The Prevalence of PlagiarisJ'J'z and its implication to quo/ity of education:rnThe case of Addis Ababa Univers ity.rnName Addisu BerhernThe intent o/this sllIdy Iva.)' to assess the P n~va l e nce of Plagiarisms and its implication tornquality of education: The case of !ddis Ab:tba Univers ity. Both quantitative alldrnqualitative data werc collected through questionnaires, inter view) and participant ',)'rnohserv(!rs. A samp!e 0/ eight departments W e/)' sc!eC f::d randomly ([f)wng â€¢;0 postgraduaternstudies. A sample oj' 163 students participated j;â€¢om 483 postgraduate students of regula!"rnand extension program; besides 9 instructors lvere inter viell'ed. The data were ana!y:edrnusing Percentages, Ineans om/ standard d(!viation. The jindings revcal that inlemc!rnplagiarisms and plagiarisms dlle poor understanding oj in lext citation, paraphrasingrnand referenCing prevail most due to intentional plagiarism act ufpres,) !lrc to succeed ondrnunin!entional act of po ()I . understanding olin text Citation, pClraphrcl.)illg :md rc/erencin:;rnconvclltions'. Further, absence 0/ vivid Clnd inclusive rnechanisms to id.:ntifv thernauthenticity a/students work across the selected departmerl /'5 show thot there is a loosenrnant-plagiarism movements in the departments, Therefore, this stU((v suggests differentrnrecommendations and the main ones are departments and institutes should preparerncommon explicit simple examples of correct text acknowledgements conventions thutrncould be put on the course olltlines of each courses/modules; the nation higherrn:;dllcations should have u hub data hase ({nd softJ.vare 's that coutd help instructors C/rncf"o.Js the nation to check their students work with others prior ,vork; student's papersrnand thesis titles have to be guided to new issues (md contemporClty problSI11S of /hernsociety to minimize replications and scrabbling on similar arena