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Contact Information

For questions, please contact Heidi Kennedy, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs, at 713-743-9187 or by email at hkennedy@uh.edu.

Academic Honesty Policy

Overview

High ethical standards are critical to the integrity of any institution, and bear directly on the ultimate value of conferred degrees. All UH community members are expected to contribute to an atmosphere of the highest possible ethical standards.

Maintaining such an atmosphere requires that any instances of academic dishonesty be recognized and addressed. The UH Academic Honesty Policy is designed to handle those instances with fairness to all parties involved: the students, the instructors, and the University itself.

All students and faculty of the University of Houston are responsible for being familiar with this policy.

The official University of Houston Academic Honesty Policy appears in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs.

Academic Honesty Policy

Instructor Role in the Process

Download a printable version of the Instructor Role in the Academic Honesty Process

instructor role honesty flowchart

Waiver of Departmental Hearing

Download a printable version of the Waiver of Departmental Hearing Process

honesty departmental waiver workflow

Departmental Hearing Process

Download a printable version of the Departmental Hearing Process

departmental hearing process

College Hearing Process

Download a printable version of the College Hearing Process

college hearing process

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions on the Academic Honesty Policy

See the Academic Honesty Policy FAQs for  students and for  faculty in this website.

Please also note that, in addition to the fundamental UH Academic Honesty Policy, the professional schools such as the Law Center, the College of Optometry, the College of Pharmacy, and The Graduate College of Social Work may each have their own approved academic honesty policies. For further information, please contact the individual college.

Additional Resources for Academic Integrity

Student Request to Remove Name from Academic Honesty Case List

If you are contacted by a graduated student wishing to request that their name be removed from the academic honesty case list, they may submit a request HERE .

Eligible students have graduated from UH and their academic honesty case was resolved by signing a waiver of department hearing. If a student's academic honesty case resulted in a violation decided by department or college hearing, the record is permanent and the name may not be removed from the academic honesty case list.