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EDUCATION ACT, 1988

(ACT XXIV Of 1988)

Regulations fur the Ilegr« of Bac:htlor uf Dtntal Surgery (B.Ch .D.)

IN elle rcise of the plwtrsconferrtd upon him by se<:lions Z8alld 29

of Ih e Educatio n Act. 1988. t he Pro·Chancel lQr o f the U niversity of

Malta has promu l g~ted tile following regulations made by the Senate of

the Uni versity of Malt a in virtue of the powe rs conferred upon it by

section 33 of the said Act.

Clu tlon

These Regulations may be cited as the Regulatiom; for the Degree

of Bachelor o f Dental Surgery (S.Ch.D .) and are applicable tooourses

starti ng in O ctober 1990 or later.

REGULATIONS FO R THE DEG REE OF BAC HELO R OF DEr\'TALSU RGE RY

(8 .Ch.D.)

(Applkable tu courses 5lal1lng in October 1990 01" laler)

EligibUilY for Dtgrre

l. To be eligible for the award of the Degree o f Bachelor o f Dental Su rgery

(B.Ch.D .) a candidate must

(a) be registered as a matriculated st uden t in terms of the Admission

Regulations of the University;

(b) satisfy the Special Course Rcqui rement s in Accordance with Rcgulation

3 below;

(c) completc the course of studies. qualify in the e uminations and satisfy

any ot her requ ire ments as prescribed in these Regulation s;

(d) satisfy any other requireme nts prescribed in any ot her relevant Statutes

and Regulations of the U niversi ty.

l)uratlon of Cou ...

2 . l 11e Course of st udies leading 10 the degree of Bachelor o f De ntal Surgery

extends over a pe riod offour and a half calendar years divided int o nine se mesters.

Spedal Course R~ui~DlS

Dielt ikun jista' jinghata I·Grad la' Baa llier tal-Kirurg,ija Dentali (B.Ch.D.)

kandidat irid

(a)

ikun registrat bllala stude nt matrikolat skond ir- Regolamenli ghad-Dhul

ta·I· Univcnit~

(b) jissodisra f· Rckwititi Spetjali ghall· Kors skood ir· Regolament 3 lIawn

isfel;

(o!) itemm il-kors la' l-istudji , jikkwalifika n-eiamijiet u jissorlisfa I-kwalifiki

l-oh ra koUha kif lIawn imniiiel fdawn ir-Regolamenti;

(d) jiSMXlisfa kwalifiki ohrajn knOba mniUlin fi Slat ut ; u fRegolamenli

rileva nt i obra ta ' 1- Univel'llitll.

It-Tul tal· Kor·.

Il -Kors ta' I-ist udji li jwassal gball·grad la' Bati ll ier lal-Kiru rgija Dentali

jinfireJ( fuq erba' snin kalendarji u nofs maqsumi n fdua' scmestri .

Rekwliltl Sp«jllli gl\all. Kon

To apply for adm ission to the course lead ing to the degree o f BachelQr of

De ntal Surgery a ca ndidate mOlSt , besides sa tisfying the conditions for admission as a

regular stude nt in te ons o f t he Admission Regu lations of the U ni ven;ity. satisfy Ihe

following Special Course Require ments

passes at Advanced Level (two of wllieh at G rade C or beuef and the other al

Grade 0 or better) in

( i) Physics or Physks-with-MathematiC$

(ii) Chemistry

(iii) Bi ology or Zoology

io the Matriculatio n Ex amination of the University, o r al corresponding levels o f

ol her examin at ions rc:cognizcd by the Senale for the purposes of the Admission

Regulations

Provided Iha\ a ca ndidate who ;$ a graduate of a university, or has olher

qualifications ronsidered to be sufficient, may be exempted by the

Admissio ns Board, on the advice oflhe Faculty Admissions Committee . from

the whole or pa rt of these special course requ irements.

Subject Arus of lbe C oorse

11le subject areas of the Course of Dental Su rgery are the following

Fm Yt:tlf

Human Biology

SuoNl y"tu (Firl l Sctftel,er)

H uman Biology

Preventive and Community Dentistry

Restora tive Dentistry

SUfnul Y 1Nl' (SecolUi ~_skr)

Preve ntive and Commu nity De ntistry

Child Dcntal l-lealth and Orthodon tics

Restorative Dentistry

Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology

Oi nicaJ Medical Scie nces

TIIinI )'~/U'

Preventive and Community Den tistry

Restorative Den tistry

Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and O ral Pathology

Child Dental Health a nd Orthodontics

Cli nical Medical Sciences

FIJIl,,1I Ye..,.

Restol1l live Dentistry

Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and O ral Pat hology

Child Dental Hea lth and O rthodontics

FifllI r~/U'

Restorative Dent istry

Oral Medicine, Oral Su rgery and Oral Pathology

Child Oenlal Heal th and Orthodon tics

Progrws T e!its

The re shall be Progress Tests in those subject areas, the teaching of which

e~ tc n ds over more tha n one year. as follows

Du rinlllh~firJl yMr

Human Biology

During 'II~ UClJnd ~/U'

Preventive and Communit y Dentistry

Child Dental Healt h and Orthodontics

Restorative Dent istry

Oral Medicine, O ral Surge ry and Ora l Pathology

Oinical Medical Scicn~s

B

Dwri", tII~ tltUd :ftar

Restorative Dentistry

Or"l Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology

Chi ld Dental Heahh and Orthodontics

Dwring tlt~ fowrth J~ar

Restorative Demistry

Oral Medicin e . Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology

Child Dental Health and Ort hodontics

There shall be tWIY $essions o f these tcsts: one In May/June and onc in

September.

A candidate shall only be allowed 10 proceed to the following year of the

course if the Faculty Board assess his performance in Progress T ests as bein g of a pass

sta nd ard .

EXllmlnll tions

Examinations shall be held as follo ws

"';rJI 8 .ClI .D. Exa",jlfoootl _

AIIIt~ ~lfd of 11t~ Tltird S,m,stu

Human Biology

Secolfd B.CIt .D. E:xtlmination -A I lit, , nd of lit, Sixllt S,m,U"

Preventi~e and Com muni ty Dentistry

Clinical Medical Scie nces

n"a18 .Ch.D. Euminution _AI tilt end oflltt Ninlh Stmtsltr

Restorative Dentist ry

Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology

Olild Dental He al t h and Onhodon tics

Before being admi tted to any of the Examina tions. a candidate must prod uce

~ ce rtificate. sign ed

by the Head of Depart men t . showing t hal he has complcted

satisfactori ly the schedu le of practical and clinical work prescribed for the year .

(a) There shall be two sessio ns of Exam inations at the c nd of the Th ird

Semester, Sixt h Semester and Nint h Semeste r. The examina tion at the end o f the

thi rd and sixlll semeste r shall be held in Jan uary/February and the OI hcr in J une .

The examinations at the cnd of the Ninth Semester shall be he ld in J une and the

other in September.

(b) In addi tion to th e requircme ms of Regulati on 5 regarding Progress

Tests, a candidate must pass each year's Examination before bei ng allowe d to jo in

the following ye ar of the course.

(c) A candidate who dOC!l not pass the Exam ination at t he e nd of t he Th ird

Semeste r in the first session shall beallowed to follow the courseof studics un til the

second session o f the Exam ination is held.

11 . In each subjel:t of the Examina tion held at end of the Third. Sixth and Ninth

Se mester of the course, t he names of candid ates who have passed the exami nation sha ll

be published in alphabet ical order in eaeh o f four groups: A , B. C and D accord ing to

Iheir standard of merit. Candidates whose nam es do not appeHr in any of thc four

groups shall be considered to have failed the exami nation in the subjeet concerned .

Tht .10al EuminaUon

The Final Examination shall be held in January/Februa ryof the Fifth Year at

the cnd of the Ninth Se mester and the re shall be ,wo addit ional sessions of the Final

Examina tion in the following June and January/February.

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A cllndida teshall be requ ired 10 take all fhe sllbjcctsof the FmaI Examination

in one session unless he takes the Final EJCIlminlltion as provided for in Regulations 15

and 16.

Resull orlhe Final Examlllll lion

The names of ca ndidates woo have passed the Final Examination at the first

Jan uary/February SessiOfl shall be published in aJ phabetic:al order in two ca tcg<lries

-Passed wilh Distinction ' and ' Pa~d ' . Ex~ptional perfo rmance in a subject shall also

be indicated in the list. The Result shall take into a(:OOllnt the performance of the

~a ndidalC throughollt the course.

111 the IWO additional sessions referred to in Resulation 12 tbe names of sua:cssful

ca ndidates shall be published in alphabetical order in a simple Pass Lisl.

Kderence IInd Re-examinatkm

In Ihe first IWO sessions o f the Final Examination. a candidate who takes all

three subjects of the Exam ination may be referred in one subject. A list of such

ca ndidates shall be published indica ting thc subject in which each candidate has been

referred.

A candidate who has bee n refe rred in one subjecl may lake the examination

in that subject at the next session. If he passes the e xamination in that subjcct , hi s name

shall be included in the list of those who have paS$<!d the Fina l Exa mina tion. Uhe fails.

he shall be deemed to have failed the Fi nal Examination as a whole .

A candida te shall not be allowed to take the Final Examination in any of th e

addi tional tWO SC'SSions unle:lS he has ca rried out such furt he r trai ning as the Faculty

Board may prescribe.

Rt'-admission

A candi date who does not pass the Final Examination ;n any of t he three

So!:lSions prescribed in Regulation 12 may be allowed by the Faculty Board to repeat the

Final ScmeSlcroft hc course unde r such co nditions as il deems fit 10 impose and 10la ke

the Final Examinalion at thet'nd oft hal semester. Such a cand idateshall nOl q uaJifyfor

a ' Pass wilh Distinct ion' .

No ca ndid ate m3Y rcpeallhe Final SemeSle r of the course mOTe than once.

Ap pl kabi1lly

These regulalions shall be a pplicable 10 courses slarling in Octobe r 1990 or

late r.

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