Regulations, 2019
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 261 of 2019
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course (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 Doctor of Medicine and Surgery
- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 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 from 15 September 2019 onwards.
Amendment to regulation 8 of the principal regulations
For paragraph (1) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations there shall
be substituted the following
“8. (1) At the end of Year 2 of the Course only, students who successfully
complete all the study-units of the first two years of the Course (the Pre-Clinical Part)
shall be eligible to apply to join the Course leading to the Bachelor Degree,
provided that students who fail to complete a study-unit/s that can be assessed only
once during the academic year, and hence no supplementary session is possible,
or students who are prevented for a reason considered valid by Senate from being
assessed in this study-unit/s, shall be allowed to progress conditionally to the Bachelor
Degree. Such students shall be required to successfully complete any study-unit/s
which has/have been so referred during the intercalated year.”
Amendment to regulation 9 of the principal regulations
For regulation 9 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the
following
Mark Scheme for the Course
During the Course the result in each study-unit shall be published according
to the following marks and grades in descending order of merit
Mark Range Grade
90% - 100%
A+
80% - 89%
A
75% - 79%
B+
70% - 74%
B
60% - 69%
C+
55% - 59%
C
50% - 54%
D+
45% - 49%
D
0% - 44%
F.”
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