Link Campus University (Italian: Università degli studi Link Campus University), formerly Link Campus—University of Malta, is a proprietary, for-profit university located in Rome, Italy, and owned by the for-profit Italian franchise chain CEPU.

[2][3] The university was founded in 1999 by former Italian politician Vincenzo Scotti.

[5] On 4 July 2007, the Minister of Education issued the decree following the Lisbon Convention of 1997 and the laws and acts of the Italian Government which recognize and approve of the degree requirements of the Link Campus.

[6] Since 2011, the institution has also been part of the Italian university system,[7] losing its connection with Malta.

According to the New York Times, Italian newspapers that have depicted Link Campus University as either a shady diploma mill or den of spies”[8]