Master's degree programme in
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
plagiarism
Plagiarism is the practice of using someone else's words as your own - for example, when you copy a piece of writing or just parts of it. But you can commit plagiarism also if your take someone else's ideas or information without quoting the source - for example when you report or summarize the content of a text in your own words.
You may even commit plagiarism unintentionally when you summarize or report in your own words ideas or information that you have found in a book or in a paper without full acknowledgement of the author. It is also in order to avoid plagiarism that authors of books and scientific papers fill their texts with dozens of references, each time indicating the source of their statements.
Plagiarism is a criminal offence. For this reason, graduands should personally process the material they examine for their final project/ thesis, rather than simply translating it literally.
Politecnico di Torino makes use of anti-plagiarism software (Compilatio).
The anti-plagiarism software supports faculty members in correcting final projects/theses and checking their novelty.
How do I know if my Final Project has been checked for plagiarism?
It is necessary to contact the supervisor who can decide whether or not to carry out the check.
I would like to personally check my Final Project before submitting it. What should I do?
Politecnico di Torino has not provided for the possibility of using an anti-plagiarism software for students, it will be necessary to carry out the check using online software available on the Web.
What percentage of corresponding matches is considered plagiarism?
There is no specific percentage, the determination of plagiarism is at the discretion of the supervisor, who through the software will examine the sources cited and on the basis of the similarities will evaluate whether to accept the thesis presented or not.
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