Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation

L.N. 235 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2014 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008

for the Degree of Master in Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship

under the auspices of the

Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation

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 bye-laws made by the Board of the Centre for

Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation in virtue of the powers conferred upon it

by article 7 (v) of the Statute for the Centre, which have been approved by the Senate

of the University of Malta

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2014 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate

Awards, 2008 for the degree of Master in Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship,

and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the Degree of

Master in Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship, under the auspices of the Centre for

Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation, published as Legal Notice 309 of 2013,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall apply to courses commencing in October 2014 or

later.

Amendment to bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

The following paragraphs (4) to (8) shall be added after paragraph (3) of

bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

“(4) Senate, on the recommendation of the Board, shall determine the number

of applicants that may be allowed to register for the Course. The Board shall announce

the number of available places at the time of the call for applications.

(5) If there are more eligible applicants than there are available places,

the Board shall select applicants according to the following criteria, which shall be

weighted as follows

(a) degree type and classification - 30%;

(b) work experience in the area or a related field - 30%; and

(c) statement of intent and performance in an interview – 40%.

(6) If the number of applicants who satisfy the selection criteria exceeds

the number of available places, applicants shall be accepted according to merit.

(7) Professional aptitude and disposition shall be measured by means of

a personal interview.

(8) The interviewing board appointed by the Board shall be composed of

at least three of its members.”

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