The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM), welcomed a benchmarking visit from the Plagiarism Detection Team of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA), Universitas Brawijaya, on Thursday (April 17, 2025). The visit brought together faculty members and plagiarism detection administrators from both institutions at Room P.5.3, Pertamina Tower Building, FEB UGM.
In his welcome speech, FEB UGM’s Vice Dean for Finance, Assets and Human Resources, Suyanto, S.E., M.B.A., Ph.D., expressed his appreciation for the visit of FMIPA Universitas Brawijaya. He emphasized that this benchmarking activity was a valuable opportunity to share experiences in managing academic services, especially plagiarism detection systems, and as part of efforts to strengthen the culture of academic integrity in higher education.
“This event aims to share best practices on plagiarism detection services as a tool to maintain academic integrity. Hopefully, it will be a meaningful opportunity for mutual learning and exchange of ideas among universities,” said Suyanto.
Meanwhile, the Vice Dean for Student Affairs, Alumni, and Student Entrepreneurship at Universitas Brawijaya, Prof. Chomsin Sulistya Widodo, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D., expressed his keen interest in UGM’s Sintesis system and its mechanism for detecting plagiarism in student papers stored in the university’s repository.
“We’re very interested in how the Sintesis system is designed to simplify the process of checking and documenting. We’re also eager to learn more about how it compares students’ final projects and accurately displays plagiarism percentages,” he explained.
On this occasion, Maryatun, S.E., M.A., Coordinator of Library and Archives Administration at FEB UGM, provided an overview of the history of plagiarism detection systems at UGM. She explained that UGM initially used AIMOS (Academic Integrity Monitoring System), a plagiarism checker based on UGM’s internal database of scientific papers. Later, the university subscribed to Turnitin and iThenticate to evaluate students’ academic work.
“Since 2019, FEB UGM has been a pioneer by subscribing to 100 Turnitin instructor accounts, following a faculty policy that requires students to check their final papers with Turnitin before their thesis defense,” she said. She also explained that in 2024, this service was centralized at the university level under the management of the UGM Library.
As part of the visit, FEB UGM also showcased its Turnitin Proctoring application, which is integrated with the Sintesis academic information system. Developed through a collaboration between the faculty’s academic and IT teams, the system allows students to independently submit their papers for preliminary plagiarism checks before the final similarity review.
Report by: Shofi Hawa Anjani
Editor: Kurnia Ekaptiningrum
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