Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

L.N. 308 of 2022

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2022 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2019 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the

Degree of Master of Science in Addiction Studies - M.Sc. -

under the auspices of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing and the

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

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 Boards of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing and

the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in virtue of the powers conferred upon them 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 2019 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate

Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master of Science in Addiction Studies - M.Sc. - and

shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2019 in terms of the General

Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master of

Science in Addiction Studies - M.Sc. - under the auspices of the Faculty for Social

Wellbeing and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, published as Legal Notice 108

of 2019, 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 bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“Course Duration

The Course shall extend over not less than three semesters of full-time

study or the equivalent in part-time study.”

Amendment to bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws

4. For paragraphs (2) and (3) of bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws there

shall be substituted the following

“(2) Work on the dissertation shall be undertaken during the final two

semesters of the Course. Each student shall be assigned a supervisor who shall

provide guidance and advice on a regular basis during the period of study.

(3) A provisional title for the dissertation and a detailed research proposal

shall be submitted to the Board of Studies for approval at a time indicated by the

Board of Studies.”

Addition of bye-law 14 to the principal bye-laws

The following bye-law 14 shall be added after bye-law 13 of the

principal bye-laws

“Special Provision for Part-Time Courses

The provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall apply mutatis mutandis to

courses followed on a part-time basis, and subject to such changes as may reasonably

be deemed by the Board as necessary due to the part-time nature of the Course.”

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