University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

L.N. 357 of 2020

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

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 University Postgraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008, published as Legal

Notice 120 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 29 July 2020 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (3) of regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(3) (a) All mainly taught Masters’ courses shall provide that students be

awarded a Postgraduate Diploma on successful completion of taught study-units to

which 60 credits are assigned if the students either opt not to proceed with the Course,

or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course.

(b) Bye-Laws may further provide for the award of a Postgraduate

Certificate on successful completion of a prescribed set of study-units totalling 30

credits, provided that the learning outcomes achieved through the completion of such

study-units warrant the granting of such a qualification.”

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