Plagiarism guidelines ifoer
All visual design and written work (exercises, projects, seminar papers, essays, minutes, bachelor's and diploma theses, etc.) is checked for plagiarism.
Plagiarism occurs when the student
- collaborates with other students on work that is required to be an individual achievement,
- submits work that is not their own (e.g., work by other students, work purchased from a ghostwriter, etc.),
- copies one or more passages from a text without citing the source,
- uses plans or graphic representations in whole or in part from other students or sources without identifying the author,
- uses an (almost) identical piece of work as proof of performance for several courses,
- does not identify AI-generated text passages or visual designs as such.
Plagiarism violates the rules of good scientific practice and will be punished with the following consequences:
- If plagiarism is suspected, students must submit a statement in a personal meeting with the course instructor in order to clarify the incident.
- Students will receive a negative grade in the course in which the plagiarism occurred.
- In serious cases, the research department is obliged to take all legal steps that may lead to expulsion from the program and revocation of the degree.
- Affected students will not be considered for employment in the Research Department for Local Spatial Planning (study assistant, assistant, etc.).
- Affected students will not receive letters of recommendation from the Research Department for Local Spatial Planning.
Further links:
Code of Conduct – Rules for ensuring good scientific practice [de]
Recommendation for good practice in the use of generative AI at the Vienna University of Technology.
------
The plagiarism guidelines of the Local Spatial Planning research area were drawn up based on the plagiarism guidelines of the Ergonomics and Organization research area and in accordance with the guidelines for dealing with plagiarism in student work at TU Wien (2014) [de], opens in new window.