Accountability and research integrity

DTU's code of honour for exams and other academic activities

“As a student at DTU, I acknowledge being subject to DTU’s code of honour for examinations and other academic activity. I accept and respect that the high standards for academic credibility, accountability, and scientific integrity are equally applicable to me as a student as they are to lecturers, researchers, and other students at university level.

I therefore undertake to show responsibility and integrity in my work, and that my exam submissions will always reflect my own work, without having received oral or written assistance to which I am not entitled, including by digital means. I know that I must never copy (plagiarize) other people’s ideas, thoughts, reports, or articles, but I am permitted to quote and refer to them using quotation marks and source references. I also know that I am not allowed to communicate with others during a written exam.”

As a student at DTU, from day one you are covered by the same rules and academic principles as those applicable to DTU’s lecturers and researchers. DTU expects you to show independence and integrity in your work.

Your exam result is a guarantee that you have acquired the qualifications and competences that a course contains and at the level that the assessment reflects. Therefore, it is important that you always present your own work at the exam.