under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

L.N. 355 of 2020

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2020 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) -

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 2013 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2019 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) -

and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the Degree of

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty

of Information and Communication Technology, published as Legal Notice 194 of

2013, 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 paragraph (3) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(3) Applicants for the Computer Engineering and Microelectronics and

Embedded Systems areas of study shall

either

(a) satisfy the general entry requirements as specified in the Admissions

Regulations of the University and be in possession of

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure

Mathematics and in one of the following subjects: Applied Mathematics, Physics,

Biology, Chemistry, and Computing; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in Physics, provided that if

Physics is presented at Advanced Matriculation Level, one of the following subjects

must be presented (if not presented at Advanced Level): Applied Mathematics,

Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, English, Information Technology,

Music, and Philosophy;

or

(b)

be in possession of

(i) passes in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination including

English Language, Mathematics and Maltese; and

(ii) the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in an area deemed to

be relevant to the Course by the Board;

or

(c) be in possession of the Certificate in Engineering Sciences from the

University;

provided that students who lack a grade in only one of the subjects of the special course

requirements required at Advanced Matriculation Level indicated in sub-paragraph

(a) of paragraph (3) of this bye-law shall be admitted under those conditions as the

Board may impose to compensate for the missing element. 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 an extension year or to repeat the year, nor

to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal Regulations.”

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