University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 238 of 2012

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

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, 2012 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice

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

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2012 and later.

Amendment to regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) of regulation 6 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(d) obtain not less than the number of credits at not below the level as

indicated hereunder, including all credits for compulsory and elective study-units as

specified in the Programme of Study and/or in the course bye-laws

Postgraduate Award

Requirements

30 credits, of which not less than 25 credits at

Postgraduate Certificate

Level 5

60 credits, of which not less than 50 credits at

Postgraduate Diploma

Level 5

90 or 120 credits, of which not less than 80 credits

Master’s degree

at Level 5, and including a dissertation to which not

less than 30 credits are assigned”

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