BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY *

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.156

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF

PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE

FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY *

9th April, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 212 of 2010,as amended by Legal Notices 65 of 2018

and 58 of 2019 and 94 of 2023.

(1) The title of these bye-laws is Bye-Laws for the Degree

of Doctor of Philosophy under the auspices of the Faculty of

Medicine and Surgery.

(2)

In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Medicine and

Surgery;

"the Degree" means the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D.;

"the Faculty" means the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the Doctor of Philosophy -

Ph.D. - Degree Regulations.

These bye-laws shall be applicable from 1st March, 2019

onwards.

(1) Applicants for the Degree offered by the Faculty shall

be in possession of one of the following degrees

(a) a Master’s degree, normally of this or another

University, in an area of studies relevant to that

applied for, obtained subsequent to the completion of a

first cycle qualification;

(b) the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery;

(c) the degree of Master of Pharmacy;

(d) a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmaceutical

Science degree with at least Second Class Honours

(Upper Division);

(e) a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmaceutical

Technology degree with at least Second Class Honours

(Upper Division);

(f)

a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) degree obtained

with at least Second Class Honours (Upper Division);

(g) a Bachelor (Honours) degree in a health science

obtained with at least Second Class Honours (Upper

Division); or

(h) qualifications which the Board deems comparable to the

*These bye-laws have been repealed by Legal Notice 25 of 2024.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE

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degrees indicated in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g).

(2)

Applicants in possession of the degree indicated in

(a) paragraph (1)(b) shall normally be required to

successfully complete a number of study-units in

Research Methodology, under those conditions that

Senate, on the advice of the Board, may impose; and

(b) sub-paragraphs (c) to (h) shall have successfully

completed a substantial dissertation / research component

assigned not less than 15 ECTS credits.

Applicants may submit their application form, together

with a comprehensive research proposal outlining the proposed

project, including research sources and materials, at any time of the

year.

The Board shall recommend to Senate the appointment of

a Faculty Doctoral Committee, composed as follows

The Dean of the Faculty or delegate (chairman)

5 members of the Faculty possessing academic doctoral

qualifications.

Principal Supervisors shall be required to submit a written

report to the Board, through the Faculty Doctoral Committee,

annually for all students under their supervision.

Students shall only be allowed to proceed with their studies

subject to satisfactory progress reports from their Principal

Superv isor. If the rep ort is negative, th e Board shall make

recommendations to Senate on the student’s continuing registration

for the Degree.

Before transferring from the M.Phil. to the Ph.D. degree,

students are required to submit a report on their research work for

consideration by an ad hoc board. The ad hoc board shall be

appointed by the Board on the advice of the Factoral Doctoral

Committee.

Students registered at the Faculty may be required to

participate in the Faculty’s research and teaching programmes.

Six months before the submission deadline students shall

be informed that they are required to inform the Faculty that they

will be submitting their thesis for examination not less than three

months before the submission deadline.

The Board shall recommend to Senate the appointment of

the Board of Examiners in accordance with the Principal

Regulations.

Students shall be required to defend their thesis orally.

They are expected to make a presentation of the major findings of

their research work of about 20 to 30 minutes and then to answer

questions posed by members of the Board of Examiners. The

Chairman of the Board of Examiners shall ensure that the student is

aware of the procedure to be followed during the oral examination.

The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

format and presentation of the thesis for the Degree.

(1) Students shall be required to submit a loose bound

copy of their thesis for each member of the Board of Examiners,

together with a copy in digital format. The officer in charge of the

Faculty shall issue a dated receipt.

(2) Students may publish the whole or part of their thesis

before submitting it for examination. Such published work may

later be included in the thesis submitted for examination, provided

that a statement to this effect is included.

(3) On successful completion of their studies, students shall be

required to submit to the Faculty three hard bound copies of the

thesis and one copy in digital format within six weeks from the

publication of their result. One copy of the thesis shall be kept in

the Library of the department and another at the University Library.

Students who do not comply with this bye-law shall not be awarded

the Degree.