Courses of Studies, Degrees and Distinctions

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L.N. 212 of 2008

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Statute amending Statute 3 (Amendment No. 14) of the University of Malta –

Courses of Studies, Degrees and Distinctions

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections

74(5) and 75(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of

the University of Malta has promulgated the following statute made

by the Council of the University of Malta by virtue of the powers

conferred upon it by sections 75, 77 and 136 (3) of the said Act

Citation

This statute may be cited as the Statute amending Statute 3 (Amendment

No. 14) of the University of Malta – Courses of Studies, Degrees and Distinctions -

and shall be read and construed as one with the Statutes of the University of Malta

included in Schedule II of the Education Act (Cap. 327), hereinafter referred to as

“the principal statute”.

Applicability

This statute shall be applicable from February 2008 onwards.

Amendment of statute 3 of the principal statute

For statute 3.2 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the

following

“3.2 Provision for the Award of a Joint or Double Degree with another

University

1. Where the University, with the approval of Senate, enters into an

agreement with other universities for the granting of a joint or double degree, then

the necessary requirement to qualify for the degree may be obtained either partly at

the University and partly at the other university/universities, or wholly at one of the

partner universities as provided for in such agreement.

2. The degree may be awarded

(a) in the case of a joint degree, jointly on one certificate by all the

universities and shall be conferred at one of the partner universities as agreed

between them; or

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(b) in the case of a double degree, separately by each of the two partner

universities.

3. The programme of study, including the catalogue of study-units, for the

joint or double degree shall be approved by the University and as required by the

other partner universities.

The Boards of Examiners and the Degree Classification Boards shall be

constituted in terms of decisions taken by the appropriate bodies of the partner

universities and as provided for in the agreement between them.

Students may register for a joint or double degree if accepted by the

partner universities in terms of the admission regulations of each of the universities

and in terms of the provisions regarding registration in the degree programme as

specified in the agreement between the universities.

The agreement for the award of a joint or double degree by the University

and the other universities may provide that the certificate includes an equivalent

title, normally as awarded by the other universities, in conjunction with the title of

the University degree. In the case of the award of a double degree, a statement to

this effect will be made on the certificate.”

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