Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted involving 147 postgraduate students of two dental colleges in Davanagere city. A pretested 26 items self-administered questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness about research ethics was distributed to participants. Responses to knowledge related questions had multiple choices and responses to attitude related items were on 3 point Likert scale. Descriptive statistics was generated in frequencies and percentages.

Results: Out of 147 students around 48.9% - 64.8% students had fair knowledge and more than 80% showed positive attitude towards research ethics.

Conclusions: Majority of students had fair knowledge and many of them expressed positive attitude towards research ethics.