BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) - B.ING. ENG. (HONS) - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

(HONOURS) - B.IND. ENG. (HONS) - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.346

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

ENGINEERING (HONOURS) - B.ING. ENG. (HONS) -

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

OF ENGINEERING

21st April, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 136 of 2011, as amended by Legal Notice 352 of 2020.

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

Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - B.Ind.Eng. (Hons)

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Engineering.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Engineering;

"the course" means the programme of study leading to the

Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - B.Eng. (Hons);

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Engineering

(Honours) - B.Eng. (Hons);

"the Faculty" means the Faculty of Engineering; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be applicable as from October 2020

or later.

The Degree may be awarded in any one of the following

areas of study

Electrical and Electronic Engineering; or

Mechanical Engineering.

(1) To be registered as regular students in the course,

applicants shall

either (a) satisfy the general requirements for

admission as specified in the Admission Regulations

and be in possession also of passes at Advanced

Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure

Mathematics and in Physics;

or (b) be in possession of passes in the Secondary

Education Certificate Examination at Grade 5 or better

in Maltese and English Language, and of either the

MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in an area

deemed by the Board to be relevant to the Course, or

the MCAST Diploma in Industrial Electronics.

(2) If applicants are graduates of a university or have other

qualifications considered to be sufficient, they may be exempted by

the University Admissions Board, on the advice of the Faculty

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

(HONOURS) - B.IND. ENG. (HONS) - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Admissions Committee, from the whole or part of these special

course requirements.

(3) Applicants considered as “Adult Learners” (mature applicants)

in terms of paragraph (c) of regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations

must be in possession of those qualifications and/or experience that

would satisfy the Faculty Admissions Committee that they have reached

the academic standard required to follow the Course with profit. Such

applicants shall be required to submit with their application a letter

written in English giving their motivation for applying for the Course

together with a copy of their Curriculum Vitae (C.V.).

(1) The Course shall extend over a period of four years of

full-time study or up to eight years of part-time study.

(2) The Course offered on a part-time basis is open only to

applicants accepted as adult learners as indicated in paragraph (3) of

bye-law 4.

(1) Applicants shall be required to indicate their choice of

area of study at the time of application for admission.

(2) The course shall consist of study-units to which 240 credits

shall be assigned.

(3) The Board shall publish the programme of study for each

area of study before the commencement of the Course, following

the approval of Senate. Subject to changes that the Board may, with

the approval of Senate, be constrained to make, students are bound

to follow the study-units and obtain the credits as indicated in the

programme of study of the area of study they are following for the

Degree.

The overall evaluation of each student’s performance shall

be based on the results obtained in each year of the course weighted

according to the following criteria

First Year Average Mark

10%

Second Year Average Mark

20%

Third Year Average Mark

30%

Fourth Year Average Mark

40%.

A Pass degree of Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech. - shall

be awarded to a student who does not qualify for the award of the

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - B.Eng.(Hons) - degree but

who obtains a minimum of 180 credits, unless the student is

eligible and opts to repeat the fourth year of the course.

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 of Studies as

necessary due to the part-time nature of the Course.