Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations,

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L.N. 289 of 2021

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations,

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 Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S.

- Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and shall be read and construed

as one with the Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course Regulations,

2014, published as Legal Notice 101 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as the “principal

regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2021 or later, except for regulation 5 which shall be applicable as from 1 st

July, 2021 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (4) shall be added after paragraph (3) of

regulation 4 of the principal regulations

“(4) Applicants in possession of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours)

with at least Second Class (Honours) in Dental Hygiene or Dental Technology may

also apply.”

Paragraph (4) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraph (5).

Amendment to regulation 12 of the principal regulations

For regulation 12 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

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When a student withdraws from a Course either by choice or because

ineligible to proceed further in terms of these regulations,

(a) if at least 60 credits have been obtained, the student shall be granted the

Diploma in General Studies (Dip. Gen. St.);

(b) if at least 120 credits have been obtained, the student shall be granted

the Higher Diploma in General Studies (H.Dip. Gen. St.);

(c) if at least 180 credits have been obtained in the Course and in accordance

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3 of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, the student may

request to be awarded the degree of Bachelor in General Studies (B.Gen. St.); and

(d) in all instances, students who are granted an award in terms of this

regulation after withdrawing from the Course because ineligible to proceed further,

shall not be entitled to be re-admitted to continue their studies in the Course.”

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