The university strictly prohibits all forms of academic misconduct, especially plagiarism, to maintain its academic integrity and encourage independent thinking and innovation. All graduate students' dissertations must pass the Plagiarism Detection before the oral defense.
The Library strongly recommends the applicant do not provide his/her thesis to others for plagiarism detection. It may risk leaking their theses content and plagiarism misjudgment.
🔍 Detection Software [↑]
The Library uses these following systems to detect academic misconduct:
🌐 Papers in English
Turnitin iThenticate
📚 Papers in Chinese
CNKI Academic Paper Detection System
The plagiarism report will be sent to the applicant's email within 7 working days. We do not provide urgent services to maintain fairness and equity. Therefore, we suggest that you submit your papers for testing at least 7 working days in advance.
🕒 Detection Service Hours [↑]
🎓 Ⅰ. Plagiarism Detection for the Theses/Dissertations [↑]
The Thesis Similarity application was officially launched on WeMust in February 2023. Postgraduates can apply for a similarity check for their theses/dissertations on WeMust. Each postgraduate is entitled to one free plagiarism detection for their thesis/dissertation, which must first be approved by their advisor. For any subsequent plagiarism checks, a fee of HKD/MOP 200 will be automatically deducted from MustPay. If the auto-deduction from MustPay fails, students must resubmit the application and settle the payment.
Please refer to the guidelines for more information:
Rules for Checking Similarity for Postgraduate Theses
Guidelines for Checking Similarity for Postgraduate Theses on WeMust
💡Reminders: If you need to check the similarity of your Thesis Proposal, please apply for a paid plagiarism check, see Ⅱ.
💰 Ⅱ. Paid Plagiarism Check for Students [↑]
Students need to pay $200 per submission via the WeMust App, with no limit on the number of applications. Please refer to the guide for paying the plagiarism detection fee.
When applying for the student paid plagiarism check, please note the email subject as "Student Paid Plagiarism Detection", and submit the payment screenshot with transaction details and your paper as attached files to library_ref@must.edu.mo
The paper should be a complete file, including the cover, table of contents, abstract, main text, acknowledgments, appendices (if any), and references. Papers written in Chinese should be submitted in Microsoft Word format, while those in a foreign language should be submitted in either Microsoft Word or PDF format. The file name should be formatted as "Student Paid Plagiarism Detection - His/her Campus ID - Author Name - Date".
💡 Reminders: The paid plagiarism report is for the applicant's own reference only. The applicant cannot send this report to the faculty as a final report.
📝 Ⅲ. Undergraduate Course Works and Other Papers Plagiarism Detecting [↑]
The service guide is as follows:
All faculties can use Turnitin for free.
Turnitin plagiarism plugin integrates with the MUST Moodle assignment module, please refer to the user guide.
Turnitin evaluates the originality of students' works by comparing their documents to online sources and Turnitin's proprietary databases.
Before using Turnitin, you may refer to the Turnitin Quick Start Guide. To view an originality report, please refer to this video.
📞 Detection Report Consultation
The plagiarism report is the objective result of the Academic Paper Detection System and should be read and interpreted comprehensively. If you have any questions about the report, please contact the Library Reference Service Team via
| Tel: | 88972326 |
| Email: | library_ref@must.edu.mo |
