under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

L.N. 274 of 2020

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2020 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008

for the Degree of Master of Science - M.Sc. -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

Technology

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 Information and

Communication Technology 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 2020 to amend the

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

Awards, 2008 for the Degree of Master of Science - M.Sc. - and shall be read and

construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the General Regulations for

University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the Degree of Master of Science - M.Sc.

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology,

published as Legal Notice 25 of 2016, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

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

2020 or later.

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

For sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) of bye-law 4 of the principal

bye-laws there shall be subsituted the following

“(c) the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing Science or

in Computer Engineering – B.Sc. (Hons) – with at least Second Class Honours,

provided that for the degree in Signal Processing and Machine Learning, other areas

of study deemed relevant by the Board may also be considered; or”

Amendment to bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (b) of bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(b) taught study-unit/s to which 10 ECTS credits are assigned and a

dissertation study-unit to which 80 ECTS credits are assigned.”

Amendment to bye-law 14 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 14 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“14. (1)

In programmes of study mainly by research, structured as

detailed in paragraph (b) of bye-law 8, students shall be required to submit an individual

dissertation (80 ECTS credits) of a maximum of 35,000 words in accordance with

the guidelines issued by the Board. The dissertation must also satisfy the Board as

regards content and presentation.”

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