University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 240 of 2012

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, published as Legal

Notice 127 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2012 and later.

Amendment to regulation 3 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (4) of regulation 3 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(4) 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/s of Study and/or bye-laws relevant to the Course on

which the student is registered and subject to regulations 20, 21 and 22 below

University Undergraduate

Requirements

Award

30 credits of which not less than 26 credits not

University Certificate

below Level 1.

60 or 90 credits, as specified in the bye-laws for the

University Diploma

Course, of which not more than 10 Level 0 and not

less than 56 Level 1.

60 or 120 credits, as specified in the bye-laws for

University Higher Diploma

the Course, of which not more than 10 Level 0 and

not less than 56 Level 2.

180 credits of which not more than 4 Level 0, not

less than 56 and not more than 68 Level 1, and not

Bachelor

less than 108 more or less divided equally between

Levels 2 and 3.

180 credits of which not more than 4 Level 0, not

Bachelor (Honours in one Area

less than 56 and not more than 68 Level 1, and not

of Study) (three year full-time

less than 108 more or less divided equally between

Course or three year full-time

Levels 2 and 3 of which not less than 56 Level 3

professional Course)

credits assigned to the area taken at honours.

240 credits of which not more than 4 Level 0, not

Bachelor (Honours in two

less than 56 and not more than 68 Level 1, and not

Areas of Study) (4 year full-

less than 168 more or less divided equally between

time Course)

Levels 2 and 3 of which not less than 50 Level 3

credits in each of the two areas taken at honours.

240 credits of which not more than 4 Level 0, not

Bachelor (Honours) (4 year

less than 56 and not more than 68 Level 1, and not

full-time professional Course)

less than 168 Levels 2, 3 and 4 of which not less

than 100 at Levels 3 and 4.

Bachelor (Honours) and any

300 credits of which not more than 4 Level 0, not

other undergraduate award

less than 56 Level 1, 56 Level 2 and a further 168

following a 5 year professional

at Levels 3 and 4.

Course

Provided that

(i) students may be allowed to offer higher level credits in substitution of the

required credits at a specific level; and

(ii) an unclassified pass degree may, at the discretion of the Award Classification

Board, be awarded to a student registered in a degree Course, who at the end of the

Course lacks not more than 10 credits to complete the credit requirement for the

award of the degree. The student shall however have the option to refuse the award

and opt to refer the missing units to the following year or repeat the year if so eligible

in terms of these regulations.”

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