Professional Doctorate Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

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L.N. 379 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Professional Doctorate Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

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, 2018, 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 1 October 2018 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 16 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 16 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

“16. (1) The Programme for the Degree shall comprise (a) a taught component,

comprising study-units to which between 60 and 120 ECTS credits are assigned; and

(b) a research component, comprising a dissertation study-unit to which 60 ECTS

credits are assigned.

(2) A supervised professional practice component, to which 60 ECTS

credits are assigned, and which shall span over a significant period of the Programme,

may also be included as specified in the bye-laws for the Course.”

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