Research Project Screening and Examination

One soft copy of the Research Project must be submitted to the Office for screening. The soft copy must be submitted to Moodle. All Research Projects must be submitted by the designated deadline. Any papers submitted after this time will not be accepted.
Submission guidelines are made available to students in their submitting semester through Moodle.

Note: If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday, or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

• AY2023 Curriculum GSM Procedures for Research Projects (English version) (PDF)
• AY2023 Curriculum GSM Procedures for Research Projects (Japanese version) (PDF)

We expect that all students will strictly follow the standards against plagiarism of APU. A value of 15% is set for the similarity index of Turnitin similarity reports giving the students additional guidance in avoiding plagiarism. However, this value is a necessary condition to be examined by the Research Projects Committee but it is not a sufficient condition for a project to be deemed as plagiarized. It is possible that your supervisor or the Research Projects Committee identifies unacceptable cases of plagiarism within your Research Project even if the similarity index is below 15%, or a Research Project with a similarity index of above 15% may still be considered acceptable. Turnitin detects similarity but not plagiarism. The Research Projects Committee and examiners will conduct an investigation and make an assessment of plagiarism if the similarity index is above 15%.

The details are as follows:

• 1. All Research Projects must be carefully checked for plagiarism and citation issues using Turnitin. Supervisors will also check the similarity reports and provide further guidance in case there are any issues.
• 2. Research Projects submitted to the Academic Office with a similarity index of above 15% will be subject for assessment by the Research Projects Committee and examiners.
• 3. Supervisors can demand changes to the Research Project even if the Turnitin similarity index is below 15%.

All students in their final semester must submit a notice approved by their supervisor for the type of Research Project they are writing. The notice must be submitted together with the Research Project Summary. The appropriate form may be found at the link below.

Note: If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday, or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

Research Project Summary Form

GSM students in their final semester must submit their Research Project according to the submission schedule below.

Note: If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday, or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

Notes:

• 1. All Research Projects must be submitted by 16:30. Any papers submitted after this time will not be accepted.
• 2. If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

One (1) soft copy of the Research Project must be submitted to the Office for screening. The soft copy must be submitted to "Moodle"

Submission guidelines are made available to students in their submitting semester through Moodle.

All students whose screening result was decided as "Minor Revision" or "Major Revision" must revise their Research Project according to the examiners' recommendations and resubmit the new version for examination.
Revised Research Projects must include a clear summary of how examiners' comments have been addressed / have not been addressed and any other changes made.

One soft copy of the Research Project which was required to be revised must be resubmitted to the Office for examination. The soft copy must be submitted to "Moodle".
The designated executive summary of revisions form for examination must be attached to the Research Project upon re-submission. All required information on the executive summary of revisions must be typed. Research Projects without attached executive summary of revisions may affect the examination result.

Research Project Executive Summary of Revisions

We expect that all students will strictly follow the standards against plagiarism of APU. A value of 15% is set for the similarity index of Turnitin similarity reports giving the students additional guidance in avoiding plagiarism. However, this value is a necessary condition to be examined by the Research Projects Committee but it is not a sufficient condition for a project to be deemed as plagiarized. It is possible that your supervisor or the Research Projects Committee identifies unacceptable cases of plagiarism within your Research Project even if the similarity index is below 15%, or a Research Project with a similarity index of above 15% may still be considered acceptable. Turnitin detects similarity but not plagiarism. The Research Projects Committee and examiners will conduct an investigation and make an assessment of plagiarism if the similarity index is above 15%.

The details are as follows:

• 1. All Research Projects must be carefully checked for plagiarism and citation issues using Turnitin. Supervisors will also check the similarity reports and provide further guidance in case there are any issues.
• 2. Research Projects submitted to the Academic Office with a similarity index of above 15% will be subject for assessment by the Research Projects Committee and examiners.
• 3. Supervisors can demand changes to the Research Project even if the Turnitin similarity index is below 15%.

All students in their final semester must submit a notice approved by their supervisor for the type of Research Project they are writing. The notice should be submitted together with the Research Project Summary. The appropriate form may be found at the link below.

Note: If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday, or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

Research Project Summary Form

GSM students in their final semester must submit their Research Project according to the submission schedule below.

Note: If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday, or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

Examination Flow for the GSM Research Projects

Notes:

• 1. All Research Projects must be submitted by 16:30. Any papers submitted after this time will not be accepted.
• 2. If the deadline falls on a weekend or a holiday or a day when the office is closed, the deadline will move to the immediately preceding working day.

One (1) soft copy of the Research Project must be submitted to the Academic Office for examination. The soft copy must be submitted to "Moodle"

Submission guidelines are made available to students in their submitting semester through Moodle.

• AY2014 Curriculum GSM Procedures for Research Projects (English version) (PDF)
• AY2014 Curriculum GSM Procedures for Research Projects (Japanese version) (PDF)

Possible results for this examination are: “Pass”, “Minor Revision”, “Major Revision”, and “Fail”. The examination results are announced and copies of the evaluation rubrics and evaluation reports from the examiners of the Research Project are also distributed.
All students whose examination result was decided as "Minor Revision" or "Major Revision" must revise their Research Project according to the examiners' recommendations and resubmit the new version for re-examination. The revised Research Projects should meet the same evaluation criteria. Revised Research Projects must include a clear summary of how examiners' comments have been addressed / have not been addressed and any other changes made.

One soft copy of the Research Project which was required to be revised must be resubmitted to the Academic Office for re-examination. The soft copy must be submitted to "Moodle".
The designated executive summary of revisions form for re-examination must be attached to the Research Project upon re-submission. All required information on the executive summary of revisions must be typed. Research Projects without attached executive summary of revisions may affect the re-examination result.

Research Project Executive Summary of Revisions (for re-examination)

We expect that all students will strictly follow the standards against plagiarism of APU. A value of 15% is set for the similarity index of Turnitin similarity reports giving the students additional guidance in avoiding plagiarism. However, this value is a necessary condition to be examined by the Research Projects Committee but it is not a sufficient condition for a project to be deemed as plagiarized. It is possible that your supervisor or the Research Projects Committee identifies unacceptable cases of plagiarism within your Research Project even if the similarity index is below 15%, or a Research Project with a similarity index of above 15% may still be considered acceptable. Turnitin detects similarity but not plagiarism. The Research Projects Committee and examiners will conduct an investigation and make an assessment of plagiarism if the similarity index is above 15%.

The details are as follows:

• 4. All Research Projects must be carefully checked for plagiarism and citation issues using Turnitin. Supervisors will also check the similarity reports and provide further guidance in case there are any issues.
• 5. Research Projects submitted to the Academic Office with a similarity index of above 15% will be subject for assessment by the Research Projects Committee and examiners.
• 6. Supervisors can demand changes to the Research Project even if the Turnitin similarity index is below 15%.