Students at MRU are subject to the Copyright Act and MRU’s Intellectual Property Policy when doing coursework and creating assignments. Students can use the fair dealing and educational exceptions when using copyright protected works in assignments for classes. 

Students own copyright in the works that they create at MRU, and such assignments, presentations and projects cannot be copied without the student's permission, except in certain situations outlined in the Copyright Act, such as fair dealing. Please note that undergraduate theses require different copyright considerations because they will often be published; see the Undergraduate Research page for more details. 

Instructors own copyright in their teaching materials such as presentation slides, exams, lecture notes and the delivery of the lecture itself, and students cannot copy these works without the instructor's permission, except under fair dealing or another exception in the Copyright Act. 

The Copyright Office provides information and assistance to students on our Students pages and via email (mrucopyright@mtroyal.ca). We also provide a sample copyright statement for instructors to use in course syllabi.