Guidelines for avoiding plagiarism or self-plagiarism in your PhD thesis

DTU aims to produce excellent research, and wishes to ensure that all PhD theses meet high standards for good scientific practice.

Furthermore, DTU wishes to ensure that all students are well prepared for a scientific career. This means being familiar with the values of good scientific practice as they relate to scientific writing.

It is important that you as a researcher fully understand the definitions of plagiarism and self-plagiarism. These definitions as well as specific guidelines on how to avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism are explained in DTU's Guidelines for avoiding plagiarism and self-plagiarism in PhD thesis writing. Please ensure that you read and understand these guidelines.

Even if you have a good understanding of what constitutes plagiarism and self-plagiarism, you should consult the guidelines to ensure that you fully understand how specific rules may apply to you. If you are still in doubt about how to comply with good scientific practice, you should contact your supervisor. If you have questions about the Danish law or the DTU guidelines on plagiarism, you should contact DTU’s Research Integrity Officer (researchintegrity@adm.dtu.dk).