University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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L.N. 88 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, 2008, published as Legal

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

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 March, 2017 onwards,

except for regulation 4 which shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2017 or later.

Amendment to regulation 30 of the principal regulations

For regulation 30 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“Re-admission to a Postgraduate Course

Students may only be allowed to re-join a Course as stipulated in the

Admissions Regulations, 2016. On re-joining the Course, students shall be required

to follow the Programme of Study that is applicable for that year and they shall

be required to follow all study-units, including those they may have successfully

completed during the failed Course.”

Amendment to regulation 31 of the principal regulations

4. For paragraph (1) of regulation 31 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“31. (1) Students registered on taught programmes shall be allowed to

enrol for the following year if they obtain all the credits for the year, provided that

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progression to the research component shall require successful completion of the

taught component with a minimum average mark of at least 50%. Students registered

on programmes mainly by research shall be allowed to enrol for the following year

subject to a satisfactory progress report from their Principal Supervisor.”

Amendment to regulation 62 of the principal regulations

5. The following paragraph (4) shall be added after paragraph (3) of regulation

62 of the principal regulations

“(4) Full-time or part-time students who successfully complete the taught

component of a programme, may be given the opportunity to change their mode of

attendance before continuing with the research component.”

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