📨 How to Submit an Appeal on Plagiarism Check Results

🕒 When You Can Submit an Appeal

• If your work was not allowed for defense or publication due to plagiarism check results — you have the right to file an appeal.

📝 How to Submit an Appeal

• Write a request addressed to the Rector (in free form) within 3 working days after receiving the check results.
• The request can be submitted in person or via the university’s official email.
• Your appeal must include:
  • Plagiarism check PDF report
  • Evidence supporting the appeal (authorship confirmation, explanation of sources, co-author statements)
  • Your own explanation of the disputed points (why the system showed a high similarity rate)

📋 Appeal Review Process

• An appeal committee (3–7 members) is formed by Rector’s order.
• For student works, a representative of the Student Parliament is included.
• The appeal is reviewed within 5 working days after the committee is formed.
• If the author is absent, the appeal will be reviewed without them.
• The decision is sent to the applicant in writing.

✅ Possible Outcomes

• Appeal is accepted if the initial decision was incorrect.
• Appeal may be rejected if:
  • The request was submitted after the deadline
  • No clear arguments or evidence provided
  • Only general disagreement without explanation

📑 Documentation

• The committee’s conclusion is documented in a protocol.
• The applicant signs the protocol with the note “I agree with the conclusions.”
• Storage of the protocol:
  • In the Dean’s Office — for student works
  • In the Research Department — for faculty works

🔁 Re-appeal

• Only one appeal can be submitted.
• Re-appeal is possible only with new evidence or significant new circumstances.

⚖️ If the Case is Complex

• If the committee cannot make a decision — the case is referred to the Ethics and Academic Integrity Commission.