under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

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L.N. 472 of 2011

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2011 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2010 in terms of the General

Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the degree of

Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology – M.Psy. (Clin.) –

or in Counselling Psychology – M.Psy. (Couns.) –

or in Educational Psychology – M.Psy. (Ed.) –

under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

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 bye-laws made by the Board of the Faculty of Education

in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 81 (1) of the said Act and which

have been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required by article

81 (2) of the said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2011 to amend the Bye-

Laws of 2010 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards,

2008 for the Degree of Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology - M.Psy. (Clin.)

- or in Counselling Psychology - M.Psy. (Couns.) – or in Educational Psychology -

M.Psy. (Ed.) – and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2010

in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for

the Degree of Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology - M.Psy. (Clin.) - or in

Counselling Psychology - M.Psy. (Couns.) – or in Educational Psychology - M.Psy.

(Ed.) – under the auspices of the Faculty of Education, published as Legal Notice 483

of 2010, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall apply to courses commencing in October 2011 or

later.

Amendment to bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

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“4. (1) The Course shall be open to applicants who are proficient in the

Maltese Language and who are in possession of the following qualifications

(a) a Bachelor degree in Psychology with at least Second Class Honours

(Upper Division), or an equivalent qualification from this or another university; or

(b) a Bachelor degree in Psychology or a Bachelor degree with Psychology as

a main area of study, in both cases obtained with at least Category IIA or another degree

in a related area obtained with at least Second Class (Honours) (Upper Division),

provided that all applicants applying in terms of this paragraph would either have

obtained 60 ECTS credits in Psychology, as approved by the Board, following the

award of their degree, or have obtained a Higher Diploma in Psychology with at least

Pass with Merit, which together with their degree are deemed to be comparable to the

qualification indicated in paragraph (a) of this bye-law.”

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