University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

L.N. 368 of 2011

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

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 University Postgraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008, published as Legal

Notice 120 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

Regulations 4 and 5 of these regulations shall be applicable for courses

commencing in October 2011 or later.

Regulation 6 of these regulations shall be applicable from 23 rd June, 2011

onwards.

Amendment to regulation 20 of the principal regulations

Regulation 20 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as paragraph

(1) of regulation 20.

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

20 of the principal regulations

“(2) Applicants engaged in full-time employment shall not normally be

permitted to register as full-time students, except in circumstances where applicants

provide evidence to show that their employer is willing to grant sufficient time off

from work to allow them to engage in full-time study. Students engaged in part-

time employment must inform the University about the extent of their employment

commitment and require permission from the Faculty Admissions Committee to

register as full-time students.”

Amendment to regulation 55 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 55 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(2) For dissertations assigned more than 30 credits, the Board of Examiners

shall be composed of at least four members and shall normally include an external

examiner from an overseas institution. For dissertations assigned 30 credits, the Board

of Examiners shall be composed of at least three members but may additionally also

include an external examiner from an overseas institution.”

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