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L.S. 327.177 Regolamenti dwar id-Drittijiet tal-Università

[ S.L.327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES REGULATIONS 1st October, 2008; 1st October, 2009 LEGAL NOTICE 258 of 2009, as amended by Legal Notices 370 of 2009, 397 of 2010, 302 and 430 of 2012, 301 of 2013, 56 of 2015 and 141 of 2016 and XXIX of 2019. 1. The title of these regulations is the University Fees Regulations. 2. These regulations shall apply as follows: (

  1. a)regulations 4 and 5 apply to EU/EEA students enrolled in a given programme in academic year 2008/2009 or earlier; Citation. Scope. Substituted by: L.N. 301 of 2013. Amended by: L.N. 56 of 2015; L.N. 141 of 2016. (
  2. b)regulations 6, 6A, 7 and 7A apply to EU/EEA students commencing a given programme in academic year 2009/2010 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter; (
  3. c)regulation 8 applies to Non-EU/EEA students commencing a given programme in academic year 2007/2008 or earlier; (
  4. d)regulation 9 generally applies to Non-EU/EEA students commencing a given programme in academic year 2008/2009 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter, with variations applicable to Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Master of Dental Surgery students; (
  5. e)regulation 10 applies to students commencing a foundation studies programme in academic year 2014/ 2015 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter; and (
  6. f)3. regulations 11, 12 and 13 apply to students commencing a given programme in academic year 2009/2010 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - "the Act" means the Education Act; "an academic year" means two semesters, each incorporating fourteen weeks of teaching, two weeks of recess, and examination periods of two weeks and of four weeks at the end of the first and the second semester respectively. An academic year may be extended by a summer semester; "arts based programmes" means such programmes classified as "arts based programmes" on the University’s website; "business related programmes" means such programmes classified as "business related programmes" on the University’s Interpretation. Amended by: L.N. 370 of 2009; L.N. 302 of 2012. Substituted by: L.N. 301 of 2013. Amended by: L.N. 56 of 2015; XXIX.2019.71. Cap. 605. 2 [ S.L.327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES website; "day programme" means a programme for the purposes of which more than fifty percent of the teaching is delivered between 08.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs; "Doctoral programme" means a programme leading to a Ph.D, D.Mus, S.Th.D or to any other Doctorate. For the purposes of these regulations, "Doctoral programme" excludes any reference to programmes leading to a "Doctor of Medicine and Surgery" or "Doctor of Laws" qualification; S.L. 327.236 "ECTS credits" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Schedule 2 of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards; "EU / EEA students" includes any person having equal access to education in Malta in terms of regulation 3A; "evening programme" means a programme for the purposes of which teaching is delivered predominantly after 16.00 hrs; "an individual study-unit" means a unit of study normally assigned a minimum of four ECTS credits at undergraduate level and five ECTS credits at postgraduate level; "Malta Qualifications Framework" has the same meaning assigned to it by article 63 of the Act; "Non-EU / EEA students" includes any person not having equal access to education in Malta in terms of regulation 3A; "programme" shall have the meaning assigned to it in article 63 of the Act; "programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Master ’s Degree" in the context of "taught postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma, or Master’s Degree" means as follows: (
  7. a)programmes leading to a Certificate: all programmes leading to a postgraduate certificate; (
  8. b)programmes leading to a Diploma: all programmes leading to a postgraduate diploma; (
  9. c)programmes leading to a Master’s Degree: all programmes leading to a master’s degree and comprising between 90 and 120 ECTS credits whereby the minimum number of ECTS credits assigned to taught study-units amounts to 60; "research postgraduate programmes leading to a Master ’s Degree" comprise between 90 and 120 ECTS credits whereby the minimum number of ECTS credits assigned to research amounts to 60; "science based programmes" means such programmes classified as "science based programmes" on the University’s website; "the University" tmeans the University of Malta established under the Act. UNIVERSITY FEES 3A. [ S.L.327.177 For the purposes of these regulations, a student who is (
  10. a)a citizen of another Member State of the European Union who is entitled to equal treatment to Maltese citizens by virtue of EU legislation and treaty provisions dealing with free movement of workers; or 3 Student entitlement. Added by: L.N. 56 of 2015. (
  11. b)a citizen of any other country who is entitled to equal treatment to Maltese citizens in matters related to employment by virtue of the application to that country of EU legislation and treaty provisions dealing with the free movement of workers; or (
  12. c)any other person who is entitled to equal treatment to Maltese citizens in terms of the law, and, or EU legislation and, or treaty provisions referred to in paragraphs (
  13. a)and (b), as the case may be, on account of his family relationship with persons mentioned in paragraphs (
  14. a)or (b); (
  15. d)a third country national who has been granted longterm resident status in Malta under regulation 4 of the Status of Long-Term Residents (Third Country Nationals) Regulations, or who has been granted a residence permit under regulation 18

(3)thereof; as well as family members of such third country national, as defined in regulation 15
(1)of the Status of LongTerm Residents (Third Country Nationals) Regulations and in regulation 4 of the Family Reunification Regulations, when such family members have been granted a residence permit under the Family Reunification Regulations, S.L.217.05 S.L.217.06 shall be entitled to pay the same fees as EU/EEA students.
  1. EU/EEA students commencing a part-time evening programme at the University in academic year 2008/2009 or earlier and who are continuing their studies at the University leading to a Doctor of Philosophy Degree shall pay an annual fee of €349.
  2. Fees payable by EU/EEA students commencing a programme in academic year 2008/2009 or earlier. Substituted by: L.N. 301 of
  3. Amended by: L.N. 56 of
  4. Substituted by: L.N. 141 of
  6. EU/EEA students commencing a programme at the University of Malta during academic year 2008/2009 or earlier leading to a Doctor of Philosophy Degree shall pay an examination fee of €582.34 on submission of their thesis. Examination fee. Amended by: L.N. 301 of 2013; L.N. 56 of
  7. Substituted by: L.N. 141 of
  8. 4 [ S.L.327.177 Fees payable by EU/EEA students commencing a part-time evening programme of studies in academic year 2009/2010 or later. Amended by: L.N. 397 of 2010; L.N. 301 of 2013; L.N. 56 of
  9. UNIVERSITY FEES
  10. EU/EEA students commencing a part-time evening programme at the University from academic year 2009/2010 up to academic year 2015/2016 as listed hereunder in Column 1, shall pay the respective fees listed in Columns 2 to
  11. Listed fees represent tuition fees payable per semester. In the absence of any new regulations in force at the time, the fees prescribed for academic year 2015/2016 shall continue to apply for the following academic years. Students commencing their programme in any academic year shall pay the fee established for that particular year throughout the duration of the entire programme. Students who fail in any academic year and repeat such academic year shall pay the respective fee of the year of entry. COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 Programmes Semester Fee 2009/10 € Semester Fee 2010/11 € Semester Fee 2011/12 € Semester Fee 2012/13 € Semester Fee 2013/14 € Semester Fee 2014/15 € Semester Fee 2015/16 €
  12. All arts based and 175 - 420 200 - 420 business related undergraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma, Higher Diploma or Degree 250 - 420 300 - 450 350 - 450 400 - 450 250 1,100 300 - 1,150 350 1,200 400 1,200 450 1,250 550 - 950 650 - 975 725 1,025 750 1,075 800 1,125 Undergraduate Programmes
  13. All science based undergraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma, Higher Diploma or Degree 175 1,100 200 1,100 450 Postgraduate Programmes
  14. All Arts based 250 - 900 400 - 925 taught postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Master's Degree
  15. All arts based 225 - 300 research postgraduate programmes leading to a Master's Degree 350 400 500 550 600 650
  16. All business related taught postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Master’s Degree 350 1,100 450 1,100 575 1,100 700 - 1,400 800 1,400 900 1,400 1,000 1,500
  17. All business related research postgraduate programmes leading to a Master's Degree 300 350 400 500 550 600 650
  18. All science based taught postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Master's Degree 325 2,375 550 2,400 800 2,450 900 - 2,500 1,000 2,600 1,125 2,700 1,250 2,750 [ S.L.327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 Programmes Semester Fee 2009/10 € Semester Fee 2010/11 € Semester Fee 2011/12 €
  19. All science based 225 - 700 350 - 700 research postgraduate programmes leading to a Master's Degree 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 Semester Fee 2012/13 € Semester Fee 2013/14 € Semester Fee 2014/15 € Semester Fee 2015/16 € 400 - 700 550 - 750 700 - 800 850 - 900 950 Doctoral Programmes
  20. Arts and business related Doctoral programmes 300 350 400 450 500 600 675
  21. Science based Doctoral programmes 350 400 450 500 675 850 1,000 Applicable tuition fees per specific programmes of study are available on the University’s website. Where the number of ECTS credits in any one part-time semester is not equal to fifteen
(15), the fee per semester shall be established on a pro-rata basis depending on the number of ECTS credits per semester. 6A. With the exclusion of day programmes, EU/EEA students commencing a full-time postgraduate programme at the University held predominantly after 16.00 hrs in academic year 2009/10 or any subsequent academic year thereafter, shall pay twice the amounts established in regulation
  1. Fees payable by EU/EEA students commencing a fulltime programme held predominantly after 16.00hrs. Added by: L.N. 301 of
  2. Amended by: L.N. 56 of
  4. EU/EEA students commencing a full-time or part-time day programme at the University leading to a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters or Doctoral Degree in academic year 2009/10 or any subsequent academic year thereafter, shall pay an annual fee per academic year as indicated hereunder: Fees payable by EU/EEA students commencing a day programme in academic year 2009/2010 or later. Substituted by: L.N. 397 of 2010; L.N. 302 of 2012; L.N. 301 of
  5. Amended by: L.N. 56 of
  6. Programmes (a) (b) Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s Degree programmes Doctoral programmes Annual Fee € 400 600 Provided that the above fees are subject to the exclusions provided for in article 126
(2)(b) of the Act, and do not apply to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education and the Licentiate in Sacred Theology. 7A. EU/EEA students commencing either a part-time or a fulltime programme at the University in academic year 2009/2010 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter and who are granted an extension of studies shall pay an annual fee for each academic year as indicated hereunder: Programmes Annual Fee € Fees for extension of studies. Added by: L.N. 301 of 2013. Amended by: L.N. 56 of 2015. 6 [ S.L.327.177 1. 2. UNIVERSITY FEES All postgraduate programmes leading to a Master’s Degree Doctoral programmes 400 600 Provided that the above fees are subject to the exclusions provided for in article 126
(2)(
  1. b)of the Act, and do not apply to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education and the Licentiate in Sacred Theology. Fees payable by Non-EU/EEA students who are continuing their studies. Amended by: L.N. 301 of 2013; L.N. 56 of 2015; L.N. 141 of 2016. 8. (
  2. a)Non-EU/EEA students commencing a full-time programme at the University of Malta in the academic year 2007/ 20 08 or earl ier and who are co ntinuing their studi es at the University of Malta, as listed in Column 1 hereunder, shall pay the respective annual fees for each academic year as provided in Columns 2 to 4 hereunder: COLUMN 1 Programmes Doctoral programmes plus an examination fee of COLUMN 2 2014/2015 € 6,500 1,860 COLUMN 3 2015/2016 € 6,500 1,860 COLUMN 4 2016/2017 € 6,500 1,860 (
  3. b)Non-EU/EEA students continuing their studies on a part-time basis at the University of Malta shall pay half the amounts established in paragraph (a). Fees payable by Non-EU/EEA students commencing studies. Amended by: L.N. 397 of 2010; L.N. 302 of 2012. Substituted by: L.N. 301 of 2013. Amended by: L.N. 56 of 2015. Substituted by: L.N. 141 of 2016. 9. (
  4. a)Non-EU/EEA students commencing a full-time programme, as listed in Column 1 hereunder, at the University in academic year 2008/2009 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter shall pay the respective annual fees for each academic year as provided in Column 2 to 4 hereunder: COLUMN 1 Programmes 1. Sixth Form programmes at the Junior College of the University 2. Medical Foundation studies 3. (
  5. i)Arts based and business related undergraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Degree (
  6. ii)Arts based and business related preparatory programme for Master’s Degree 4. (
  7. i)Science based undergraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Degree (except the Degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, and the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery) COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN 2 3 4 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 € € € 5,900 16,000 5,900 16,000 5,900 16,000 8,500 8,500 8,500 8,500 8,500 8,500 10,800 10,800 10,800 [ S.L.327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES COLUMN 1 COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN 2 3 4 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 € € € Programmes (
  8. ii)Science based preparatory programme for Master’s Degree 5. Programmes leading to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery 6. Arts based and Business related postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma, the Degree of Doctor of Laws, or Master’s Degree (with the exception of programmes leading to the Executive Master in Business Administration (MBA)) 7. (
  9. i)Programme leading to the Executive Master in Business Administration (MBA) (
  10. ii)Preparatory programme for the MBA 8. Science based postgraduate programmes leading to a Certificate, Diploma or Degree (except the Degree of Master of Dental Surgery) 9. Doctoral programmes 10. M.Mus. programme 10,800 10,800 10,800 26,000 26,000 26,000 10,800 10,800 10,800 14,400 14,400 14,400 8,500 8,500 8,500 13,400 11,000 7,400 13,400 11,000 7,400 13,400 11,000 7,400 Provided that Non-EU/EEA students attending their studies on a part-time basis at the University shall pay half the amounts established in this sub-regulation: Provided further that in the absence of any new regulations in force at the time, the fees prescribed for academic year 2016/ 2017 shall continue to apply for the following academic years. (
  11. b)Non-EU/EEA students commencing a full-time programme leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University between academic year 2008/2009 and academic year 2011/2012 shall pay the respective annual fees for each academic year as provided in Columns 2 to 4 hereunder: COLUMN 1 Programme leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 € € € 24,000 24,000 24,000 Provided that in the absence of any new regulations in force at the time, the fees prescribed for academic year 2016/2017 shall continue to apply for the following academic years. (
  12. c)Non-EU/EEA students commencing a full-time programme 7 8 [ S.L.327.177 UNIVERSITY FEES leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery or Master of Dental Surgery at the University in academic year 2012/2013 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter shall pay the respective annual fees for each academic year as provided in Columns 2 to 4 hereunder: COLUMN 1 Programme leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery or Master of Dental Surgery COLUMN 2 2014/2015 € COLUMN 3 2015/2016 € COLUMN 4 2016/2017 € 26,000 26,000 26,000 Provided that in the absence of any new regulations in force at the time, the fees prescribed for academic year 2016/2017 shall continue to apply for the following academic years. Fees payable for Foundation Studies Programme. Added by: L.N. 302 of 2012. Substituted by: L.N. 301 of 2013; L.N. 141 of 2016. 10. Students commencing a full-time programme at the University as listed in Column 1 hereunder in academic year 2013/2014 or in any subsequent academic year thereafter shall pay the respective fees per academic year (two semesters) as provided in Columns 2 to 4 hereunder: COLUMN 1 Programmes Foundation Studies programme including additional study-units COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN 2 3 4 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 € € € 6,600 6,600 6,600 Provided that in the absence of any new regulations in force at the time, the fees prescribed for academic year 2016/2017 shall continue to apply for the following academic years. Bench fees. Amended by: L.N. 397 of 2010. Re-numbered by: L.N. 302 of 2012. 11. Certain programmes may be subject to additional bench fees. Bench fees cover the cost of consumable materials and facilities used during research projects and will be established on a case by case basis. Individual study units. Re-numbered by: L.N. 302 of 2012. Amended by: L.N. 301 of 2013. 12. Individual study units shall be offered at a fee which is established pr im arily on a pro rata basis depending on the respective programme fee as well as the number of ECTS credits for the particular study-unit. Fees established on a case by case basis. Re-numbered by: L.N. 302 of 2012. Amended by: L.N. 430 of 2012; L.N. 301 of 2013. Substituted by: L.N. 141 of 2016. 13.
(1)Notwithstanding that provided in any other provision of these regulations, fees for the following programmes which the University offers shall be established on a case by case basis: (
  1. a)programmes offered jointly or in collaboration with a foreign university or with a partner of international repute; (
  2. b)programmes where a significant portion of the programme is delivered by foreign academics; (
  3. c)short programmes; (
  4. d)intensive programmes, meaning programmes which are delivered predominantly in the form of modules or portions of study consisting of lectures concentrated UNIVERSITY FEES [ S.L.327.177 into a given number of consecutive days per semester, either on a full-time basis or part-time basis; (
  5. e)eLearning programmes, meaning programmes which are delivered by distance learning techniques, either on a full-time basis or part-time basis.
(2)The fees for the programmes described in sub-regulation
(1)shall be made available on the University’s website. 9

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