under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology

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L.N. 259 of 2024

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2024 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2018 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the

Degree of Master in Theology - M.Th. -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology

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 Board of the Faculty of Theology in virtue of

the powers conferred upon it 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 2024 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2018 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate

Awards, 2021 for the degree of Master in Theology - M.Th. - and shall be read and

construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2018 in terms of the General Regulations for

University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the degree of Master in Theology - M.Th.

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology, published as Legal Notice 361 of

2018, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable from October 2024 onwards.

Deletion of bye-law 12 of the principal bye-laws

Bye-law 12 of the principal bye-laws shall be deleted.

Renumbering of bye-laws 13 to 16 of the principal bye-laws

Bye-laws 13 to 16 of the principal bye-laws shall be renumbered as bye-

laws 12 to 15.

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

For paragraph (2) of bye-law 14 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

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“(2) The Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of the classification

of the Degree for students who follow the 30 ECTS credit programme of study shall

take into account the results obtained in the study-units of the fifth year (60 ECTS

credits) of the Bachelor of Sacred Theology course as well as the results obtained

in the 30 ECTS credit programme of study, all credits being weighted equally,

provided that for students who were awarded their first cycle degree using a grading

system which is substantially different from that currently in use at the University of

Malta, the Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of the classification of the

Degree will be calculated on the basis of the result/s obtained in the 30 ECTS credit

programme only.”

Amendment to bye-law 15 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 15 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“15. The degree of Master in Theology is equivalent to the canonical degree

awarded on successful completion of the first cycle of philosophical and theological

studies, as prescribed by the Apostolic Constitution Sapientia Christiana and the

Apostolic Constitution Veritatis gaudium.”

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