BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT *

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.382

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF

PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT *

27th August, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 400 of 2010.

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

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the auspices of the Faculty

for the Built Environment.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty for the Built

Environment;

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

"the Faculty" means the Faculty for the Built Environment; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the Doctor of Philosophy –

Ph.D. - Degree Regulations.

These bye-laws shall be applicable from October 2009

onwards.

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

be in possession of one of the following degrees, obtained in the

last ten years prior to registration for the course, normally from the

University of Malta or from a foreign university recognized by the

University of Malta

(a) a Bachelor Honours degree in Architecture,

Engineering, Planning, Construction Management, or

any other related discipline, comprising at least 240

ECTS credits, obtained with First Class Honours or

with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in an

area of study related to the proposed area of research;

in both cases the degree must include a substantial

dissertation or research project to which not less than

15 ECTS credits are assigned; or

(b) a Master’s degree, in Architecture, Engineering,

Planning, Construction Management, or any other

related discipline; or

(c) qualifications which the Board deems comparable to

the degrees indicated in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).

(2) Persons in possession of one of the degrees indicated in

paragraph (1) obtained more than ten years prior to their

application may apply and are required to produce sufficient proof

of their competence to carry out research at the required level.

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 258 of 2024.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

(1) Applicants may submit their application form, together

with a comprehensive research proposal outlining the proposed

project, including research sources and a bibliography, at any time

of the year.

(2) Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate competence

in those skills required by the nature of the proposed research.

(1) The Board shall recommend to Senate the appointment

of a Faculty Doctoral Committee, composed as follows

The Dean of the Faculty (Chairman) or his delegate

3 - 4 members of the Faculty, providing that each

member shall be qualified up to Ph.D. level.

(2) The research proposal shall be subject to the approval of the

Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Doctoral Committee;

any substantial modification in the title or content must be

approved by the Senate, on recommendation of the Board.

Principal supervisors shall be required to submit a progress

report to the Board, through the Faculty Doctoral Committee, every

June for all students under their supervision.

Students shall only be allowed to proceed with their studies

subject to satisfactory progress reports from their Principal

Supervi sor. If t he repo rt i s n egative, the Bo ard shall make

recommendations to Senate concerning the continuation of the

student’s doctoral programme.

(1) After twelve months of full-time study or twenty-four

months of part-time study, students are required to submit a report

on their research work, preferably in the form of a technical report,

for consideration by an ad hoc board appointed by the Board on the

advice of the Faculty Doctoral Committee. The board will give

favourable consideration to work published or accepted for

publication in refereed professional journals or conferences. The ad

hoc board shall be composed of a chairman, who shall be the head

of the department concerned or his delegate, and two examiners,

one of whom shall be the Principal Supervisor and the other a

member of the Faculty or any other person qualified in the

particular area of research.

(2) The ad hoc board shall examine the student orally and shall

submit a written report for consideration by the Faculty Doctoral

Committee in the first instance. The report shall contain

recommendations according to the provisions of the Principal

Regulations.

Students registered at the Faculty may be required to

participate in the Faculty’s research and teaching programmes.

They may be required to attend postgraduate research seminars

organized by the Faculty. They may also be required to deliver

presentation/s during the seminars throughout their registration for

the Degree.

Students are required to inform the Faculty that they will

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY

FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

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 present a synopsis of the thesis of about

twenty minutes and then to answer questions posed by members of

the Board of Examiners.

(1) Ph.D. theses shall not normally exceed 60,000 words,

exclusive of appendices, bibliographies and footnotes and shall not

exceed 350 pages in total.

(2) The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the

format and presentation of the thesis for the Degree.

(1) Students shall be required to submit a soft-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 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.