title: List of rectors of the University of Malta
text: # List of rectors of the University of Malta
  
  The following is a list of rectors of the University of Malta since 1771. Rectors are currently elected by the University Council by secret ballot, for a 5-year term.
  
  ## 18th century
  
  1771–1773: Roberto Ranieri Costaguti
  
  1773–1776: Francesco Bonnici (Prefect of Studies)
  
  1776–1780: Domenico A. Malarbì
  
  1780–1786: Giuseppe Angelo Moncada
  
  1787–1788: Prospero Xuereb
  
  1790–1797: Maturino Francesco de Muller
  
  1798: Giovanni Villet Bellet
  
  ## 19th century
  
  1800–1822: Francesco Saverio Caruana
  
  1822–1833: Girolamo Saverio Inglott
  
  1834–1841: Emmanuele Rosignaud
  
  1841–1842: Thaddeus O'Malley
  
  1842–1843: Pietro Paolo Psaila (Acting Rector)
  
  1844–1854: William Henry Butt
  
  1854–1880: Saverio Schembri
  
  1880–1887: Sigismondo Savona
  
  1887–1896: Antonio Annetto Caruana
  
  1897–1904: Napoleone Tagliaferro
  
  ## 20th century
  
  1904–1920: Enrico Magro
  
  1920–1926: Themistocles Zammit
  
  1926–1934: Thomas Agius
  
  1934–1948: Robert Victor Galea
  
  1948–1963: Joseph Anthony Manché
  
  1963–1980: Edwin Borg Costanzi
  
  1980–1982: Donald H. Walwyn-James
  
  1982–1987: George P. Xuereb
  
  1987–1988: Peter Serracino Inglott
  
  1988–1991: Edwin Borg Costanzi
  
  1991–1996: Peter Serracino Inglott
  
  1996–2006: Roger Ellul-Micallef
  
  ## 21st century
  
  2006–2016: Juanito Camilleri
  
  2016–present: Alfred J. Vella
  
  