ABSTRACT OF THE BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND, APPROVED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT, 30TH AUGUST, 1851. MEETINGS of the senate shall be convened by the secretary or acting secretary, on the authority of the chancellor; or, in his absence, of the vice-chancellor, or of the chairman of a meeting of the senate, elected as provided in the charter. There shall be stated meetings on the 7th of January and 20th of June, in each year, or on the following day when either of these days shall fall on a Sunday. At all meetings of the senate to confer degrees, the members shall appear in the full robes they may be entitled to wear in respect of any degrees they may have obtained, or offices they may hold. Any member not possessed of a degree or office, to wear the gown of a Master of Arts. Candidates for degrees shall wear the costume of their collegiate standing, and the hoods of the degrees sought. Candidates being presented to the senate by the presidents of their colleges, and the secretary having certified that their fees have been paid, and that they have duly passed the examiners, they shall sign the roll of the university, when the chancellor (or vice-chancellor) shall admit them to degrees in the following manner: In virtue of my authority as Chancellor (or Vice-Chancellor), I admit you, (-), to the degree of ( -) The chancellor (or vice-chancellor) shall then proceed to present, publicly, any exhibition or medal which may have been awarded. Examiners are expected to attend the public meeting of the senate. Each candidate is required to fill up, with his own hand, a certificate of his name, birthplace, age, and qualifications. All certificates of candidates to be sent to the secretary fourteen days before examination. The senate will receive certificates of medical education for two-thirds of the required courses, from the professors of universities and chartered bodies, and from schools and hospitals* which have sought for and obtained the recognition of the senate; but it is essential that one-third, at least, of the medical lectures prescribed in the course for the degree of M.D. be attended in some one of the Queen's Colleges. In no case shall any member of the senate, or any vice-president of a college (liable to be called upon to fulfil the duties of a member) be elected an examiner. The salaries of examiners shall commence from the next quarter day after election. Examinations shall be by printed papers. Each examiner shall be present during the whole time that the candidates are engaged in writing answers to the papers set by him; but if a paper be set by more than one examiner, the presence of one examiner shall be deemed sufficient; if, from unavoidable necessity, any examiner be unable to attend, the secretary shall be present. Every member of the senate shall have the right of being present during examinations; but only the examiner specially appointed to conduct examinations, shall have the right to put questions. No candidates shall be present except those under examination. The examiners shall report to the senate the result of their examination, and shall deliver in, at the same time, in sealed packets, the answers to the examination papers of the classes which they have severally examined. For this year, the fee on the degree of M.D. has been fixed at £5, and the fee on the diploma of Agriculture at £2. Fees on other degrees are not yet settled. * The senate recognise the following schools of medicine and surgery, on the condition of their furnishing periodical returns of their lecturers and students, according to a prescribed form : The Carmichael (late Richmond) School, Dublin. The Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin. The Original School of Medicine, Peter-street, Dublin. The Dublin School of Medicine, Peter-street, Dublin. The Medical School, Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh. The senate have resolved not to recognise any general hospital having fewer than sixty beds, nor any lying-in hospital having fewer than thirty. The Jervis-street Hospital, the Hospitals of the House of Industry, Saint Vincent's Hospital, the City of Dublin Hospital, the Meath Hospital, and Steeven's Hospital, Dublin; the Belfast General Hospital; and the North and South Infirmaries, Cork, are recognised. The Bank of Ireland has been appointed treasurer. Payments shall be made by drafts signed by the chancellor or vice-chancellor, countersigned by the secretary. ORDINANCES REGARDING THE SEVERAL COURSES OF STUDY TO BE PURSUED BY CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS FROM THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND. FACULTY OF ARTS. THE undergraduate course for the degree of A.B. shall occupy three sessions, at the end of which, students shall be admitted to examination for the degreee of A.B. from the Queen's University in Ireland, provided they shall have attended the college lectures for at least two full terms in each session, shall have passed the prescribed college examinations, and shall be recommended by the President of the College in which their studies shall have terminated, for promotion to the degree. Candidates for the degree of A.B. shall pursue, in some one or other of the Queen's Colleges in Ireland, the following course of study: : Candidates for the degree of A.M. shall be admitted to examination one year after having obtained the degree of A.B., provided they shall have attended college lectures for one term during that year, and shall have pursued one of the following courses of study: : 1ST.-COURSE OF LANGUAGES. An extended course of study of the Greek, Latin, and two Modern Languages, together with attendance on a further course of lectures on foreign Modern Languages. 2ND. COURSE OF HISTORY, METAPHYSICS, AND JURISPRUDENCE. An extended course of study of Logics, and of History and English Literature, together with attendance on a further course of lectures on Metaphysics, or on Jurisprudence and Political Economy. 3RD. COURSE OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. An extended course of study of Mathematics and of Physical and Natural Sciences, together with attendance on a course of lectures on Geology and Mineralogy. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. Candidates for the degree of M.D. in the Queen's University in Ireland, shall have passed the matriculation examination prescribed for students in the Faculty of Medicine in the Queen's Colleges, and shall have pursued, four years, the following courses of study: the order of which, although strongly recommended, is, however, not absolutely prescribed : IN THE FOURTH YEAR. Six Months. Practice of Medicine, Candidates for the degree of M.D. will be required further to give evidence of their having attended a general hospital recognised by the senate, during twenty-four months; or such general hospital during eighteen months, and the out-practice of an hospital or dispensary for six months, and also a course of practical pharmacy during three months. Candidates shall have attended at least one-third of the above courses in the Medical Faculty of some one or other of the Queen's Colleges in Ireland; and for the remainder, authenticated certificates shall be received from the professors or lecturers in colleges or medical schools recognised by the senate of the Queen's University in Ireland. Students in Arts of the Queen's Colleges shall be admitted to examination for the degree of M.D. after having obtained the degree of A.B., provided they shall have completed the curriculum prescribed above for the second, third, and fourth years of medical study. Every candidate, before being admitted to the degree of M.D., shall undergo an examination in all the subjects comprehended in the above course of education, and shall afford satisfactory evidence that he is twenty-one years of age. FACULTY OF LAW. Students who shall have passed the matriculation examination for the Faculty of Law, in one of the Queen's Colleges, and shall have pursued, during three years, the following courses of study, shall be admitted to examination for the diploma of Elementary Law. IN THE FIRST YEAR. The Law of Property, and the Principles of Conveyancing. IN THE SECOND YEAR. Equity and Bankruptcy. Civil Law. IN THE THIRD YEAR. Common and Criminal Law. Candidates for the degree of LL.B. will be admitted to examination for that degree from the Queen's University in Ireland, |