Academic Integrity and You

Why is academic integrity important?

Academic integrity is the bedrock of the educational enterprise. At UC San Diego, we train the next generation of citizens, and society demands that our graduates be ethical, accountable, and respectful.

As a Triton, you share responsibility for academic integrity. You're responsible for:

• Completing your academic assignments according to the expectations of each individual instructor
• Learning and demonstrating your individual level of competence through each assignment so that the instructor can evaluate and certify your knowledge and abilities
• Ensuring that you're being honest, transparent, and accountable in all your student activities

UC San Diego's academic community constructs new knowledge and invents solutions to perennial world problems, and society trusts that we do this in morally responsible ways with the utmost transparency, fairness, and responsibility.

Without integrity, we fail to meet those expectations, the reputation and survival of UCSD is threatened, and the value of your degree is diminished.

Ensure academic integrity at UCSD by learning more:

• What constitutes academic misconduct at UC San Diego
• What to do if you know someone's cheating
• What happens after an academic integrity violation
• Cheating and consequences
• How to educate yourself about academic integrity
• Academic Integrity Tutorial: See what you know!
• Access online resources to help boost your academic integrity

Questions? Contact the Academic Integrity Office, (858) 822-2163.