University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 92 of 2023

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

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 Postgraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice

371 of 2021, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall apply from 1st February, 2023 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 47 of the principal regulations

For regulation 47 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

47. (1) A failed taught Study-Unit may be re-assessed once only, except that,

if a student, having sat for all the assessments and permitted re-assessments of all the

taught study-units in the programme of studies, lacks a pass grade in either

(i) only one taught compulsory study-unit; or

(ii) only one taught elective study-unit that cannot be substituted by an

alternative study-unit in terms of regulations 50 (1),

the student shall be allowed to refer that one taught study-unit to the following year

or to an additional year of study,

provided that a study-unit involving the assessment of professional practice, such as

work placement or practicum shall not be deemed to be a taught study-unit for the

purpose of this regulation.

(2) The maximum mark/grade that can be awarded in the re-assessment

of any study-unit shall be 45% / Grade E. The maximum mark/grade that may be

awarded to a referred Study-Unit is 45%/Grade E, both at the first attempt or at an

eventual re-assessment.”

Amendment to regulation 49 of the principal regulations

For regulation 49 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“49. Students who after re-assessment, either fail in a number of Elective

Study-Units to which more than 12 credits are assigned, or subject to the exceptions

laid down in paragraph (1) of regulation 47, fail in any Compulsory Study-Unit, shall

be required to withdraw from the course.”

Amendment to regulation 58 of the principal regulations

For regulation 58 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

the following

“58. Students registered on taught programmes extending over more than one

Academic Year may only be allowed to refer Study-Units to a subsequent year as

provided for in regulations 47 (1), 50 (1), 51 and 55. Such students shall be considered

to have progressed conditionally.”

Amendment to regulation 60 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (6) of regulation 60 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(6) Students following a programme mainly by research shall not be allowed

to submit the Dissertation before completing all taught Study-Units in the respective

programme.”

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