University Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 302 of 2012

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 126(2) of the

Education Act, the Minister of Education and Employment, with the

concurrence of the Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the University Fees

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the University Fees Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a)

for the definition " "Arts based" programmes", there

shall be substituted the following new definition

" "Arts based programmes" shall include, amongst

others, all programmes, unless otherwise stated, organised

by the Faculties, Institutes and Centres listed below

(a)

Faculty of Arts;

(b) Faculty for the Built Environment -

MA Cultural Heritage Management only;

(c) Faculty of Economics, Management &

Accountancy - programmes offered by the

Department of Public Policy;

(d)

Faculty of Education;

(e) Faculty of Laws - all programmes with

the exception of MA in Financial Services;

(f) Faculty of Media & Knowledge

Sciences with the exception of MSc Digital Games

and programmes offered by the Cognitive Science

Unit;

(g)

Faculty for Social Wellbeing;

(h)

Faculty of Theology;

(i)

Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies;

(j)

International Institute for Baroque

Studies;

(k)

Confucius Institute;

(l)

Institute for European Studies;

(m)

Islands and Small States Institute;

(n) Institute of Linguistics with the

exception of BSc (Hons) in Human Language

Technology;

(o)

Institute of Maltese Studies;

(p) Institute of Public Administration &

Management;

(q)

Institute for Physical Education &

Sport;

(r)

Institute for Tourism, Travel and

Culture;

(s) Mediterranean

Academy

of

Diplomatic Studies;

(t)

Mediterranean Institute;

(u)

School of Performing Arts;

(v) Centre for Environmental Education

and Research;

(w)

Centre for Labour Studies;

(x)

Centre for Literacy;

(y) Euro-Mediterranean

Centre

for

Educational Research;

(z) European Centre for Educational

Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health;

(aa) European Centre for Gerontology.";

(b) for the definition " "business based" programmes",

there shall be substituted the following new definition

" "Business related programmes" shall include,

amongst others, all programmes, unless otherwise stated,

organised by the Faculties, Institutes and Centres listed

below

(a) Faculty of Economics, Management

and Accountancy - All programmes with the

exception of programmes offered by the

Department of Public Policy;

(b) Faculty of Laws - MA in Financial

Services; and

(c) Edward Debono Institute for the

Design & Development of Thinking;"; and

(c)

for the definition " "science based" programmes",

there shall be substituted the following new definition

" "Science based programmes" shall include,

amongst others, all programmes, unless otherwise stated,

organised by the Faculties, Institutes and Centres listed

below

(a) Faculty for the Built Environment with

the exception of MA Cultural Heritage

Management;

(b)

Faculty of Dental Surgery;

(c)

Faculty of Engineering;

(d)

Faculty of Health Sciences;

(e) Faculty

of

Information

and

Communication Technology;

(f) Faculty of Media & Knowledge

Sciences – MSc Digital Games and programmes

offered by the Cognitive Science Unit only;

(g)

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery;

(h)

Faculty of Science;

(i)

Institute of Earth Systems;

(j)

Institute of Linguistics - BSc (Hons) in

Human Language Technology only;

(k)

Institute for Sustainable Development;

(l)

Institute for Sustainable Energy;

(m)

Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics;

(n) International Ocean Institute - Malta

Operational Centre;".

Regulation 7 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 7 of

substituted by the following new regulation

the principal

regulations.

"7. Maltese students commencing a programme held

during office hours leading to a Postgraduate Certificate,

Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s or Doctoral Degree on or after

1st October 2009, shall pay an annual enrolment fee as indicated

hereunder

Fee payable per

academic year

€

Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate

Diploma and Master’s Degree

Ph.D, D.Mus and S.Th.D

The above fees do not apply to the Postgraduate Certificate in

Education, Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Doctor of Medicine and

Surgery, Doctor of Laws, and any Master’s programme whereby the

warrant to practise the profession can only be obtained upon

attainment of the Master’s degree.".

Paragraph (a) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations Amends

regulation 8 of

shall be substituted by the following new paragraph

the principal

regulations.

"(a) Non-European Union students enrolled in a full-

time programme at the University of Malta in the academic year

2007/2008 or earlier and who are continuing their studies at the

University of Malta, as listed in Column 1 hereunder, shall pay

the respective fees per academic year (two semesters) as

indicated hereunder in Columns 2 to 5

COLUMN 1

COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN

Programmes

2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

€

€

€

€

1. Arts based and business

5,580

5,810

6,040

6,270

related

undergraduate

programmes leading to a

Certificate,

Diploma

or

Degree

2. Science

based

9,320

9,790

10,260

10,730

undergraduate

programmes

leading to a Certificate,

Diploma or Degree (except the

Degree of Doctor of Medicine

and Surgery, and the Degree of

Bachelor in Dental Surgery)

3. Programme leading to the

24,000

24,000

24,000

24,000

Degree of Doctor of Medicine

and Surgery

4. Programme leading to the

22,000

22,000

22,000

22,000

Degree of Bachelor of Dental

Surgery

Ph.D, D.Mus, S.Th.D

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

programmes

plus an examination fee of

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

M.Phil

programmes,

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

M.Mus.

".

5. Paragraph (a) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations

shall be substituted by the following new paragraph

"(a) Non-European Union students commencing a full-

time programme of studies between academic year 2008/2009

and academic year 2011/2012 at the University of Malta as

listed hereunder in Column 1 shall pay the respective fees per

academic year (two semesters) as indicated hereunder in

Columns 2 to 6

COLUMN 1

COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN

Programmes

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

€

€

€

€

€

1. Sixth Form programmes

5,000

5,500

5,500

5,900

5,900

at the Junior College

2. Foundation

Studies

5,200

5,600

5,600

6,000

6,000

programme

Additional study-units shall

be offered at a fee of

COLUMN 1

COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN

Programmes

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

€

€

€

€

€

3. Medical

Foundation

15,000

15,500

15,500

16,000

16,500

studies

4. (i) Arts

based

and

7,500

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

business

related

undergraduate programmes

leading to a Certificate,

Diploma or Degree

(ii)Preparatory

7,500

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

programme for Master’s

Degree

5. (i) Science

based

9,600

10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

undergraduate programmes

leading to a Certificate,

Diploma or Degree (except

the Degree of Doctor of

Medicine and Surgery, and

the Degree of Bachelor in

Dental Surgery

(ii)Preparatory

9,600

10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

programme for Master’s

Degree

6. Programmes leading to

24,000

25,000

25,000

26,000

26,000

the Degree of Doctor of

Medicine and Surgery

Programmes leading to

22,000

23,000

23,000

24,000

24,000

the Degree of Bachelor of

Dental Surgery

Arts based and Business

9,600

10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

related

postgraduate

programmes leading to a

Certificate, Diploma or

Degree (with the exception

of programme leading to the

Executive

Master

in

Business

Administration

(MBA))

(i) Programme leading to

12,800

13,600

13,600

14,400

14,400

the Executive Master in

Business

Administration

(MBA)

(ii)

Preparatory

7,500

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

programme for the MBA

Science

based

11,800

12,600

12,600

13,400

13,400

postgraduate

programmes

leading to a Certificate,

Diploma or Degree

Ph.D, D.Mus, S.Th.D

9,900

10,500

10,500

11,000

11,000

programmes

M.Mus. programme

6,600

7,000

7,000

7,400

7,400

".

6. Regulations 10 to 12 of the principal regulations shall be

re-numbered as regulations 11 to 13 respectively.

7. Immediately after regulation 9 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

"10. (a) Non-European Union students commencing a

full-time programme of studies in academic year 2012/2013 or

later at the University of Malta as listed hereunder in Column 1

shall pay the respective fees per academic year (two semesters)

as indicated hereunder in Columns 2 to 5

COLUMN 1

COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN

Programmes

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015

€

€

€

€

1. Sixth Form programmes at the

5,500

5,500

5,900

5,900

Junior College

2. Foundation

Studies

5,600

5,600

6,000

6,000

programme

Additional study-units shall be

offered at a fee of

3. Medical Foundation studies

15,500

15,500

16,000

16,000

4. (i) Arts based and business

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

related

undergraduate

programmes leading to a

Certificate, Diploma or Degree

(ii)Preparatory programme for

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

Master’s Degree

5. (i) Science

based 10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

undergraduate

programmes

leading to a Certificate, Diploma

or Degree (except the Degree of

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery,

and the Degree of Bachelor in

Dental Surgery

(ii)Preparatory programme for 10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

Master’s Degree

6. Programmes leading to the

25,000

25,000

26,000

26,000

Degree of Doctor of Medicine

and Surgery and programme

leading to the Degree of

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

COLUMN 1

COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN

Programmes

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015

€

€

€

€

7. Arts based and Business 10,200

10,200

10,800

10,800

related postgraduate programmes

leading to a Certificate, Diploma

or Degree (with the exception of

programmes leading to the

Executive Master in Business

Administration (MBA))

8. (i) Programme leading to the 13,600

13,600

14,400

14,400

Executive Master in Business

Administration (MBA)

(ii) Preparatory programme

8,000

8,000

8,500

8,500

for the MBA

9. Science based postgraduate 12,600

12,600

13,400

13,400

programmes leading to a

Certificate, Diploma or Degree

10. Ph.D, D.Mus, S.Th.D 10,500

10,500

11,000

11,000

programmes

11. M.Mus. programme

7,000

7,000

7,400

7,400

(b) Non-European Union students attending their

studies on a part-time basis at the University of Malta shall pay

half the amounts established in paragraph (a).".

€0.81

Programm ta’ M.Mus.

7,000

7,000

7,400

7,400

(b) Studenti li mhux ġejjin mill-Unjoni Ewropea li

jkomplu l-istudji tagħhom fuq bażi part-time fl-Università ta’

Malta għandhom iħallsu nofs l-ammonti stabbiliti permezz tal-

paragrafu (a).".