under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

L.N. 212 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

European Master of Science in Human Language Science and Technology

- M.Sc. (HLST) - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2013,

under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology

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 (3) and 79 (b) of the said

Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the European Master of Science in

Human Language Science and Technology - M.Sc. (HLST) - Degree Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and shall be read and construed as one with the

European Master of Science in Human Language Science and Technology - M.Sc.

(HLST) - Degree Course Regulations, 2008, under the auspices of the Faculty of

Information and Communication Technology, published as Legal Notice 119 of 2008,

hereinafter referred to as the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall apply to courses commencing in October 2012

or later.

Amendment to regulation 1 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

“the Board” means the Board of Studies, which should include a member of

each Partner University, appointed by Senate, on the recommendation of the Board,

responsible for the academic administration and organisation of the Course;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the degree of Master

of Science in Human Language Science and Technology - M.Sc. (HLST);

“the Degree” means the degree of Master of Science in Human Language

Science and Technology - M.Sc. (HLST);

“the Faculty” means the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology;

“the Partner Universities” means the following institutions

Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany (Coordinating University)

University of Trento, Italy

University of Malta, Malta

University of Lorraine, France

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

University of Melbourne, Australia

University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

“the University” means the University of Malta.”

Amendment to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(1) Results for the assessment of the study-units and the dissertation shall

be published as a percentage mark and grade as indicated in the table below

Mark Range

Grade

80% - 100%

A

70% - 79%

B

55% - 69%

C

50% - 54%

D

45% - 49%

E

0% - 44%

F”

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