Regulations, 2014

L.N. 40 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

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2014 and onwards.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations, there shall

be substituted the following

“(2) Applicants who apply for admission to the Course must, besides satisfying

the requirements for admission as regular students in terms of the Admission

Regulations, satisfy the following Special Course Requirements

(a) be in possession of passes in the Matriculation Examination at Advanced

Level at Grade B or better in Biology and Chemistry; and

(b) be in possession of a pass in the Matriculation Examination at Intermediate

Level at Grade B or better at any one of the following subjects: Accounting, Applied

Mathematics (Mechanics), Arabic, Art, Classical Studies, Computing, Economics,

Engineering Drawing and Graphical Communication, English, French, Geography,

German, Greek, History, Home Economics and Human Ecology, Information

Technology, Italian, Latin, Maltese, Marketing, Philosophy, Physics, Physical

Education, Psychology, Pure Mathematics, Music, Religious Knowledge, Russian,

Sociology, Spanish, and Theatre and Performance, provided that all passes in

these Special Course Requirements have been obtained together in one session of

examinations (i.e. one sitting) and are from recognised examining boards from the

same country.”

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