being, shall assemble in the City of Dublin, at such place as may be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant, as the Hall and Office of the University, at such times as may be necessary and proper for the transaction of business, and shall proceed to examine into the qualifications of such students as may present themselves, and afford proper evidence of having completed, in one or other of the said Queen's Colleges, the Course of Education as prescribed by the University Senate. And Whereas it is expedient that Students who are Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall have the power of pursuing part of their studies in other Schools of Medicine or Surgery beside the Queen's Colleges in Ireland, to be approved of by the Senate of the said University; We do therefore direct and ordain that it shall be competent to the Senate to receive as evidence of Medical Education, Certificates of Attendance upon the Lectures or Hospital Practice of such Teachers as shall afford to the Senate full evidence of competency, and of possessing the means of affording instruction; provided such Students shall have attended in some one of the Queen's Colleges, at least one third of the Medical Lectures prescribed in the Course for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. And for the better carrying out of such Examination into the qualifications of candidates for Degrees in the several Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Law, We do hereby further direct, ordain, and empower the Chancellor and Senate of the University, to appoint annually Examiners in the several departments of Science, Literature, and the Useful Arts, who shall hold the Examinations and report on the qualifications of the Candidates to the Senate. And we do further direct and ordain that the Chancellor, or in his absence, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, shall annually furnish a Report to Our Lieutenant-General and General Governor of that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, on the condition and progress of the University. We do hereby further direct and ordain that the said Queen's Colleges shall be, and they are hereby constituted, Colleges of Our said University in Ireland, and all Professors of the said Colleges shall be considered Professors of said University; but the said Colleges shall not in any way be under the jurisdiction or

control of the University Senate, further than as regards the regulations for qualifications for the several Degrees in the Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Law, the said Colleges being only subjected to the Charters, Statutes, Rules, Ordinances, issued and approved, or hereafter to be issued and approved of by Us, Our Heirs or Successors, for the government of said Colleges respectively; and as We deem it advisable that every facility should be afforded the Endowment of Exhibitions, Prizes, and Scholarships, in connexion with, and subject to the Regulations of the Queen's University, We do hereby further direct and ordain that the Chancellor and Senate of the University shall have power to Found and Endow such Scholarships, Prizes, or Exhibitions for which Funds may be by donation or grant hereafter supplied, and make such Regulations for the attainment and tenure of such Scholarships as to them may seem fit: Provided always that the aforesaid Chancellor and Senate shall not interfere with the Courses for Matriculation, nor with the system or Courses of Instruction of Junior and Senior Scholarships in the several Faculties and Schools of the Queen's Colleges. And We do further direct and ordain that the Senate, in the absence of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, shall have power to elect a Chairman to transact the ordinary business of the day, and that the Senate shall likewise have power to appoint a Secretary and such other subordinate Officers as may be necessary for the despatch of business: And further, that the Senate shall likewise have the power of making all such Bye-Laws as may be necessary for bringing into operation and carrying out the functions of the University, provided the same shall obtain the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant for the time being. Provided always, that these Our Letters Patent be enrolled in the Rolls of Our High Court of Chancery in that part of Our said United Kingdom called Ireland, within the space of Six Calendar Months next ensuing the date of these Presents. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK EARL OF CLARENDON, Our Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, at Dublin, the Third day of September, in the Fourteenth Year of Our Reign.

REGULATIONS.

MATRICULATED STUDENTS.

In order to obtain a Degree or Diploma in the Queen's University, it is necessary to enter one of the Colleges* of the University, to pass the Entrance or Matriculation Examination, and to pursue a fixed course of study.

The Matriculated students may be classed as follows:I. Those intending to proceed to the Degrees of B.A. and M.A.

II. Those intending to proceed to the Diploma in Elementary Law, and to the Degrees of LL.B. and LL.D. along with that of B.A.

III. Those intending to proceed to the Degree of M.D. IV. Those intending to proceed to the Diploma in Engi

neering.

V. Those intending to proceed to the Diploma in Agriculture.

NON-MATRICULATED STUDENTS.

Persons may attend the Lectures of any of the Professors without passing the Matriculation or any other Examination.

For the privileges of Non-Matriculated Students, and the_conditions under which they are admitted, see pp. 156, 211, and 249.

FACULTY OF ARTS.†

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN ARTS.

Candidates for the Degree of B.A. in the Queen's University in Ireland, must enter their names with the Registrar of one of the Colleges of the University, and pay to the

* Queen's College, Belfast; Queen's College, Cork; Queen's College, Galway.

† See foot note, p. 33.

Bursar the prescribed College and Class Fees, see pp. 186, 242, and 255. They must then pass a Matriculation Examination.

For the details of this Examination in the several Colleges of the University, see pages 162, 217, and 256.

In each of the Colleges, the Session extends from the third Tuesday in October to the second Saturday in the following June, with short recesses at Christmas and Easter. Each Session consists of three terms.

The Undergraduate course for the Degree of B.A. must occupy not less than Three Sessions.

Course of study to be pursued,

Students, however, who prefer to do so, may extend

the study of the Undergraduate course over more than Three Sessions. But, in this case, they cannot obtain credit for attendance on courses set down for the Second or Third Session, without having attended, either in the same or in former years, all courses allotted above to the previous Session. Students availing themselves of this permission, must in each Session, attend the lectures, and pass the prescribed examinations, in at least two of the foregoing subjects. Credit will not be given for more than four courses in any one Session, unless two of them be the Greek and Latin Languages, in which ease the number for which credit may be sought is extended to five.

All candidates for the Degree of B.A. must have attended College Lectures for at least Two full Terms in each Session.

At the end of each Session there is a General Examination in each of the Colleges in the subjects upon which lectures have been delivered during that Session.

There is also a Supplementary Examination in the same subjects, at the commencement of the following Session.

All Students must pass either the General Examination or the Supplementary Examination, before their names are entered on the College Register as having completed the Session, and no student will be permitted to proceed with the course of the succeeding year until he have so completed his Session.

After having completed the above Undergraduate course in one of the Queen's Colleges, Candidates for the Degree of B.A. may present themselves for examination in the University.

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF B.A.

The University Examination for the year 1859 will commence on the last Tuesday in September, and be carried on in the order prescribed in p. 46.

Each Candidate must forward to the Secretary of the University, fourteen days before the commencement of the Examination, Certificates from the President and Registrar of his College, upon a Printed Form, which may be obtained through the Registrar.

The Fee for the Degree of B.A. is One Pound,

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