The University defines cheating as “any act intended to benefit one’s self or another by deceit or fraud.”
A student must not directly or indirectly give assistance to any other student, or permit any other student to copy from or otherwise his/her papers, nor accept assistance from any other student or use any other student’s papers.
If any candidate is suspected of cheating, or of attempting to cheat, the circumstances will be reported in writing to the Campus Registrar. The Campus Registrar will refer the matter to the Chair of the Campus Committee for Graduate Studies and Research. The Chair shall appoint an Investigating Committee to conduct an investigation. the candidate may be invited for an interview.
If the candidate is found guilty of cheating or of attempting to cheat, the Committee may recommend to the Board for Graduate Studies and Research that the candidate be disqualified from the examination concerned, or disqualified from all his/her examinations taken in that examination session; or disqualified from all further examinations of the University for any such period of time as it may determine.
A student may appeal to the Senate from the decision of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research. Appeals against decisions of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research shall be received by the Campus Registrar within two weeks of the date on which the decision is communicated to the student.