Key takeaways
- Amity rejects any MCA project report with more than 15% plagiarism—no exceptions.
- Rejected reports require full resubmission per university rules.
- You must submit a plagiarism report showing at least 85% originality with your project in Stage 2.
If your Amity MCA project has more than 15% plagiarism, it is rejected before evaluation. Amity requires at least 85% originality. Reports exceeding the 15% similarity limit are not graded—you must revise and resubmit per university rules. This can delay your MCA degree completion and trigger extension fees.
Direct answer
- Maximum allowed plagiarism: 15%
- Minimum required originality: 85%
- If exceeded: rejection before grading, then mandatory resubmission
- Applies to: full MCA project report (Stage 2)
What exactly happens when plagiarism exceeds 15%?
- Project report is not accepted for evaluation
- No marks are awarded for the report (70 marks) until resubmission passes
- Student must undergo resubmission as per Amity rules
- Evaluation timeline resets—typically another 4–6 weeks after accepted resubmission
- Risk of delinquency in degree completion and extension fees
When is the plagiarism check performed?
You submit your own plagiarism report at Stage 2 upload. Amity then conducts an additional plagiarism check before evaluation on all project report submissions. Both must pass the 15% threshold.
Why MCA projects commonly exceed 15%
- Copied documentation and code explanations from online sources
- Literature review pasted from journal abstracts or IEEE papers
- Reused project templates or sample reports
- Stack Overflow, GitHub, or tutorial snippets without proper citation
- Missing citations on paraphrased technical content
- AI-generated text with common phrasing from training data
How to fix plagiarism before resubmission
- 1Run a credible plagiarism check and identify high-match sections
- 2Rewrite flagged passages in your own words with proper citations
- 3Add quotation marks and page numbers for necessary direct quotes
- 4Replace generic methodology boilerplate with project-specific descriptions
- 5Re-check until similarity is safely below 15%—aim for 10–12% as margin
- 6Upload revised report with new plagiarism report in Stage 2
People also ask
- Is 16% plagiarism OK? No—Amity's hard limit is 15%.
- Is 10% plagiarism safe? Yes—anything at or below 15% meets the rule.
- Can you appeal a rejection? Follow Amity's resubmission rules; prevention before upload is the practical approach.
- Does copied code count? Yes—uncited code explanations and documentation inflate similarity.