Matriculation Certificate

Matriculation Certificate

The Matriculation Certificate is a certificate awarded to post secondary students and the admission requirement of the University of Malta. It is based on the premise that students seeking admission to University are more likely to develop into mature persons if their education spans both the Humanities and the Science areas. Students are required to sit for six subjects from various areas in one session of the examination. The choice of subjects includes a language, a humanities or a business subject, mathematics or a science subject, and any other two subjects. The sixth subject is Systems of Knowledge, which is compulsory. Two of the subjects must be at Advanced level, three at Intermediate level and Systems of Knowledge, which is also rated as an Intermediate level subject. Similarly to the case of the SEC examination, a significant and consistent increase in registrations has been noted in the case of the Matriculation Certificate from 1309 candidates, when it was offered for the first time in 1997, to 2455 candidates in 2005.

The Matriculation Certificate examinations are equivalent to the British Advanced Level examinations.

In order for a student to be successfully awarded the Matriculation Certificate students must achieve the following:

A) Achieve a pass in at least groups 1,2 and 3. and B) Have a total of 44 points (using the below system)

Students must be awarded this certificate in order to be accepted into University of Malta. However certain course at University of Malta require specific subjects at specific grades (or better) to be admitted in these courses. This is the case in course such as Engineering, Medicine, Science subjects, Commerce and many others. The following website of the University of Malta (http://www.um.edu.mt/courses/) has the list of the said requirements.

Choice of Subjects

Subjects are divided into 4 groups. Each group representing Languages, Humanities, Sciences and Practical/Technical subjects. A student must choose one of each of the first three groups, and another two subjects chosen from any of the groups.

Group l: Maltese, Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish;

Group 2: Accounting, Economics, Geography, History, Marketing, Philosophy, Religious Knowledge, Sociology;

Group 3: Applied Mathematics (Mechanics), Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science*, Physics, Pure Mathematics;

Group 4: Art, Computing, Engineering Drawing, Graphical Communication, Home Economics and Human Ecology, Information Technology; Music;

Systems of Knowledge*.

* offered at Intermediate Level only

Grading

Grades are given from A-F, with A being the best, and F indicating a Fail. Each grade obtained gives the candidates a number of points, which when added up can be used to give an overall grade.

Advanced Level                                 Intermediate Level
Grade A - 30 grade points                      Grade A - 10 grade points
Grade B - 24 grade points                      Grade B - 8 grade points
Grade C - 18 grade points                      Grade C - 6 grade points
Grade D - 12 grade points                      Grade D - 4 grade points
Grade E - 6 grade points                       Grade E - 2 grade points.

After adding up the points, the following may be used to calculate the overall grade:

Grade A - 80 -100 grade points
Grade B - 64 - 78 grade points
Grade C - 44 - 62 grade points

Further reading


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • matriculation certificate — document showing that a person has been accepted as a student (in a college, university, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Matriculation — Matric redirects here. For the research organization, see MATRIC. The matriculation ceremony at Oxford Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry,… …   Wikipedia

  • Matriculation in South Africa — In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is a term commonly used to refer to the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, although strictly speaking, it refers to the minimum university entrance… …   Wikipedia

  • matriculation — ma·tric·u·la·tion || mÉ™ trɪkjÉ™leɪʃn / kjÊŠl n. graduation certificate from high school; degree for acceptance to advanced studies …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Leaving Certificate — The Leaving Certificate ( ga. Ardteistiméireacht), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert (Irish: Ardteist ) is the final course in the Irish secondary school system and culminates with the Leaving Certificate Examination. It takes a minimum of …   Wikipedia

  • Joint Matriculation Board — Abbreviation JMB Formation 1903 Extinction 1992 Purpose/focus Examination board Headquarters Manchester …   Wikipedia

  • National Senior Certificate — The National Senior Certificate or NSC is the equivalent of a high school diploma and is the school leaving certificate in South Africa. This certificate is commonly known as the matriculant (matric) certificate, as grade 12 is known as the… …   Wikipedia

  • Leaving Certificate Mathematics — is the second and final phase of mathematics education at secondary level in the Republic of Ireland. Following on the Junior Certificate mathematics curriculum, it is designed as a two year course of study at one of three levels: foundation,… …   Wikipedia

  • Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination — The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE, 香港中學會考) is a standardized examination which most local students sit for at the end of their 5 year secondary education. It is conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment… …   Wikipedia

  • G. K. Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School — is located in Adambakkam, a suburb of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India . History The school was started in 1979 following the kind donation of the land by Royapuram Trust and was later developed further in the land (fourteen grounds) donated by Sri S …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”