Key takeaways
- Maximum allowed plagiarism: 15%. Minimum required originality: 85%.
- You submit a plagiarism report with your full MA report in Stage 2; Amity also checks before grading.
- There is no tolerance above 15%—16% means rejection.
Amity Online allows a maximum of 15% plagiarism in MA project reports. That means your report must show at least 85% originality. If your similarity score exceeds 15%, the report is rejected before evaluation and you must resubmit per university rules. You upload your own plagiarism report in Stage 2, and Amity runs an additional check before grading.
Direct answer
- Maximum plagiarism allowed: 15%
- Minimum originality required: 85%
- When checked: with full report upload in Stage 2
- If you exceed 15%: rejection, then mandatory resubmission
Is 14% plagiarism OK?
Yes. Anything at or below 15% meets Amity's rule. Many students aim for 10–12% as a safety margin in case Amity's independent check scores slightly differently from their own tool.
Is 16% plagiarism OK?
No. Amity's limit is a hard 15% ceiling. At 16%, your MA project report is rejected before any marks are awarded. You will need to rewrite flagged sections, run a new check, and resubmit.
Does the extended abstract need a plagiarism report?
Amity's official requirement specifies the plagiarism report with the full project report in Stage 2—not with the extended abstract in Stage 1. Still, keeping your extended abstract original from the start saves rework later.
What usually pushes MA reports over 15%?
- Literature review sections copied from journal abstracts
- Theoretical definitions pasted without proper citation
- Interview or qualitative transcript overlap
- Historical or policy text taken from government reports
- AI-generated paragraphs with common phrasing