under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

L.N. 19 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

2015 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“3. (1) The Degree shall be awarded in any one of the following areas of

study

(a) Computing Science;

(b) Computer Engineering;

(c) Microelectronics and Embedded Systems.”

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

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 one of the following

subjects (excluding the subjects presented at Advanced Level): Physics,

Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, English,

Information Technology, Music, and Philosophy;

or

(b) be in possession of

(i) five passes in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination

including English Language and Maltese; and

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

area deemed to be relevant to the Course by the Board, or the MCAST Diploma

in Industrial Electronics,

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.”

Amendment to bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“8. Students who successfully complete study-units to which 60 ECTS credits

are assigned and opt not to proceed with the Course or, having proceeded, do not

successfully complete the Course, shall be entitled to the Diploma in Computing.”

Amendment to bye-law 9 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 9 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“9. Students who successfully complete study-units to which 120 ECTS

credits are assigned and opt not to proceed with the Course or, having proceeded,

do not successfully complete the Course, shall be entitled to the Higher Diploma in

Computing.”

Amendment to bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“10. (1) The Final Weighted Average mark for the classification of the

Degree offered on a part-time basis shall be based on the results obtained in the five

years of the Course which shall be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

10%

Second Year Average Mark

10%

Third Year Average Mark

20%

Fourth Year Average Mark

20%

Fifth Year Average Mark

40%

(2) The Final Weighted Average mark for the classification of the Ddegree

offered on a full-time basis shall be based on the results obtained in the three years of

the Course which shall be weighted as follows

First Year Average Mark

20%

Second Year Average Mark

40%

Third Year Average Mark

40%.”

Addition of bye-law 11 to the principal bye-laws

The following bye-law 11 shall be added after bye-law 10 of the principal

bye-laws

“Special Provisions for Part-Time Courses

The provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall apply mutatis mutandis to

courses followed on a part-time basis, and subject to such changes as may reasonably

be deemed by the Board as necessary due to the part-time nature of the Course.”

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