Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course

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L.N. 121 of 2025

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025

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 Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S.

- Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and shall be read and construed

as one with the Master of Dental Surgery - M.D.S. - Degree Course Regulations,

2014, published as Legal Notice 101 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as the “principal

regulations”.

Applicability

Dawn ir-regolamenti jistgħu jissejħu bħala r-Regolamenti tal-2025 biex

jemendaw ir-Regolamenti tal-Kors għall-Grad ta’ Master of Dental Surgery – M.D.S.

– u għandhom jinqraw u jinftiehmu bħala ħaġa waħda mar-Regolamenti tal-2014 tal-

Kors għall-Grad ta’ Master of Dental Surgery – M.D.S. – li ġew ippubblikati bħala

Avviż Legali 101 tal-2014, li minn hawn ’il quddiem jissejħu bħala “r-regolamenti

prinċipali.”

L-Applikabilità

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2026 or later.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (5) shall be added after paragraph (4) of

regulation 4 of the principal regulations

“(5) (a) Maltese applicants who, in terms of paragraph (5) of regulation

12 of the Admissions Regulations, 2016 are exempted from possessing a pass in

Secondary Education Certificate in Maltese at Grade 5 or better are required to present

the Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta prior

to commencement of the Course; and

(b) non-Maltese applicants are required to present the Medical Maltese

Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta, or a pass in the study-unit

in Medical Maltese as part of the Certificate in Foundation Studies (Medical, Dental

and Health Sciences) course, prior to commencement of the Course,

provided that applicants presenting overseas qualifications and a pass in the Secondary

Education Certificate examination in Maltese at Grade 5 or better shall be exempted

from presenting the Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate.”

Paragraph (5) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraph (6).

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