Doctor of Philosophy

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L.N. 388 of 2010

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. - Degree (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5)

and 75 (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 articles 75 and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and shall be read and construed as one with the Doctor

of Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008, published as Legal Notice 293 of

2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from March 2010 onwards.

Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (1) of regulation 20 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“20. (1) Studies for the Ph.D. Degree shall extend over three years of full-time

study or six years of part-time study. If the nature of the proposed research so demands,

the Sub-Committee may recommend to Senate a longer period. In the case of students

accepted in terms of paragraph (2) of regulation 6, the period of full-time study shall

normally extend for not less than four years.”

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