Professional Doctorate Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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L.N. 14 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Professional Doctorate Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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 Professional Doctorate Degree

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, and shall be read and construed as one with

the Professional Doctorate Degree Course Regulations, 2014, published as Legal

Notice 242 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 28th October, 2016 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 1 of the principal regulations

The following term and explanation for “Award Classification Board” shall

be added before the term and explanation for “Board” in regulation 1 of the principal

regulations

“Award

The Award Classification Board appointed for the award of

Classification

Postgraduate Diplomas and Master’s degrees.”

Board

Addition of regulation 53 to the principal regulations

The following regulation 53 shall be added after regulation 52 of the

principal regulations

“Classification of Postgraduate Awards

53. (1) There shall be an Award Classification Board for the classification of

Postgraduate Diplomas and Master’s degrees awarded in terms of regulations 35, 37

and 39.

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(2) The Board of Examiners appointed as in regulation 45 shall act as the

Award Classification Board.

(3) The classification of Postgraduate Diplomas and Master’s degrees

shall be determined by the Award Classification Board on the basis of a Final Weighted

Average Mark obtained by taking into account the individual marks obtained in each

study-unit as well as the credit value of the study-units.

(4) The Award Classification Board shall consult the following guidelines

when deciding upon the final classification of Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters’

degrees

Final Weighted Average

Mark Classification

80 - 100%

Pass with Distinction

70 - 79%

Pass with Merit

55 - 69%

Pass.”

Renumbering of regulations 53 to 59 of the principal regulations

Regulations 53 to 59 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as

regulations 54 to 60.

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