco Porsella Flores – B.A. Honours History with Humanities
• Shaun Michael Portelli – B.A. Honours Music Studies with French
• Matthew Pulis – B.A. Honours Philosophy with Psychology
• Anneleize Emily Strauss – B.A. Honours International Relations with Communication Studies
• Adam John Vassallo – B.A. Honours European and Global History with International Relations
• Maria Wróblewska – B.A. Honours History of Art with Psychology