under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

B

L.N. 130 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2018 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in

Technical Design and Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

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 Education 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 2018 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Technical Design

and Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT - and shall be read and construed as one with the

Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Technical Design

and Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education,

published as Legal Notice 297 of 2016, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2018 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) To be registered as regular students in the Course, applicants

shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for admission as specified

in the Admissions Regulations, be in possession of the following special course

requirements

(a) a pass at Advanced Level at grade C or better in any subject; or

(b) (i) five passes at grade 5 or better in the Secondary Education Certificate

Examination, including English Language and Maltese, together

with the Advanced Technicians Diploma of the City and Guilds of

London Institute, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma

in Electrical Engineering Level 5, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher

National Diploma in Electronic Engineering Level 5, or the MCAST-

BTEC Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Level 5,

or a qualification considered equivalent by the University Admissions

Board on the recommendation of the Board; or

(ii) five passes at grade 5 or better in the Secondary Education Certificate

Examination, including English Language and Maltese, together

with an MCAST Advanced Diploma Level 4 awarded by one of

the following Institutes: (a) Institute of Engineering and Transport,

(b) Institute for the Creative Arts, (c) Institute of Information and

Communication Technology, (d) Institute of Applied Sciences; and

(c) a certificate showing a pass in the European Computer Driving Licence

(ECDL) Standard Certificate, or equivalent.”

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

Bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws shall be re-numbered as paragraph

(1) of bye-law 4.

The following paragraph (2) shall be added after paragraph (1) of bye-

law 4 of the principal bye-laws

“(2) Applicants who possess an Advanced Level at grade D in any subject

as specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of bye-law 3 may be admitted to

the Course under those conditions as the Board may impose. 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.”

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