S.L. 327.559 Art. 6Number of students.

(1) The Board may recommend to Senate the number of students that shall be allowed to register for the course, depending on the availability of human resources and laboratory areas. If this limitation is necessary, 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 Home Economics and Textiles Studies; and

(c) performance during an interview.

(3) The interviewing board appointed by the Board for the purpose, shall be composed of at least three members from the Department of Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies.

(4) 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 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 Examination in the same subject/s

(5) For the purpose of selection, applicants whose qualifications, including the special course requirements as stipulated in bye-law 4, 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 4 after the 31 August and before the 30 September shall be considered to take up the remaining places.