S.L. 327.695 Art. 70Final Version of Thesis.

(1) Following successful defence of the thesis and prior to the conferment of the Ph.D. or M.Phil. Degree, the student is required to present one electronic version of the thesis for the University Library, and copies as required by the respective Faculty together with a signed declaration of authenticity to the Faculty. The electronic version must conform to the formatting standards set by the University Library. In case of failure to submit the copies of the thesis as required by this regulation, the Ph.D. Degree or M.Phil. Degree shall not be conferred.

(2) In the case of Ph.D. by Practice as Research, the student is also required to provide a permanent record of the research practice in an appropriate format (digital means, scores, artefacts, drawings, photographs) and must be included in the document deposited with the University of Malta Library.

(3) Theses and records of research practice shall each be assigned an identifier by the University Library, consisting of a set of digits and letters, in order to act as unique identifiers for the works.