BYE-LAWS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, FOR THE DIPLOMA

DIPLOMA IN AVIATION MAINTENANCE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.579

BYE-LAWS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL

REGULATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, FOR THE DIPLOMA

IN AVIATION MAINTENANCE UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE

TECHNOLOGIES

20th November, 2017

LEGAL NOTICE 320 of 2017, as amended by Legal Notice 130 of

2019.

(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws in terms

of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

for the Diploma in Aviation Maintenance under the auspices of the

Institute of Aerospace Technologies.

(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

“the Board” means the Board of the Institute of Aerospace

Technologies;

“the Certificate” means the Certificate in Aviation Maintenance;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the

Diploma in Aviation Maintenance; and

“the Diploma” means the Diploma in Aviation Maintenance.

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing

in October 2019 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

(a) a pass at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or

better in Physics, and a pass at Advanced

Matriculation Level in one other subject; or

(b) the EASA Part 66 License or equivalent; or

(c) a technical diploma (such as HND/HTD) or equivalent.

(2) If applicants have other qualifications considered to be

sufficient, they may be exempted by the University Admissions

Board, on the advice of the Institute Admissions Committee, from

t he w h o le o r p a r t o f t h e s e s p e c i a l c o ur s e r e q u i r e m en t s f o r

admission.

(3) Admission to the Course may, with the approval of Senate,

be restricted to applicants who are nominated by an organisation

that commissions the Course, provided that such applicants are

DIPLOMA IN AVIATION MAINTENANCE

eligible for admission in terms of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this

bye-law. Such restriction shall be announced at the time of the call

for applications.

The Course shall extend over a period of four semesters of

part-time study and two summer periods.

(1) The Course shall comprise taught study-units to which

a total of 60 ECTS credits shall be assigned.

(2) Students who successfully complete a prescribed set of

study-units totalling 30 ECTS credits with an average mark of at

least 50% and do not proceed with the Course, or having proceeded

do not successfully complete the Course, shall be entitled to the

Certificate.

The programme of study shall be published after approval by

Senate, normally not less than eight months prior to the

commencement of the Course.

(1) The overall evaluation of each student’s performance

in the Course for the purpose of the classification of the Diploma

shall be based on the results obtained, all credits awarded being

weighted equally.

(2) The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Diploma shall be published in a list in alphabetical order classified

as follows

Pass with Distinction

Pass with Merit

Pass.

(3) The Certificate shall be awarded unclassified.