under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication

L.N. 157 of 2022

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2022 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 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 2022 to amend the

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

Awards, 2021 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, 2021 for the Degree of Master of Science - M.Sc.

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Commuication 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

2022 or later.

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

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

subsituted the following

“4. (1) For programmes of study structured as detailed in bye-law 7 and

in paragraph (a) of bye-law 8, applicants shall be in possession of

(a) a Bachelor degree pegged at Level 6 on the Malta Qualifications

Framework and obtained with at least Second Class (Honours) or Category II in ICT

or an area with a strong ICT component, or in Engineering;

provided that for the areas of Signal Processing and Machine Learning, or Data

Science, applicants may be allowed to present a degree in an area of study deemed

suitable by the Board; or

(b) a Bachelor degree pegged at Level 6 on the Malta Qualifications

Framework classified with Third Class Honours or Category III in the areas outlined

in paragraph (a) above, provided that such applicants shall satisfy the Board of Studies

that they are in possession of other qualifications, or relevant work experience,

obtained following their first cycle degree. The Board of Studies may recommend

to the Faculty Admissions Committee that the admission of such applicants may be

made conditional on the results of an interview conducted for the purpose; or

(c) any other Honours degree obtained with at least Second Class

Honours, provided that applicants would have successfully completed at least three

individual study-units as directed by the Board, prior to being admitted to the Course.”

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