B.Ch.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

B

L.N. 162 of 2005

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Selection of Applicants for Admission to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery

- B.Ch.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers 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 of the

University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by sections 31

and 35 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Selection of Applicants for Admission

to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery - B.Ch.D. - Degree Course (Amendment)

Regulations, 2005 and shall be read and construed as one with the Regulations for the

Selection of Applicants for Admission to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery - B.Ch.D. -

Degree Course, 2004, published as Legal Notice 362 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as

“the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2005 or later.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“4. The number of students shall be limited to six Maltese and other E.U.

nationals and two students from non-E.U. countries.”

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“6. If there are more than six eligible applicants of Maltese and other E.U.

states nationality, the best six applicants shall be selected by the University Admissions

Board, after seeking the advice of the Admissions Committee of the Faculty of Dental

Surgery, in accordance with the criteria for selection as specified in regulation 7.”

Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For the introductory section of paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(1) The Faculty Admissions Committee shall first consider eligible applicants

whose qualifications were obtained in the Matriculation Certificate Examination, or

from another examining board if the Faculty Admissions Committee is satisfied that the

qualifications presented are comparable in content and equivalent in standard to the

Matriculation Certificate Examination in the same subject and, for courses commencing

in October 2006 or later, first preference being given to applicants whose qualifications

are obtained from one examining board. These applicants shall be placed in categories

following the criteria listed hereunder:”

Addition to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (4) shall be added after paragraph (3) of regulation

7 of the principal regulations

“(4) The two places reserved for non-E.U. nationals, in terms of regulation 4 of

the principal regulations, shall be filled on the recommendation of the Faculty

Admissions Committee that may first consider eligible applicants recommended in

terms of agreements the University may enter into with foreign institutions or

governments.”

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