University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 461 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Undergraduate Awards (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 University Undergraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, published as Legal

Notice 127 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 19 September, 2014 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

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

be substituted the following

“(b) between two and four semesters for courses leading to a University

Diploma or University Higher Diploma; and”

Amendment to regulation 51 of the principal regulations

For regulation 51 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“51. Students who fail a study-unit in the first sit and who are not eligible

for a CP (compensatory pass) shall be allowed three supplementary assessments in

order to obtain the credits for the study-unit, provided they are eligible for such

supplementary assessments in terms of regulations 52 and 53.”

Amendment to regulation 75 of the principal regulations

For regulation 75 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

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

ineligible to proceed further in terms of these regulations, and unless the bye-laws for

the Course provide for the granting of an interim award the student shall

(a) if at least 60 credits have been obtained, the student shall be granted the

Certificate in General Studies (Cert. Gen. St.);

(b) if at least 120 credits have been obtained, the student shall be granted the

Diploma in General Studies (Dip. Gen. St.); and

(c) as from academic year 2010/11, if at least 180 credits have been obtained

in the course in which the student is registered and in accordance with the definition

of a Bachelor degree as in paragraph (4) of regulation 3, the student may request to

be awarded the degree of Bachelor in General Studies (B.Gen. St.). Students who

partially completed degree programmes prior to the academic year 2010/11 and

who satisfy this regulation shall have the right to request, on entry into force of

this regulation, to be awarded the degree of Bachelor in General Studies ex gratia,

provided that this degree shall not be granted retroactively, in all instances without

reference to any Area of Study in the title of the award.”

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