The wording of the decision is as follows:
If, during the course of marking a bachelor, master or diploma thesis, plagiarism is suspected then it must be investigated. Software is available to assist the investigation. If it is found that plagiarism did occur, then the thesis must be marked as an attempt of deception, according to the respective examination regulation. If plagiarism occurs whthin a written examination it must also be marked as an attempt of deception, according to the respective examination regulation. Exceptions are not allowed.
A declaration has to be added to each homework, presentation or thesis, that the paper or thesis has been independently prepared, solely with the support of the listed literature references, and that no information has been presented that has not been officially acknowledged. | form for declaration
Furthermore the final digital text document (in the format doc, docx, odt, pdf or rtf) has to be transferred to the mentoring supervisor, the content and wording being entirely those of the paper or thesis. There is an analysis software program available for the supervisors to check the document for plagiarism.
