University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

L.N. 275 of 2022

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

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 Undergraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019, published as Legal

Notice 248 of 2019, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall apply from 1st September, 2022 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“Statutory Duration of Course

The statutory duration of a Course shall be specified in the Bye-Laws for

each Course but shall be not less and not more than the following periods of full-

time study

(a) one or two semesters for Courses leading to a University Pre-Tertiary

Certificate;

(b) one semester for Courses leading to a University Certificate;

(c) two or three semesters for Courses leading to a University Diploma;

(d) between two and four semesters for Courses leading to a University

Higher Diploma; and

(e) between six and eight semesters for Courses leading to the Bachelor and

Bachelor Honours degrees

Provided that students may be allowed to follow a Course on a part-time basis,

in which case the time spent in part-time study shall, unless otherwise stated in the

Programme of Study approved by Senate or unless in special circumstances specific

arrangements are agreed in writing by the Board with the student, count as half that

required in the case of full-time studies. Students may also be allowed to follow a

Course on a flexible part-time basis, if it is stated in the respective course bye-laws.”

Amendment to regulation 54 of the principal regulations

4. For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of regulation 54 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(b) if an extension of three weeks is not sufficient in their circumstances,

allow the student to submit the assignment at the first practicable opportunity, but

not later than a maximum of two months, after the initial deadline, under the same

conditions, first sit or resit, as they were entitled to be assessed in the missed session,

provided that the student is otherwise eligible in terms of any other regulation or bye-

law.”

Amendment to regulation 56 of the principal regulations

5. For paragraphs (3) to (5) of regulation 56 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

“(3) Submission of Dissertations or Long Essays or similar within three

weeks from the deadline or the extended deadline when an extension has been

granted, without the express permission of the board of examiners, may be accepted

but shall result in a reduction of marks as decided by the board of examiners.

(4) A Dissertation or Long Essay or similar that is not submitted by the

deadline, or the extended deadline when an extension has been granted, shall receive

a mark of 0, grade F.

(5) When students fail the Long Essay or Dissertation or similar they shall,

if otherwise eligible, have only one other opportunity to resubmit it.”

Amendment to regulation 76 of the principal regulations

6. For paragraph (4) of regulation 76 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(4) A Board of Examiners shall not allow a period longer than three months

for major corrections in cases of borderline Dissertations verging on a fail, and

not longer than six months for resubmission of failed Dissertations, irrespective of

whether the students are registered on a full-time or a part-time basis, unless there are

valid reasons which shall be recorded in the report of the Board of Examiners.”

Amendment to regulation 81 of the principal regulations

7. For paragraphs (c) and (d) of regulation 81 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

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

with the definition of a Bachelor degree as in paragraph (4) of regulation 3, the student

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

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

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

shall not be entitled to be re-admitted to continue their studies in the same Course;

and”

The following paragraph (e) shall be added after paragraph (d) of

regulation 81 of the principal regulations

“(e) students who partially completed degree programmes prior to when the

granting of General Studies interim awards came into effect and who satisfy this

regulation, shall have the right to request to be awarded the Diploma in General

Studies or the Higher Diploma in General Studies or the Bachelor in General Studies,

as applicable, ex gratia, provided that these awards shall not be granted retroactively,

in all instances without reference to any Area of Study in the title of the award.”

Amendment to regulation 84 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (6) of regulation 84 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(6) The cohort of students completing the Course in the same academic

year shall be classified together in accordance with the classification rules applicable

at the time

provided that students who are following an extension year of their final year

of studies and who successfully complete the incomplete study-units by the first

semester, shall be classified as soon as the results are published in accordance with

the classification rules which were applicable in the previous academic year.”

Amendment to regulation 88 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 88 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(2) The provisions of the foregoing regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis

to Courses followed on a part-time basis and to Courses commencing at the beginning

of the second semester and subject to such changes as may reasonably be deemed

necessary by the Board due to the part-time nature of the Course or due to the Course

having commenced at the beginning of the second semester. Certain changes that

emanate from the inclusion of a flexible part-time programme as determined by the

Board, may not be applicable to specific provisions in these regulations due to the

flexible part-time nature of the programme.”

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