University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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L.N. 257 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Postgraduate Awards (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 University Postgraduate Awards

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

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice

120 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 July, 2017 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 27 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 27 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(2) However, following approval by Senate, a Board may allow particular

students, for just and sufficient reasons, to write their dissertation in any other

language, provided that the Board has ascertained, to the satisfaction of Senate, that

the University has the necessary expertise to supervise and examine the work. In

such cases, students shall be required to include an Executive Summary of the work

in English.”

Amendment to regulation 32 of the principal regulations

For regulation 32 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“32. Bye-laws for a Postgraduate Course may provide that progression

from one year to the next or progression from the taught component to the research

component be subject to a minimum average mark to be indicated in the bye-laws if

it is higher than the average indicated in regulation 31 (1).”

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