Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

L.N. 281 of 2022

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Certificate in Foundation Studies

Course (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 Certificate in Foundation Studies

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

the Certificate in Foundation Studies Course Regulations, 2000, published as Legal

Notice 352 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2022 or later.

Amendment to regulation 3 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of

regulation 3 of the principal regulations

“(3) Applicants who are deemed ineligible to join the Course may be allowed

by the Board to enrol as students in the Foundation Commencement Programme

which is detailed in Appendix I to these regulations.”

Paragraphs (3) to (5) of regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (4) to (6).

Addition of Appendix I to the principal regulations

The following Appendix I shall be annexed to the principal regulations

“Appendix I

Foundation Commencement Programme

1. At the discretion of the Board, applicants who are deemed ineligible

to join the Course, may be allowed to register for the Foundation Commencement

Programme, prior to their acceptance as regular students on the Course.

2. The Foundation Commencement Programme shall consist of a number of

study-units to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned and shall extend over a period of

one year of full-time study. Subject to changes that the Board may, with the approval

of Senate, be constrained to make, students are bound to follow the study-units and

obtain the credits as indicated in the programme of study.

3. Students shall be considered as having successfully completed the

Foundation Commencement Programme if they obtain the credits as outlined in

the programme of study and obtain an average mark of 45%. At the discretion of

the Board, students who do not fulfil this requirement may be allowed to repeat the

Foundation Commencement Programme.

4. The provisions regarding assessment, progression and successful

completion of the Foundation Commencement Programme, and any other provisions

not outlined in this Appendix to these Regulations shall be those stipulated in the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and shall apply

mutatis mutandis.”

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