 Although the University moved to a much larger campus at Tal-Qroqq in Msida in the 1960s, the Old University Building still houses a number of University departments and it is used for some lectures and conferences.The precursor to the University of Malta was the "Collegium Melitense Societatis Jesu", a Jesuit college which was set up on 12 November 1592.This was originally located in an old house in Valletta, but a new complex to house the college and a Jesuit church had already been commissioned by Bishop Tommaso Gargallo.