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

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.98

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR

OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE AUSPICES

OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING *

30th October, 2009

LEGAL NOTICE 313 of 2009.

(1) The title of these bye-laws is Bye-Laws of 2009 for the

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

"the Faculty" means the Faculty of Engineering;

"the Principal Regulations" means the Doctor of Philosophy -

Ph.D. - Degree Regulations.

These bye-laws shall be applicable from October 2008

onwards.

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

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

fifteen years prior to registration

(a) a Bachelor Honours degree in an area of study related

to Engineering, Science or Mathematics obtained at

First Class Honours or Second Class Honours (Upper

Division), provided that the Faculty Doctoral

Committee

(i)

ascertains that applicants have a very strong

background in the area of study related to the

proposed area of research; and

(ii) submits a clearly motivated recommendation for

acceptance to the Board for eventual

consideration by the Ph.D. Committee and

Senate; or

(b) a Master’s degree, in an area of study related to

Engineering, Science or Mathematics; or

(c) qualifications which the Board deems comparable to

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

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

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

application may apply and are required to produce sufficient proof

*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 244 of 2023.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

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

When the Board deems it necessary, it may require students

to successfully complete a number of study-units during the course

of their studies, under those conditions that it may impose, after

approval by Senate.

(1) Applicants may submit their application form, together

with a comprehensive research proposal outlining the proposed

project, including research sources and materials, 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.

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 heads of departments or their delegate, in all

cases the delegates being of Lecturer level or higher.

Principal supervisors shall be required to submit a written

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

Superv isor. If the rep ort is negative, th e Board 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. The

board would give favourable consideration to work published or

accepted for publication in refereed technical 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.

(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 are required to attend postgraduate research seminars

organised by the Faculty. They are also required to deliver at least

one presentation and present at least one poster during such

seminars during their registration for the Degree.

Six months before the submission deadline students shall

be informed that they are required to inform the Faculty that they

will be submitting their thesis for examination not less than three

months before the submission deadline.

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AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

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 loose 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) 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.