Doctor of Philosophy

L.N. 296 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. - Degree (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

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 pro-

mulgated 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 Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. –

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

the Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008, published as Legal

Notice 293 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 st March 2013 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 35 of the principal regulations

For regulation 35 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“Transfer of Registration from M.Phil. Degree to Ph.D. Degree

35. (1) Senate may allow a transfer of registration from the M.Phil. Degree to

the Ph.D. Degree with the same research proposal if the following conditions have

been satisfied

(a) after 12 months and not later than 24 months of full-time study or

the equivalent in part-time study have elapsed, an ad hoc board appointed by the

Board for the purpose, composed of a chairman, the Principal Supervisor and another

member, shall assess the student’s work;

(b) the ad hoc board shall either (i) declare the work presented to have the

potential to reach the standard appropriate to that required of a doctoral degree and

recommends transfer; or (ii) determine that the student’s work has not reached a

sufficient standard to warrant recommendation of the transfer; or (iii) advise that the

student be given up to 12 months in order to complete his/her studies for the award

of an M.Phil. Degree; and in all cases shall inform the Sub-Committee, through the

Board; and

(c) a satisfactory progress report from the student’s Faculty Doctoral

Committee has been received.

(2) If the transfer is allowed by Senate, the work already done for the M.Phil.

Degree shall count towards the requirements for the Ph.D. Degree.

(3) If a student fails to present a request to transfer his studies to Ph.D.

within the period stipulated in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of this regulation,

the student would be required to submit a justifiable reason, which Senate would

consider following recommendations of the Faculty Doctoral Committee, the Board

and the Sub-Committee.”

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