According to the Law on Higher Education and Science, a student is subject to disciplinary liability for violation of the regulations in force at the university and for an act that offends the dignity of the student. A student is also subject to disciplinary liability if the student is suspected of committing an act involving:
- appropriating the authorship of, or misrepresenting the authorship of, all or part of another person's work or artistic performance;
- distributing, without the name or pseudonym of the author, another person's work in its original version or as an adaptation;
- distributing, without the name or pseudonym of the author, another person's artistic performance, or publicly distorting such a work, artistic performance, phonogram, videogram or broadcast;
- infringing another person's copyright or related rights in a way other than specified in points 1-3;
- falsification of scientific research or its results or committing any other scientific fraud.
The Rector shall appoint student disciplinary ombudsmen from among academic staff of the higher education institution.
Members of the Disciplinary Committee for Students and the Disciplinary Appeals Committee for Students shall be appointed by the UŁ Senate from among academic staff and students of the University. These committees adjudicate student disciplinary cases.