BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH. -

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PHARMA-

CEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.413

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PARMACEUTICAL

TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH. -

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF

MEDICINE AND SURGERY

30th September, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 390 of 2011, as amended by Legal Notices 41 of 2013

452 of 2014, 233 of 2019 and 23 and 277 of 2024.

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

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmaceutical

Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) Pharm. Tech. - 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 course" means the programme of study leading to the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmaceutical

Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) Pharm. Tech.;

"the Degree" means the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(Honours) in Pharmaceutical Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) Pharm.

Tech.; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be applicable as from October 2019

onwards.

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 of a pass at Intermediate Level or at

Advanced Matriculation Level in Chemistry;

or (b) be in possession of a qualification related to the

proposed area of study awarded by an institution other

than the University of Malta pegged at MQF/EQF

Level 4 and comprising not less than 120 ECTS

credits, together with a pass at Intermediate Level or at

Advanced Matriculation Level in Chemistry, and a

pass at SEC Level at grade 5 or better in Maltese;

or (c) be registered as a pharmacy technician with the

Pharmacy Council, and have two years of experience

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PHARMA-

CEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

as a pharmacy technician in a pharmaceutical setting,

together with a pass at Intermediate Level or at

Advanced Matriculation Level in Chemistry.

The Board shall recommend to Senate the number of

applicants that may be allowed to register on the course, depending

on the availability of resources. The number of available places

shall be announced at the time of the call for applications. Senate

shall approve bye-laws for the selection of applicants to be

admitted into the course.

The Course shall extend over a period of three years of full-

time study or the equivalent in part-time study.

The Board shall publish the programme of study at the

commencement of each course. 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 for the Degree, provided that

the programme shall be drawn up in accordance with the relevant

provisions of the Principal Regulations.

Students shall be required to register and pass in study-

units to which a total of 180 credits are assigned.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Degree shall be based on the results obtained in the three years

of the course, all study-units being weighted equally.

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

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

The Course may be offered on a flexible part-time basis

with the following special provisions in terms of the provisions

outlined in the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2019 applicable with the necessary changes needed

(mutatis mutandis) owing to the part-time nature of the Course

(a) During each academic year, students shall be allowed

to register for a number of study-units as agreed with

the Course Coordinator, to which not less than 12

ECTS credits are assigned, provided that registration

for the study-units included in the programme of study

for each Course year (60 ECTS credits) is spread over

not more than three academic years.

(b) In order to progress regularly from one Course year to

the next, the 60 ECTS credits assigned to the study-

units of each Course year must be completed in not

more than three academic years.

(c) Students who are absent for the assessment of a study-

unit, or fail in the assessment of a study-unit, shall, if

eligible, be required to take the assessment of any

number of such incomplete study-units at the

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PHARMA-

CEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

September assessment session or at the next available

opportunity.

(d) If necessary, students may be allowed to refer the

assessment of the study-units to the next academic

year, provided that not more than 12 ECTS credits may

be referred from one Course year to the next.

(e) The assessment of study-units that may be referred to

the next academic year shall be considered as

additional to the minimum number of credits (12

ECTS credits) that students are obliged to register for

during any academic year.

(f)

Students who, after having registered for all the study-

units comprising the programme of a Course year, and

after the September assessment session lack more than

12 ECTS credits to complete the programme for the

Course year, may be allowed, if eligible and after

academic advice, to refer them to the next academic

year during which they shall not be allowed to register

for any other study-units. If such an academic year is

needed in addition to the maximum period of three

years referred to in paragraph (b) of this bye-law, it

shall be considered as an additional academic year.

(g) Students who, after having registered for all the study-

units comprising the programme of the final Course

year, may, if necessary and if eligible, refer any

incomplete study-units to an additional academic year.

(h) An additional academic year, whether required in

terms of paragraphs (f) or (g) of this bye-law, may be

granted once only throughout the Course, unless in

special circumstances and with the approval of Senate.

(i)

Students registered on the flexible part-time

programme must obtain the approval of the Course

Coordinator before they are registered on the study-

units they wish to follow in any academic year.

(j)

Subject to approval by the Board, students registered

on the Course may be allowed to change the mode of

attendance from full-time to flexible part-time or vice

versa at the beginning of the second year of the regular

programme of study. Changes in mode of attendance in

any subsequent year of the Course may be considered

by the Board if the Course programme permits.

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions in the General

Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

2019 owing to the nature of the Course when offered

on a flexible part-time basis that allows for a longer

duration than normal, students registered on such a

flexible part-time Course programme shall not be

entitled to ever repeat a Course year in its entirety, nor

to an extension year after each Course year.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN PHARMA-

CEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY - B.SC. (HONS) PHARM. TECH - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY