BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN TECHNICAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY - B.Sc. (HONS) TDT - UNDER

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN TECHNI-

CAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY - B.Sc. (HONS) TDT - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.549

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN TECHNICAL DESIGN

AND TECHNOLOGY - B.Sc. (HONS) TDT - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

13th September, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE 297 of 2016,as amended by Legal Notices 130 of 2018

and 271 of 2020, 162 of 2021, 302 of 2022 and 167 of 2026.

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

University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the degree of Bachelor

of Science (Honours) in Technical Design and Technology - B.Sc.

(Hons) TDT - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Education;

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

of Bachelo r of Sci en ce (Hon ours) in Techni cal Design and

Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT;

"the Degree" means the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours)

in Technical Design and Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT;

"the Faculty" means the Faculty of Education; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be

applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2021 or later.

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

applicants shall, apart from satisfying the general requirements for

admission as specified in the Admissions Regulations, be in

possession of the following special course requirements

(a) a pass at Advanced Level at grade C or better in any subject;

or

(b) (i) five passes in the Secondary Education Certificate

Examination at grade 5 or better or at SEC level 3, including English

Language and Maltese, together with the Advanced Technicians

Diploma of the City and Guilds of London Institute, or the MCAST-

BTEC Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering Level 5, or

the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in Electronic Engineering

Level 5, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in Mechanical

Engineering Level 5, or a qualification considered equivalent by the

University Admissions Board on the recommendation of the Board; or

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN TECHNI-

CAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY - B.Sc. (HONS) TDT - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

(ii)

five passes in the Secondary Education Certificate

Examination at grade 5 or better or at SEC level 3, including English

Language and Maltese, together with an MCAST Advanced Diploma

Level 4 awarded in an area related to the following: Engineering and

Transport, Creative Arts, Information and Communication Technology,

Applied Sciences.

(2) Applicants in possession of the Diploma in Design Foundation

Studies or the Certificate in Foundation Studies in Engineering and ICT

or the Certificate in Engineering Sciences awarded by the University of

Malta may also be considered.

(3) Applicants considered in terms of regulation 6(c) 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. The eligibility of

such applicants shall be decided by the University Admissions

Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Admissions

Committee, following an interview conducted by an interviewing

board appointed for the purpose.

Applicants with other qualifications considered to be

sufficient may be exempted by the University Admissions Board,

on the advice of the Faculty Admissions Committee, from the

whole or part of these special course requirements.

(1) The Board shall recommend to Senate the number of

students that may be allowed to register for the course, depending

on the availability of human resources and the number of students

that may be allowed in a workshop/laboratory area. The Board shall

announce the number of available places at the time of the call for

applications.

(2) When the number of applicants that may be admitted to the

Course is limited in terms of paragraph (1) of this bye-law, and the

number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of places

available, applicants shall be selected according to the following

criteria, the weighting of which shall be published at the time of the

call for applications

(a) academic qualifications;

(b) experience in the field of Technical Design and

Technology; and

(c) performance during an interview.

(3) When more than ten places are available, the Interviewing

Board shall interview a number of applicants that is 25% more than

the number of available places. Further groups of applicants as

decided by the interviewing board shall only be interviewed if all

the places have not been filled.

(4) The interviewing board appointed by the Board for the

purpose, shall be composed of at least 3 members from the

Department of Technology and Entrepreneurship Education.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN TECHNI-

CAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY - B.Sc. (HONS) TDT - UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

The University Admissions Board, after seeking the advice

of the Faculty Admissions Committee, shall first consider eligible

applicants whose qualifications were obtained in the Matriculation

Certificate Examination or from another examining board, if the

Faculty Admissions Committee is satisfied that the qualifications

presented are comparable in content and equivalent in standard to

the Matriculation Certificate Examination in the same subject/s.

For the purpose of selection, applicants whose qualifications and

the special course requirements as stipulated in bye-law 3, were

obtained by 31 August preceding the commencement of the course

shall be considered first. If vacant places are still available,

applicants who obtain all necessary qualifications and fulfil all

special course requirements as stipulated in bye-law 3 after the 31

August and before the 30 September shall be considered to take up

the remaining places.

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

time study.

The Board shall publish the programme of study before 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 of study 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 ECTS credits are assigned.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the classification of

the Degree shall be based on the results obtained in each year of the

Course, each of which shall be weighted equally.

The Degree classification shall be published according to

the provisions of the Principal Regulations.