Non-EID applicants need to request account creation though an online form after that they confirm that their local Identification Document does not come with an EID entitlement. . Once the identity is verified and the account is created on behalf of the applicant, one may proceed with the online application according to the same instructions applicable to all other applicants.

For more information about how to apply online for a course at MCAST, please visit: https://mcast.edu.mt/how-to-apply-online-2/

MCAST Main Campus
Triq Kordin,
Paola, Malta

All courses except for courses delivered by the Institute for the Creative Arts, the Centre of Agriculture, Aquatics and Animal Sciences and the Gozo Campus are offered at the Main Campus address (above).

Courses delivered by the Institute for the Creative Arts, the Centre of Agriculture, Aquatics and Animal Sciences, or the Gozo Campus, are offered in one of the following addresses as applicable:

Institute for the Creative Arts
Mosta Campus
Misraħ Għonoq Tarġa Gap,
Mosta

Institute of Applied Sciences
Centre of Agriculture, Aquatics and Animal Sciences,
Luqa Road, Qormi

Gozo Campus
J.F. De Chambray Street
MCAST, Għajnsielem
Gozo

In the case of courses delivered via Online Learning, students will be following the programme from their preferred location/address.

Programmes delivered via Blended Learning, and which therefore contain both an online and a face to face component shall be delivered as follows:

Face to Face components – as per above address instructions
Online components – from the student’s preferred address.

• Stage 2: Higher Diploma at 120 ECTS (transcript upon completion for students terminating here)

• Stage 3: Bachelor Degree at 180 ECTS (eligible for formal graduation).

These programmes shall commence in Semester 2 of each academic year, that is towards the second full week of February. The generic nature of these degrees is not industry specific, providing a wide skill set that is strong in its transversal nature, whilst also providing significant expertise in the area of studies. Each degree programme requires the following combination of credits:

– A minimum of 48 area specific ECTS in vocational units from an existing honours degree programme;

– A maximum of 48 ECTS from existing degree programmes within the same Institute (time-tables permitting);

– A maximum of 60 ECTS in key skills and transversal subjects from any Institute (time-tables permitting);

– 12 ECTS in work-based learning, and

– 12 ECTS in an applied research project or dissertation.

Due to the inter-Institute nature of these qualifications, students following these programmes shall be assisted through individualized Academic Learner Agreements.


Malti

Dawn il-baċellerati kollha joffru stadji meta parteċipant ikun jista’ jħalli l-kors, bl-aħħar stadju jkun meta jintlaħqu 180 ECTS li jikkwalifikaw lill-istudent biex jiggradwa formalment:
• L-ewwel stadju: Undergraduate Diploma ta’ 60 ECTS (l-istudenti li jitilqu mill-kors fi tmiem dan l-istadju jkunu eliġibbli għal transcript);

• It-tieni stadju: Higher Diploma b’120 ECTS (l-istudenti li jitilqu mill-kors fi tmiem dan l-istadju jkunu eliġibbli għal transcript);

• It-tielet stadju: Baċellerat b’180 ECTS (fi tmiem dan l-istadju l-istudenti jkunu eliġibbli li jiggradwaw formalment).

Dawn il-programmi jibdew fit-tieni simestru ta’ kull sena akkademika, jiġifieri għall-ħabta tat-tieni ġimgħa sħiħa ta’ Frar. Dawn il-baċellerati huma ta’ natura ġenerika u għalhekk ma huma speċifiċi għall-ebda industrija. Hekk l-istudenti jiksbu sett ta’ ħiliet applikabbli f’ħafna sitwazzjonijiet differenti, flimkien ma’ kompetenzi tajbin ħafna fil-qasam ta’ studju ewlieni tal-kors. Kull programm ta’ studju jirrikjedi taħlita ta’ kredti kif jidher hawn taħt:

• Mhux anqas minn 48 ECTS fil-qasam ta’ studju speċifiku li jinkisbu minn unitajiet vokazzjonali ta’ programm eżistenti ta’ baċellerat bl-unuri;

• Mhux aktar minn 48 ECTS li jinkisbu minn programmi eżistenti ta’ baċellerat offruti mill-istess Istitut (jekk it-time-tables ikunu jippermettu);

• Sa massimu ta’ 60 ECTS f’ħiliet bażiċi u suġġetti trasversali li jinkisbu minn kwalunkwe Istitut (jekk it-time-tables ikunu jippermettu);

• 12-il ECTS miksuba minn esperjenza f’post tax-xogħol, u

• 12-il ECTS miksuba minn proġett ta’ riċerka applikata jew dissertation.

Minħabba li dawn il-kwalifiki jinvolvu Istituti differenti, l-istudenti ta’ dawn il-programmi jingħataw għajnuna billi kull wieħed/waħda minnhom jiffirma/tiffirma mal-Kulleġġ Ftehim għal Studenti Akkademiċi. Dan ikun speċifiku għal kull student/a

Other Entry Requirements: As from 2024, special entry requirements will be requested as per compulsory requirements for entry into bachelor courses from which chosen units will be selected.

Each module or unit entails a number of in person and/or online contact learning hours that are delivered by the lecturer or tutor directly (See also section ‘Total Learning Hours).

Access to all resources is provided to all registered students. These include study resources in paper or electronic format through the Library and Resource Centre as well as tools, software, equipment and machinery that are provided by the respective institutes depending on the requirements of the course or module.

Students may however be required to provide consumable material for use during practical sessions and projects unless these are explicitly provided by the College.

All Units of study are assessed throughout the academic year through continuous assessment using a variety of assessment tools. Coursework tasks are exclusively based on the Learning Outcomes and Grading Criteria as prescribed in the course specification. The Learning Outcomes and Grading Criteria are communicated to the Student via the coursework documentation.

The method of assessment shall reflect the Level, credit points (ECTS) and the schedule of time-tabled/non-timetabled hours of learning of each study unit. A variety of assessment instruments, not solely Time Constrained Assignments/Exams, are used to gather and interpret evidence of Student competence toward pre-established grading criteria that are aligned to the learning outcomes of each unit of the programme of study.

Grading criteria are assessed through a number of tasks, each task being assigned a number of marks. The number of grading criteria is included in the respective Programme Specification.
The distribution of marks and assessment mode depends on the nature and objectives of the unit in question.

Coursework shall normally be completed during the semester in which the Unit is delivered.

Time-constrained assignments may be held between 8 am and 8 pm during the delivery period of a Unit, or at the end of the semester in which the Unit is completed. The dates are notified and published on the Institute notice boards or through other means of communication.

Certain circumstances (such as but not limited to the Covid 19 pandemic) may lead Institutes and Centres to hold teaching and assessment remotely (online) as per MCAST QA Policy and Standard for Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment (Doc 020) available via link https://www.mcast.edu.mt/college-documents/

The Programme Regulations pertaining to this Programme’s MQF/EQF level available at: link https://www.mcast.edu.mt/college-documents/, apply.

For a student to be deemed to have successfully passed a unit, a minimum of 50% (grade D) must be achieved.

All full time units are individually graded as follows:
A* (90-100)
A (80-89)
B (70-79)
C (60-69)
D (50-59)
Unsatisfactory work is graded as ‘U’.

Work-based learning units are graded on a Pass/Fail basis only.

Detailed information regarding the grading system may be found in the Programme Regulations pertaining to this programme’sMQF/EQF Level available at: link https://www.mcast.edu.mt/college-documents/