Chulalongkorn University along with 17 other universities and institutions has agreed to adopt the new Akarawisut computer program to detect plagiarism in theses submitted by university students.
The universities signed the academic collaboration agreement to use the Akarawisut (clean text) program to maintain the quality of students' theses, said Pirom Kamolratanakul, president of Chulalongkorn University.
Prof Pirom said Chulalongkorn University had been focusing on trying to solve the problem of plagiarism and had launched several measures to detect it.
These measures were developed into text analysis software such as Akarawisut and Turnitin.
The programs had been applied to more than 1,000 theses in 2013. To extend the plagiarism detection policy, Chulalongkorn University allowed other educational institutions to use the Akarawisut program free of charge under the agreement.
The universities and institutions include the National Institute for Development Administration (NIDA), Mae Fah Luang University, University of Phayao, Burapha University and Thaksin University.