Regulations, 2014

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L.N. 326 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment)

Regulations, 2014

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 Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course

Regulations 2013, published as Legal Notice 310 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as

the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

(1)

Regulation 3 shall be applicable from academic year 2014/15

onwards.

(2)

Regulation 4 shall be applicable from 1 May 2014 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 9 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(2) In any academic year students who fail in study-units shall be allowed a

supplementary assessment in September of the same year.”

Amendment to regulation 13 of the principal regulations

For regulation 13 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“13. When a student withdraws from the Course either by choice or because

ineligible to proceed further in terms of these regulations, the student may request to

be awarded

(a) the Certificate in General Studies (Cert. Gen. St.) if at least 60 ECTS

credits have been obtained; or

(b) the Diploma in General Studies (Dip. Gen. St.) if at least 120 ECTS

credits have been obtained; or

(c) the Bachelor in General Studies degree (B.Gen.St.) if at least 180 ECTS

credits have been obtained.”

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