The obligatory form of the diploma thesis at each faculty may be specified in an appropriate appendix to the Rules of Study. The appendix may specify additional designations or examples of written papers meeting the requirements of the diploma thesis.
In order to ensure the quality of written theses, an anti-plagiarism procedure has been introduced at the University of Lodz by the University of Lodz Rector’s Regulation (Regulation No.130 of the Rector of the University of Lodz of 14 April 2021 on declaration of self-written thesis and thesis completing postgraduate studies and quality assurance of written work in terms of anti-plagiarism procedure and their archiving at the University of Lodz). This procedure applies to all the theses produced in BA and MA studies as well as uniform master's studies, delivered in the full-time and part-time forms. It can also be applied to the coursework or other work produced in the course.
All diploma theses are stored in the Archive of Diploma Theses (APD), which is part of the USOS system, which gives the diploma thesis supervisor the possibility of verifying the thesis in the anti-plagiarism system at each stage of its presentation by the student).
As of 2019, diploma theses in the University of Lodz Archive of Diploma Theses are verified by the use of the JSA system (Unified Anti-Plagiarism System). The OSA system is an additional anti-plagiarism system that can be used at the university.
Study effects on copyright compliance is included in the curricula of all degree study programmes. They are implemented through a compulsory copyright training, which every student of the University of Lodz takes in the first semester.
A disciplinary procedure is initiated against a student whose thesis is suspected of plagiarism at the request of the dean addressed to the Rector of the University of Lodz.
All diploma theses in the Archive of Diploma Theses are transferred by the staff of the IT Centre at the University of Lodz to the repository of written diploma theses, immediately after passing the diploma examination.
The process of creating a diploma thesis using the Archive of Diploma Theses is contained in the appendix to Regulation No. 130 of the Rector of the University of Lodz of 14 April 2021 on declaration of self-written diploma thesis and thesis completing postgraduate studies and quality assurance of written work in terms of anti-plagiarism procedure and their archiving at the University of Lodz.