Admissions (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 276 of 2022
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
Admissions (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 Admissions (Amendment)
Regulations, 2022 and shall be read and construed as one with the Admissions
Regulations, 2016, published as Legal Notice 71 of 2016, hereinafter referred to as
“the principal regulations”.
Applicability
(1) Regulation 3 of these regulations shall be applicable for admission in
October 2022 or later.
(2) Regulation 4 of these regulations shall be applicable for admission in
October 2025 and October 2027, as deemed appropriate, in accordance to the entry
requirements to the Junior College and University respectively.
Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations
In the Maltese version, in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) of regulation
4 of the principal regualtions wherever the term ‘Għoqsma tal-Għerf’ features, it shall
be replaced by ‘Oqsma tal-Għerf’.
Amendment to regulation 13 of the principal regulations
For paragraph (1) of regulation 13 of the principal regulations there shall
be substituted the following
“Maltese as a Requirement
(1) As from October 2025, for admittance to the Junior College, and as
from October 2027, for admittance to the University undergraduate courses, further
to the requirement of Maltese at Secondary Education Certificate level, as specified
in regulations 10 and 12 of these regulations, the Admissions Board may, in special
circumstances and subject to the conditions set out hereunder, allow an applicant to
offer another language instead of Maltese, as follows
(a) a Maltese applicant, who has lived and studied abroad for a significant period
during the previous four years, and has not received adequate teaching in Maltese;
(b) a Non-Maltese applicant, who pursued at least four years of compulsory
secondary level schooling in Malta, may present a pass at Grade 5 or better in Il-Malti
bħala Lingwa Barranija (SEC) for admission;
(c) a Non-Maltese applicant, who pursued less than four years of compulsory
secondary level schooling in Malta, may present either a pass at Grade 5 or better in
Il-Malti bħala Lingwa Barranija (SEC) or in another language at SEC level at grade
5 or better or at a comparable level.”
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