 The building had to be repaired after being damaged in an explosion in 1634 and an earthquake in 1693.The University of Malta was established in 1769 after the Jesuits were expelled, and it continued to use the same building.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.