DEAKIN University has suspended at least one international student believed to be among a large group investigated for submitting work they had not completed themselves.

Sources close to the incident told The Age that the student was excluded for one academic year and his visa was subsequently cancelled.

It is alleged that more than 100 students have been implicated in academic misconduct at Deakin this year. Credit:Robert Banks

The students were believed to be studying a third-year subject in Deakin's business and law faculty.

One education agent with close knowledge of the matter told The Age more than 100 students were implicated in academic misconduct at Deakin earlier this year.