Regulations, 2017

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L.N. 58 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - 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 Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course

Regulations 2013, published as Legal Notice 310 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as

the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2018 or later.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“Applicable for courses commencing in October 2018 or later

(2) Applicants who apply for admission to the Course must, besides satisfying

the requirements for admission as regular students in terms of the Admission

Regulations, satisfy the following Special Course Requirements

(a) be in possession of passes in the Matriculation Examination at Advanced

Level at Grade B or better in Biology and Chemistry; and

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(b) be in possession of a pass in any subject taken in the Matriculation

Examination at Intermediate Level and obtained at Grade B or better except for

Environmental Science and Systems of Knowledge,

provided that all passes in these Special Course Requirements are obtained together

in one session of examinations (i.e. one sitting) and are from recognised examining

boards from the same country, and

(c) (i) Maltese applicants who, in terms of paragraph (5) of regulation

12 of the Admissions Regulations, 2016 are exempted from possessing a pass in

Secondary Education Certificate in Maltese are required to present the Medical

Maltese Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta prior to the

commencement of the Course; and

(ii) non-Maltese applicants are required to present the Medical Maltese

Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta, or a pass in the studyunit

in Medical Maltese as part of the Certificate in Medical Foundation Studies course,

prior to the commencement of the Course,

provided that applicants presenting overseas qualifications and a pass in the Secondary

Education Certificate examination in Maltese shall be exempted from presenting the

Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate.

The Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate is required for admission to both Year 1

and Year 3 of the Course.”

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