Certificate in Foundation Studies Course

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L.N. 249 of 2015

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Certificate in Foundation Studies Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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 Certificate in Foundation Studies

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 and shall be read and construed as one with

the Certificate in Foundation Studies Course Regulations, 2014, published as Legal

Notice 352 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2015 or later.

Amendment to regulation 3 of the principal regulations

For regulation 3 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“Registration for the Course

3. (1) The Course shall be open to all applicants who

(a) present a secondary and/or high school certificate issued abroad and who

studied within an educational system that is not comparable to the Maltese educational

system (in terms of curriculum, years of study, etc.); and

(b) are in possession of one of the following qualifications in English at the

required level

(i)

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Internet-Based

Test (iBT) with an overall score of 61, and a minimum score of 17 in the reading and

writing components; or

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(ii) International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with an

overall band score of 5.5, with a reading and writing score of at least 5.0; or

(iii)

Cambridge First Certificate at grade C or better; or

(iv)

any other equivalent qualification approved by the Admissions

Board; and

(c) are in possession of qualifications allowing access to an undergraduate

course in the selected discipline in the country where such qualifications originate;

but

(d) are deemed to require further study to be admitted to undergraduate

degree courses at the University of Malta, provided that

(i) the Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences

programme referred to in paragraph (1) of regulation 6 shall be open only to qualified

applicants from non-EU/EEA countries in terms of agreements signed by the

University with the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia; and

(ii) applicants from other non-EU/EEA countries may be admitted to

the Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences programme referred

to in paragraph (1) of regulation 6 but shall not be eligible for admission to the Doctor

of Medicine and Surgery course.

(2)

The number of applicants from non-EU/EEA countries that may be

admitted to the Course with the intention of following the Master of Dental Surgery

course shall be announced at the time of the call for applications.”

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“Duration of Course

4. (1)

The Course extends over a period of one academic year of full-time

study.

(2) The Board of Studies may allow students who do not qualify for

the Certificate to repeat the Course once, provided that students who successfully

complete the Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences programme

but are not selected for the Master of Dental Surgery course may be allowed to repeat

the Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences programme in its

entirety on one occasion only in order to improve their overall average mark.”

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Amendment to regulation 11 of the principal regulations

For regulation 11 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“Access and Admission to University Undergraduate Courses

(1) Students who obtain the Certificate in a particular programme

are required to complete the University admissions procedure as it pertains to

the undergraduate degree course being applied for. Students may only apply for

undergraduate degree courses relevant to the subject area they followed in the Course.

(2) As only three places are available within the Master of Dental

Surgery programme for non-EU/EEA applicants, students who complete the Medicine,

Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences programme successfully but are not

selected for the Master programme shall be allowed to register for programmes as

follows

(a) students coming from the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, and the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may register for the Medicine or Allied Health Sciences

courses or for the Dental Hygiene or Dental Technology courses or for other courses if

they are eligible to do so, unless they opt to repeat the Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy,

and Allied Health Sciences programme as provided for in paragraph (2) of regulation

4; and

(b) other non-EU/EEA students may register for the Dental Hygiene or

Dental Technology or other courses (except Medicine and Surgery and Allied Health

Sciences) for which they are qualified, unless they opt to repeat the Medicine,

Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences programme as provided for in

paragraph (2) of regulation 4.”

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