MT
87 tal-1989
Table of Provisions (11)
Statutory Text (11 Articles)
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I .. N. 87 or 1989
EDUCATION ACT. I'J!III
("LT XX IV OF 19811)
Regu la l~ ror lilt Ikgl'ft or Ib e hclor of MKluonical
Engi~rinll (1 10110<" '5)
IN e~ercisc of the po ..... ers conferred upon him by section 29 of the
Education Act. 1988. the ChollCCl1or of tile Uni"cl'$i l)' of Malta has
promu lglued the followi ng Regulations mu by the Senate of the
Unh'crsi ty of Malta in vinu.: o f the powers conferred upon it by seaiOfl
33 of the Silid Act: -
Cila lion
These Regulations may be cited as the Regulatio ns for the Degree
of Bachelor of Mech anica l E ngineering ( Honours) and Shall apply o nly
to courses which sta rt ed before Cktober 1988.
Admission
l. To be el igib lc fo r admission to th e degree of Bachelor of Mechanical
En gineering ( Hono urs) a ca ndidUI C mus t
(i) comply ",jl h the provisions of $cction 37 of the Education Act of 1974
(ii) satisfy t he Em!')' Rcqu i rcment~ in ;,ccordance with Regulation 3 bclo" '
~nd
(iii ) comp lete the cour.;c of studies as laid down in these rcgulat ion~ and
qualify in the E~nmi nations,
Du",tion or C OliI'M
2, The course of swdics leading to the degree of Baehelor of Mechanical
E ngineering n lends oiler a period of fh 'e years. consisting of ri,'c academic ~mes!crs of
nOI more t han si~ mon ths' durntioo ahc rn al ing wilh fh'C work ~mcsters of nOI more
t han six mont hs' duralion ,
Ent ry RC<lu irenwnlS
jinfirc~ rutl l'lames sui n. u hn magl'l mul minn l'Iamcs scmcSlri akkudcmiti li ma jdunHI~
a kt ar minn si ll xhu r n li jaltcrnaw ma' l'Iumes -;ernestri ta' xogl'lo l li fila jdumux akwr
miun si ll xhur.
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Kanuidal jist:I' jflpplika gl'l:.d-d hul fil-Kor, ta' I-lngincrija Mc kkanika jckk
A candida te may apply for ad mission totheCour.;c ofM eehanical Engineering
if he is in posscssioo of
A. 'I1nce passes at Ad,,~nced Level, or equivalent, in
1. (i) Mathemmics ,
( ii) I'hysics, and
(iii ) either another subject from the List of appro,'cd subjects
" An Ordinary Technician Di plo ma o f the C ity and Guilds of London
ItlStilll!e Course No, ROCI in Mcchan ical and Electrical E ngineering
" Part 11 and Ifl Mccllanical Enginccring T eclln ician's Certificate of IlIe
Ci ty a nd Gui lds of Lo nd on Insti tute Course No. 255. wi th 311e351 a C redi t in
bOil! l'aTlS ,
OH
B . (i) a H igher Technician DiplomaoftheCity and GuildsofLc:>ndon
Insti tute Course No . 800 in r.lcchan ica! Engineering.
(ii) a p~ss at Advanced Level. or cqujvalcllI. in M:Uhcmat ics.
I f.
Four p11SseS at Ordinary leveL or eq u;\"3Ienl.
The subjects offe red must include
M nlu~sc (M alta Matricul;llion)
(a)
(b)
English Language
(c) At least OIlC from Arabic. French. Gcnnall. 1131;:111
Id) Any o lhcr su bject from the appro~ed list.
The Facu lty C\'aIU 3ICS the qualirlCat ions of candid~lcS ~ t isrying the entry provi -
sions 3cr()rd ing 10 the foIlO"';ng S)'Sll'm
CITY ... 1<0 GU I L~
MA RKS
10 nmr!.:,
H.T. D.
G_A
5 marks
4marb
Grade B
3 marks
GradcC
O .T .D./Course 255
Grade I)
2 mnrks
Grade E
I Illurk
A ca ndid ate must ut Icast obtain eight mar ks to qualif)' for considcr31ion 10 follow
the course. provided Ihm Grades in Physics and in Mathcma tics must be Grnde '0 ' or
beuer,
No subjcct may be offered at both 'A' and '0' le,"cls.)
(N . U.
CouI'5le Curriculum
The modul.::s of the Course of Mechanical Enginee ring arc tile following
FIRST YEA R (Academic Semester I)
Mathematics
Manufacturing Tcchnology and Materials Scieoce
Engi neeri ng Dr3"'ing
Thcrmo-Auid Dynamics I
Electrical TeChno logy 1
Applied Mechanics
Econo mics
Sociology
Techn ical Report Writing
SECON D YEAR ( Acadc micScmestcr ll )
Mathemati cs
Mce h;micsof Materia ls
Metal Maeh ining and ~-Ieta llurgy
Thermodynam ics 11
Fluid Mechani cs 11
M echa nisms and Dynamicsof Machines
Electrical Tech nology [[
nil RD YEAR (Acadcmk Semester Ill )
M:lthcmatics
Control Engineering
Applied Engineering Design alld AnaJ)"$is
Mcchanicsof Structures and Materials
~luid Mechanics III
Thermodynam ics III
Engineering r-,'1ctrology and Meta llurgi C'JI Processes
FOURTH YEAR (AcadcmkScmcslcr IV)
Opera tional Research
Production Technology
Mechanical Vibr.uions
Enginee ring Heal Transfer
f-luid Meehanics IV
Mcwll urgic;11 Manufacturing Process ~nd Fracture Mechan isms
M anageme m of Finance
FlFn·j YEAR (Academic Semester V)
Engineer in Society
Industrial Management
Engineering Design
Manufactu ring Technology
1'1anl Technology
Project
Durin g the fourth and fifth years of the course studcnlS will take Operational
Research. Engineer in Society and Industrial Management respcC'li"eiy as compulsory
modules.
All other modu les in the fourth .md fihh ~me~tcrs. will be taken by students bu t
may be replaced byOlhersappro\'ed by the Faculty Iloord in orde r \ 0 reiate to industrial
work dooc by Students and in confonnity wilh changes in Ihe Technology.
Assesment
ASl;Cssment o f studen l" s performance during each academic semester will be
by means of con tinuous aSI;Cssment and exam inations in a~ordance I"ith the crileria
establ ished by the Facuhy Board . Continuous assessment may lake the fonn of
IUlOrials. laboratory work. 3ssignmcnlS. teslS. projttls and any Other work wh ich the
stu den t is sched uled 10 cover during the st udy semeste r.
There will be eKaminalions althe end of eoch academic semester. Externa l
Exa miners will be included in Ihe Boards of Examiners at Ihe end of the academic
se mesle rs in the Third . Founh and Fiflh )'ears.
Results
In each year eKeept the Final Year. the assessments o\'e r the academic
semesters are oonSoOlid ated and published a~ one resul t and gf"dded as A. B. C. D or Fail
for eac h student. The grudc allocated 10 different subjects will be available 10 llie
stude nts at their relllleSt and in confidence.
B""
Candidates who fail in their final year may be re-examined in the subjeC1/
su bjects in which Ihey fail not la ter than ,"'cl,-c month s after the cnd of their final
:l('ademic Sl;'l11<'Slcr. Candidates qualify fo r Ihe a,,'ard of a degree on the su~rul
complet ion of t tlCiT final yea r_
9 . In the case of candidates who repeal a year oc arc: re-examined in the subjcCl/
subj«ts ofthc final year the respective mar k carried forward to the final dassi fication of
the degree shall be the minimum p;lss mark .
Fi I -ka~ la· kaudida t i li jirrcpoClu sell;! Jew huma etamina ll miU-gdid fiS-suggCII/
suggcHi I<ls-scn,j fi nali , il -mark a rispelliva li lilmcna·1 quddiem ghaU,kl assi fikazzjoni
fi nali lal-gTad Ikun il'marka mirlima la' mill ighadd i.
10, II'k lassi fika107.joni fmail lal,Grad ghal kull kandidal Ii jikkwali fi ka linbcna fuq
ir-rizu llal; mik suba f kull :;cna lal- Kors u ppuDblikati bhala ri7.ultat wiched r dawrl
il- kalegoriji: L,EWWE L KLASSI BL-UNU Rr. IT-Tr EN I KLA SS I BL-U NURI
{Taqsima Supe rjuri}. IT·T IE NI KLASSI BL-U NUR I (THqsima Inferju ri).
IT-'rlELET KLASSI BL-U NU RI jew G H ADDA .
Th e final classifica tion o f the Degree for every successful candidate will be
based on the results obtain<:d in c"cry year of the Course and published as one result
under the followi ng ca tegories: FIRST C LASS HONOURS. SECOND CLASS
HONO URS (Upper Division), SECOND CLASS HONOURS (Lower Division).
THIR D CLASS HONOUR$or PASS.
It , Notwithstanding the provisions of Rcgulal ion 2. for Ihe pu rpose of Ihese
regul ations an :wadcmic semester starting in o r after October 1987 shall be of eight
month s' duration. c~cepl in tile final year when;1 shall be of five months' dura tion ,
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Mirlk cjju I-provvcdimenli lar-Regolament 2. ghall -ghani ;iel la· dawn
ir-re golamerui. scmcstru ukk ademiku Ii jibda r Ouubru 1987 jew "·aT"d jdum tmien
XhUT . hlicf fis-sena fin ali fejn id um hames xhur.