In the context of compliance with the normative legal acts of Ukraine in the field of higher education and science, as well as the Statute and Regulations on the system of detection and prevention of academic plagiarism of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Agricultural Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, academic secretary Maria Ilchenko at the beginning of the educational process (September 15, 2021 of the year) familiarized first-year graduate students with the need to observe academic integrity, the requirements of scientific ethics, proper citation of the texts of scientific works, and respect for the intellectual property of the scientific community. Special emphasis is placed on the mechanism of checking scientific works for the presence of signs of academic plagiarism using the anti-plagiarism program available at the Institute and assessing the level of originality of the scientific work.