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The Malta Association of Professional Engineers is challenging recent amendments to the law regulating the profession which, it claims, were passed through parl

Engineering students who complete their studies at MCAST are now free to apply for their warrants without having to sit for additional courses or exams. Two ye

Engineering students at MCAST can now obtain an engineering warrant by completing a pre-warrant qualification course approved by Malta's engineering board.  The course has been recommended by German engineering standards consultancy ASIIN, which had been commissioned by the government to assess the MCAST course and recommend changes to it.  The decision brings to a conclusion a long-drawn-out clash between engineers and education authorities about the MCAST course and its academic level.  Elected members of the engineering profession board have argued that MCAST courses are far from equiv...

The union of engineers said it is determined to continue to strive to safeguard the rights of the professional community, following a court decision revoking an injunction granted in its favour. In a statement issued in the wake of a court decision revoking an injunction that had been povisionally upheld against the Engineering Profession Board, the Malta Association of Professional Engineers (MAPE) claimed that “justice delayed [is] justice denied”. The union has mounted a legal battle to safeguard the engineering profession, persistently calling upon the board and its chairman for infor...

Courses at Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) are externally audited each year and regularly updated to reflect the latest best practices, the college said. Replying to a statement issued on Thursday by the Union Periti u Inġienera tas-Settur Pubbliku, in which the union said that the engineering profession should not be downgraded by being associated with courses which do not require the same level of effort, commitment and attainment, MCAST “strongly” objected “to this misinformed statement” that clearly shows “no understanding” of the quality standards at...