Use of iThenticate for Thesis Submissions

academic | December 12, 2023
Submitted by Bani Rafeh for PhD

Effective December 1, all graduate students who initiate their defense on or after this date, will be required to have their thesis run through McMaster’s new plagiarism checking software, iThenticate. This process will be initiated by your supervisor.

For business-related questions, please contact gthesis@mcmaster.ca. For technical-related questions, please contact sgs-sec@mcmaster.ca.

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2 thoughts on "Use of iThenticate for Thesis Submissions"

  1. Farzana Alamgir says:
    June 18, 2024 at 1:10 pm

    I am a phd student and just initiated my defence. Is it possible to get access to ithenticate?

    Reply
    1. Caitlin Costello says:
      June 20, 2024 at 9:01 am

      Hi Farzana,

      Thank you for your question. Please email busphd@mcmaster.ca with your inquiry and someone from the team will be able to help.

      Take care,

      Caitlin

      Reply

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