S.L. 327.88 Art. 21Externalexaminers fortheexamination of a postgraduate dissertation.

(1) For a Master’s degree which comprises mainly taught study-units and a dissertation of at least 30 credits where the number of students on the programme is 5 or more, Senate shall appoint external examiners:

(a) on a visiting basis to review both the taught component and the dissertation study-unit; or

(b) on a non-visiting basis to review both the taught component and individual dissertations.

(2) For a Master’s degree which comprises mainly taught study-units and a dissertation of at least 30 credits where the number of students on the programme is less than 5, external examiners shall be appointed normally on a non-visiting basis to review the taught component of the programme and to assess individual dissertations.

(3) For a Master’s degree mainly by research comprising a dissertation of at least 60 credits, external examiners shall be appointed on a non-visiting basis to assess individual dissertations.

(4) Visiting external examiners shall always be appointed for the examination of doctoral students.

(5) External examiners shall be appointed to render service on a year to year basis, for up to a maximum of three years, except in the case of examination of dissertations for Master’s degrees done mainly by research, when external examiners shall not be appointed after the fifth consecutive assignment.