ABSTRACT
Cheating among university students is highly common so that some experts havedescribed it as [epidemic].To determine the opinion of medical students in one of medical universities towardscheating and to estimate its frequency. A self-administered questionnaire, content valid and reliable, was distributed amongmedical students [between years 1 to 6] at the end of lectures. They were asked to estimate thefrequency of cheating among their classmates, and to show whether or not they approve thecheating behavior types on a likert scale. Of three hundred and two students participated in the study, all replied. 68% ofrespondents were female and the rest were male. The range of the students in each level was 31persons [level three] to 85 ones [the sixth level]. According to the findings, [attendance of anotherperson in the exam session], was the most rejected cheating type [x =4.13] and the most approvedtype of cheating was [not informing the teacher about the wrong higher score][x=2.63].A considerable rate of students [about 50%] approved some types of cheating. The relativefrequency of some types of cheating has been estimated to about 50%. Comparing the studentsopinions showed no significant difference in terms of sex. Paying attention to cheating among students is necessary