University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

L.N. 204 of 2005

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Undergraduate Awards (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 University Undergraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice

127 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from October 2003 onwards.

Amendment of regulation 30 of the principal regulations

For regulation 30 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“30. Study-units taught and assessed within a single semester shall normally

be assigned not less that 4 credits (except for study-units designated as optional, which

may be assigned 2 credits) and not more than 30 credits.”

B

Amendment of regulation 47 of the principal regulations

For regulation 47 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“47. In any academic year, students shall only be eligible to be re-assessed in

study-units to which not more than 16 credits are assigned, except when students fail in

only one study-unit to which more than 16 credits are assigned or in two study-units

which between them are assigned more than 16 credits but not more than 20 credits.”

Amendment of regulation 54 of the principal regulations

For the first section of regulation 54 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“54. Students who after the supplementary session need not more than 10

credits in order to successfully complete the Course Programme for the year, shall,

whenever possible and after academic counselling by the Dean and/or the Head of

Department concerned, be given the option by the Board to either:”

Amendment of regulation 63 of the principal regulations

For regulation 63 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“63. Students who, after the supplementary assessment session still lack more

than 10 credits to complete the requirement of their Course Programme for the

particular year, shall be required to repeat the year if eligible in terms of these

regulations or, if not eligible to repeat a year, shall be required to withdraw from the

course.”

Amendment of regulation 66 of the principal regulations

For regulation 66 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“66.

Students who, after the supplementary session of examinations of their

final year of study in a course, need only to successfully complete one study-unit

(normally a dissertation, long essay or project) to which more than 10 credits are

assigned in order to successfully complete the course shall be allowed an extra year of

study in which to complete the missing unit.”

Renumbering of regulation 74 of the principal regulations

Regulation 74 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as regulation

74(1).

Addition to regulation 74 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (2) shall be added after paragraph (1) of regulation

74 of the principal regulations

“(2)

The University may request a Police Good Conduct Certificate of its

students.”

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