under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

B

L.N. 154 of 2016

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2016 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergrduate Awards, 2004 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons) –

under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology

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 Faculty of Information and

Communication Technology in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 81

(1) (c) of the said Act and which have been approved by the Senate of the University

of Malta as required by article 81 (2) of the said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2016 to amend the

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

Awards, 2004 for the Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons) – and shall

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

Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of

Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons) – under the auspices of the Faculty of Information

and Communication Technology, published as Legal Notice 194 of 2013, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2018 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2 of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-

laws there shall be substituted the following

“(2) (a) Applicants for the Computing Science area of study shall satisfy the

general entry requirements for admission as specified in the Admissions Regulations

of the University and be in possession of

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in

Pure Mathematics and in any other subject; and

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(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in any subject (excluding

the subjects presented at Advanced Level).”

For paragraph (3) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(3) Applicants for the Computer Engineering and Microelectronics and

Embedded Systems areas of study shall

either

(a) satisfy the general entry requirements as specified in the admission

Regulations of the University and be in possession of

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure

Mathematics and in one of the following subjects: Applied Mathematics, Physics,

Biology, Chemistry, and Computing; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in Physics, provided that

if Physics is presented at Advanced Matriculation Level, one of the following subjects

must be presented (if not presented at Advanced Level): Applied Mathematics,

Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, English, Information Technology,

Music, and Philosophy;

or

(b) be in possession of

(i) passes in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination

including English Language, Mathematics and Maltese; and

(ii) the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in an area

deemed to be relevant to the Course by the Board,

provided that the students who lack a grade in only one of the subjects of the special

course requirements required at Advanced Matriculation Level indicated in paragraph

(a) of this bye-law shall be admitted under those conditions as the Board may impose

to compensate for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year, such students

do not successfully complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second

year of the Course, they shall be required to withdraw from the Course and shall

neither be entitled to repeat the year nor to progress conditionally as normally

permitted under the Principal Regulations.”

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