Admissions (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

L.N. 125 of 2019

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327

Admissions (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

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 Admissions (Amendment)

Regulations, 2019 and shall be read and construed as one with the Admissions

Regulations, 2016 of the University of Malta, published as Legal Notice 71 of 2016,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing from

October 2019 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 10 of the principal regulations

For regulation 10 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“Junior Students of the University

Applicants may be admitted to the University as Junior Students at the

Junior College of the University if they

either (a) are in possession of six passes in the Secondary Education

Certificate (SEC) examination at grade 5 or better, which subjects must include

Maltese, English Language, Mathematics, and one of Biology, Chemistry, or Physics;

or (b) possess SEC qualifications which fall short of those required,

which shortfall the Admissions Board, on the advice of the Access Disability Support

Committee, deems to have been due to a significant disability (including applicants

within the Autism Spectrum and with Specific Learning Difficulties) and provided

that the missing qualifications will not adversely affect the applicant’s studies at the

Junior College. Each application shall be considered on its own merits.”

Amendment to regulation 15 of the principal regulations

4. For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of regulation 15 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(b) Students may be allowed to register for any concurrent courses, if the

student’s workload does not exceed 75 ECTS credits per academic year in the case of

full-time students or if the student’s workload does not exceed 45 ECTS credits per

academic year in the case of part-time students.”

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