Degree Course Regulations, 1996

B

L.N. 92 (II 1996

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - B.Eng. (Hons.)-

Degree Course Regulations, 1996

IN exercise of the jXlwers conferred upon him by sections 30(5)

and 31(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the

University of Malta has promulgated the following regulations made

by the Senate ofthe University of Malta by vinue of the powers conferred

upon it by sections 3 1 and 35 of the said Act

Citation and Interpretation

These regulations may be cited as the BachclorofEngineering (Honoun )

I . (1)

B E ng. (Hons.) - Degree Course Regulations, 1996.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical

Engineering;

"the Course" means the Course leading to the Degree;

"the Degree" means the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) -

BEng. (Hons.).

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable to courses swting in October 1994 or

later.

Eligibility for the Degree

To be eligible for the Degree a candidate must

(a) be registered as a regular student in the Course in tenns of the Admission

Regulations of the University;

(b) complete the course of studies, qualify in the examinations and satisfy

any other requirements prescribed in these regulations; and

(e) satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other relevant statutes

and regulations of the University .

Registration and spedaJ course requirements

(I) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation, 10 be

registered as a regular Siudent in the Course acandidate must, in addition to the general

entry requirements specified in the Admission Regulations of the University.

(a) for courses staning in 1994, 1995 and 1996 be in possession of two

passes at Advanced Matriculation level at Grade C or better in

Mathematics and

(i)

Physics;

(i i)

(b) for courses starting in October 1997 or later. have obtained a pass with

Credit or Distinction in Pure Mathematics and in Physics taken at Advanced level

as pan of the M atric ulation Certificate Examination .

(2) A candidate who is a graduate of a University or has other qualifications

considered to be sufficient may be exempted by the University Admissions Board, on

the advice of the Facul ty Admissions Committee, from the whole or pan of these

special course requi rements.

Course structure

5 . ( I) The Course shall extend over a period of four years of full · time study

and shall be di vided into two parts: Pan One and Part Two.

(2) A candidate may not complete the Course earlier than four years or

later than five years from first registration, except in special circumstances with the

pennission of Senate, acti ng on the advice of the Board.

(3) Each year of the Course shall comprise two semesters of study, and,

except in the fina l year, shall be followed by a period o f not less than e ight weeks of

industriailrai ni ng as approved by the Board.

(4) 1beCourse shall consist of srudy-unilS to wh ich not less than l20credits

shall be assigned in

(a)

Fundamental Principles of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,

(b) Core and elective areas within the Mechanical and the Electrical

Branches o f Engineering,

(c)

an engineering project to which not less than 6 credits shall be assigned,

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(d) optional units to which not more than 8 credits shall be assigned,chosen

from study-units offered by the Board or from units o ffered by other institutions

oflhe University.

The Board shall draw up a catalogue orstudy·unil~ for each year o f the

(.5)

Course. The catalogue shall indicate the credits assigned to each study-unit and whic h

units are compulsory. The Board shall publish the catalogue prior to the commencement

of each academic year of the Course.

(6) The Board may exempt a candidate from the requiremen t of obtaining

a credit if he has obtained (rom the Uni versi ty, or an institution recognized by Senate

for the purpose , a qualification the study for which is, in the opinion of the Board , at

least equivalent in coment and standard 10 thai required for the credit concerned.

Part One

(I) II-Kors ghandu jkun mifnu fuq zmien ta' ema' snin ta' studju/adl-time

u ghand u jinqasam fiewg partijiet: I·Ewwel Parti u t-Tieni Parti .

(2) Kandidat ma jistax ilemm il-Kors aklar k mieni minn erba' snin jew

akw lard minn hames snin mill-ewwel regislraZZjoni , hlief fCirkostanzi speCjali bl-

approvaujoni as-Senat. fuq il-parir tal-Bordo

(3) Kull sena tal-Kors ghandu jkollha iewg semestri ta' studju , u, hlief n-

ahhar sena, ghandha tigi segwila minn perijodu la' mhux anqas rninn tmie n gimgl'tat

ta' tahrig industrijali kifapprovat mill-Bord.

(4) II-Kors ghandu jikJc:onsisti ftaqsimiet studju Ii ghalihom ghandhom

jigu moghtija mhWl anqas minn 120 kredru fiJ.

(a>

PrinCipji Fundamentali ta' Inginerija Mekkanika u Elettrika

Core and electivt artas fil-ferghat Mekkaniei u Elettriei ta' I-Inginerija;

(b)

(e) Progelt ta' I-inginerija Ii ghalih ghandhom jigu moghtija mhux anqas

minn 6 kredli ; u

optiorwl units Ii ghalihom ghandhom jigu moghtija mhWl akw minn

(d)

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8 kredti maghzulin minn taqsimiet studju offruli mill-Bard jew min n taqsimiel

offruli minn iSlituzzjonijiel ohra ta' ]-Universiltt.

(5) II-Bard ghandu jlcsti katalgu la' taqsimiet studju ghal ku ll sena tal -

Kors. J\-katalgu ghandu jindika I-kredti moghtija ghal kull taqsima studju u liema

taqsimiet hu ma obbligatOlji. II-Bord ghandu jippubblika I-katalgu qabel i1-bidu ta'

kull sena akkademika tal-Kors.

(6) l l-Bord jisla' je:ienta kandidat mill-htiega Ii jottjeni kredtu jekk hu jkun

onjena mil l-Universita,jew minn istituzzjoni rikonoJUuta mis-Senat ghal dak il-ghan,

kwalifika Ii l-istudju ghaliha hu , fl -opinjoni tal-Bord , ekwivalenti fiI -kontenut u livell

ghul dak mc hticg ghull-k redtu rilevanti.

L-Ewwel PaTti.

( I) Part One shall extend over the first year of the Course and shall consist

of study-units in Fundamental Principles of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

and eight weeks of industriaJ training.

(2) To complete Part One and be eligible to register for Part Two of the

Course a candidate must obtain a minimum of 28 credits including all the credits for

the study-units indicated by the Board as compulsory .

(3) At the beginning of the second semester candidates shaJl be required to

choose the study programme they opt to follow in Part Two of the Course.

Part Two

(I)

Pan Two shall extend over the second, third and fourth years of the

Course.

(2) In Pan Two of the Course candidates shal l be required to opt to follow

the study programme for ODe of the following streams

(a) Electrical Engineering Stream

(b) Mechanical Engineering Stream

(3) The study programme for the Mechanical Engineering Stream shaJl

consist of study-units in the following areas of study

(a> Manufacturing Engineering

(b) Mechanical Engineering

(c) MetaJlurgy and Materials Engineering .

(4) At the end of the second year of the Course candidates in the Mechanical

Engineering Stream shall be required to choose one main area of study to be followed

in the last two years of the Course from the areas of study mentioned in paragraph (3)

of this regulation.

(5) The study programme forthe Electrica1 Engineering Stream shall consist

of study

(a)

Communications and Computer Engineering

Electrical Power and Control Engineering

(b)

(e)

Microelectronics Engineering.

(6) During the fourth year of the Course all candidates shall be required to

undertake an engineering project approved by the Head of that Dcpanmcm in which

the project is to be undertaken and submit the project and a written report thereon to

the Examining Board by not later than the end of May.

Assessment and progress

(I) Credits shall be assigned according to the following grades in descending

order of merit: A, B. C, 0 and F where F indicates Fail. The grades shall take into

account the candidate's perfonnance in course work. written tests and examinations as

deemed appropriate by the Board.

(2) A candidate who fails to obtain a credit for a study-unit shall be allowed

a resi l once. In the re-assessment the grade awarded cannot exceed grade O. Candidates

shall not be allowed resits in more than four study-units in anyone year of the Course.

(3) Writlen tests shall be held at the end of each semester except after the

second semester of Part One and during the first and founh years of the Course.

(4)

Supplementary writlen tests are held only in September.

(5) Compulsory study-units followed during the second semester of the

first year and during the fourth year shall be assessed in the examinations held at the

end of Pan One and during the final year of Pan Two of the Course respectively.

(6) A candidate shan not be allowed to proceed to the next year of the

Course if he fails to obtain the required credits for the units indicated as compulsory by

the Board.

(7) A candidate who fails to satisfy the requirements for proceeding to the

next year of the Course shan be allowed to repeallhe study programme for the failed

year, provided that no candidate may be allowed to repeat a year more than o nce

thro ughout the whole Course ,except in extraordi nary circumstances with the approval

of Senate.

(8) Candidates who are allowed to repeat a year may, at the discretion of

the Board, be exempted from being re-assessed in those study-units in which they

have obtained a credit during the failed year.

(9) Candidates who are allowed to repeat a year may only be awarded the

minimum grade 0 for each of the units in which they failed in that year.

Examinations

9 . (1) Examinations shall be held al the end o f Pan One and during the fi nal

year of Pan Two.

TIle Pan One examination shall consist of not more than six written

(2)

papers and held at the end of the second semester of the first year of the Course.

(3) The Part Two examination shall consist of not more than ten written

papers and the Project. The written examinations shall be held al the cod of the first

semester and at the end of the second semester of the final year.

(4) To satisfy the Pan Two examination requirement candidates must be

successful in each component of the examination.

(5)

A candidate who fails in four or more of the Pan Two examination

papers shall be allowed to repeat the year, provided this is permitted in tenns of

pan.gnph (7) of regulation 8 .

(6) A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in the Project may, at

the discretion of the Board, be allowed 10 re-submit the Project by not later than the

end of September of that year. If successful , the maximum grade that can be awarded

shall be grade D . If unsuccessful the candidate shall be allowed to repeat the year

provided this is pcnnined in tenns of paragraph (7) of regu lation 8.

(7) A candidate who fails in not more than three papers of the Part Two

examination shall be re-tested through a v; va WX:~ examination. A candidate who fails

to satisfy the examiners in the viva voce examination shall be required to repeat the

year, provided th is is pennitted in tenns of paragraph (7) of regulation 8 .

Results and award of Degree

(I) 1be Degree shall be awarded to candidates who -

(I)

L-eiamijiet ghandhorn isiru n-ahhar la' I-Ewwe1 Parti u matul l-ahhar

sena lat-Tieni Parti.

(2) L-eiarni ta' I-Ewwel Parti ghandu jikkonsisti fmhux aktar minn silt

karti bil-miktub u ghandu jsir n-ahhar tat-tieni semestru ta' l-ewwel sena tal- Kors .

(3) L-eiami tal-T ieni Patti ghandu jikkonsisti frnhux aktar minn ghaxar

kuti bi l-miktub u I-Proge n . L-eiamijlet bil-miktub ghandhom isim n-ah harta' l-ewwe1

u tal-lieni semestru ta' I-ahhar sena.

(4) Biexjissodisfa I-htigijiet ta ' l-eiami tat-Tieni Parti kandidat ghandu

jghaddi Pkull komponent ta' l-eiami.

(5) Kandidatli jel'lel ferba' jew aktar mill-karti ta' l-eiami tat-T ieni Patti

jkun jista' jirrepeti s-scna , sakemm dan ikun permess skond il-paragrafu (7) lar-

regolamenl 8 .

Kandidat Ii rna jimexxilux jissodisfa l-eiaminaturi fi l-Progeu jista' ,

(6)

fid-dislcrezzjoni tal-Bord, jithalla jerga' jissooomettih mhux attar tard mill-ahhar ta'

Settembru ta' dik is-scna. l ekk jghaddi, l-oghla grad Ii jista' jinghatalu huwa I-grad D.

l eU jehel. il-kandidal ghandu jkun jista' jirrepeti s-sena sakernrn dan ikun permess

skond il-paragrafu (7) tar-regolament 8 .

(7) Kandidal li jehel fmhux aktarminn llfet karti la ' l-eiami tat-T ieni Parti

ghandu j igi re-eiaminat pennezz ta' eiami viva voce. Kand idat Ii ma jimexxilux

jissodisfa l-eiaminaturi n-eiami viva voce ikoll u jirrepeti s-scna, sakemm dan ikun

penness skond il-paragrafu (7) tar-regolament 8.

Rli ul tatl u glloti taJ-G rad

10 . (1)

II-Grad ghandu jigi moghti liII-kandidati Ii

(a)

kisbu mhux anqas minn 118·iI kredlu maNI jJ·KOI$,

(b) imexxielhom itemmu b'suCC:ess il-taqsimiet kollha ta' studju ndikati

bhala obbligatorji mill-Bord, u

issodisfaw il-hligijiet la ' l-eiamijiet.

(e)

(2)

II-G rad ghandu jigi mOghti fwahda min n dawn il·klass ijiel

B "'"

L-Ewwel Klassi bl-Unuri

Ie-Tieni Klassi bl-Un uri (Taqsima Superjuri)

It-T ieni Klass; bl-Uo uri (faqsima Inferjuri)

It- T ielet Klassi bl-Unuri.

(3)

Ghandu jkun hemm Bord tal-Klass ifikazzjoni tal-Grad maghmul mid-

Dekao tal-Fakultl bhala C/uJirman u l-Kapijiet tad- Dipartimenti tal-Fakultlt u \-

eZaminaturi esterni. fejn imiss.

(4) U-Bord tal-Klassifikazzjoni tal-Grad ghandu jivvaluta x-xoghol tal-

kandi dati matul l-erba' soio taI-Kors. wara Ii jikkonsidra \-kredti miksuba maml i1-

Kors u I-hidma taghhom fl-eiamijict biex iku n j ista ' jikklassifika \-kandidati lijghaddu

ghal l-Grad skond il-paragrafu (2) ta' dan ir-regolament.

Ix-xogho] tal-kan didati fil-Kors ghandu jigi moghti I-pii skond kif gej

(5)

L.Ewwel Parti

10"

SO.,

IJ-Jcrcdti miksuba maw! it-ticni U I-ticlet sena

40.,

L-Eiami tat-Tieni Parti

(6) F'cirkostanzi eccezzjonali grad ta' Pass til-Grad ta' Bachelor of

Engineering - B.Eng . - ghandu jingl'lata lill-kandidat Ii, f1-opi njon i tal-Bord ta'

Klassifikazzjoni tal.Grad , issodisfa 1-l'Itigijiet rkull sena taI-Kors, ii:da rna kisibx ii-

livell xieraq biex jikkwalifika ghall-Grad bl-Unuri.

L-isrnijiet lal-kandidali Ii jikkwalifikaw gl'lall-Grad ghandhom j igu

(7)

ppubblikati r ordni alfabeti ku r lista maqsuma rkategoriji kklassifikati kif elenkati

fil'paragrafi (2) u (6) ta' dan ir-regolament.

have obtained not less than 118 credits throughout the Course,

(a)

(b) have successfully completed al l the study-units indicated ascompulsory

by the Board, and

(c)

have satisfied examination requ irements.

(2)

The Degree shall be awarded in one of the following classes

First Class Honours

Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

Second Class Honours (Lower Division)

Third Class Honours

(3) There shal l be a Degree C lassification Board composed of the Dean of

the Faculty as Chainnan and the Heads of DcpanmenlS of the Faculty and the external

examiners. where appropriale .

(4) The Degree Classification Board shall assess the performance of

candidates during the four years of the Course. taking inlo accounllhecredits oblained

throughout the Course lind their performance in examinations for the purpose of

classifying successful candidates for the award of the Degree in accordance with

paragraph (2) of this regulation.

The: performance: of the candidates in the Course shall be weighted as

(5)

follows

10%

"'" Ooe

>0%

Credits obtained during 2nd and 3rd year

Part Two examination

40%

In exceptional circumstances a Pass Degree ofBac:hclcrofEngincering

(6)

- BEng. - shall be awarded to a candidate who, in the opinion of the Degree

Classification Board, has satisfied the requirements for each year of the Course but has

not achieved the appropriate level of qualifications for the award of an Honoursdegree.

(7) The names of candidates who qualify for tile award of the Degree, or

for the degree of BEng. shall be published in alphabetical order in a list divided into

the classification categories lisled in paragraphs (2) and (6) of this regulation .