S.L. 327.451 Art. 4Special course requirements.

(1) To be registered as regular students in the Course applicants shall:

either (a) satisfy the special course requirements listed in paragraphs (2) to (3) of this bye-law;

(b) as from October 2023 onwards, be in possession of the or

Certificate in ICT Foundation Studies from this University.

(2) (a) Applicants for the Computing Science area of study shall satisfy the general entry requirements for admission as specified in the Admissions Regulations of the University and be in possession of:

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics and in any other subject; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in any subject (excluding the subjects presented at Advanced Level).

(b) If applicants have other qualifications considered to be sufficient, they 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. †

(3) Applicants for the Computer Engineering and Microelectronics and Embedded Systems areas of study shall:

either

(a) satisfy the general entry requirements as specified in the Admissions Regulations of the University and be in possession of:

(i) passes at Advanced Matriculation Level at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics and in one of the following subjects: Applied Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Computing; and

(ii) a pass at Intermediate Matriculation Level in Physics, if not presented at Advanced Matriculation Level;

or

(b) be in possession of:

(i) passes in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination including English Language, Mathematics and Maltese; and

(ii) the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma

(HND) in an area deemed to be relevant to the Course by the Board;

*Shall be applicable for courses commencing in October 2023 or later †Shall be applicable for courses commencing in October 2024 or later INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

or

(c) be in possession of the Certificate in Engineering Sciences from the University; provided that students who lack a grade in only one of the subjects of the special course requirements required at Advanced Matriculation Level indicated in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of this bye-law shall be admitted under those conditions as the Board may impose to compensate for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year, such students do not successfully complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second year of the Course, they shall be required to withdraw from the Course and shall neither be entitled to an extension year or to repeat the year, nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal Regulations.