Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht University

Reviewed policy snapshot

Utrecht University uses a student AI index and allow-listing approach, with separate privacy conditions for students, employees, and researchers.

Do

  • Check the AI level selected for the course or assignment.
  • Check account and data-protection conditions before using an AI tool.
  • Check whether the tool is allow-listed under the current framework.

Don't

  • Do not infer a permitted level from the existence of the AI index alone.
  • Do not use a UU student email for external AI verification or upload sensitive research data without a lawful basis.
  • Do not treat an unreviewed tool as university-approved.

Audience

For students · Coursework, exams, and disclosure

Reviewed material is available for this audience.

Coursework & assignments

Conditional

Utrecht's five-level student AI index lets teachers choose how AI may be used for a course or specific assignment.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Utrecht University uses an AI index for students as a five-level scale for how AI may be used, with teachers able to choose levels for a course or specific assignments.
Révisé par un agent
In education, we are working with the AI index. That is a 5-level scale indicating to what extent or how you may use generative AI or, for example, AI for data analysis etc. The teacher can choose from the 5 levels of AI use within the course as a whole, but can also choose to select different levels for specific assignments.

Official sources

Exams & assessment

Not mentioned in reviewed sources

No exam-specific student rule is included in this snapshot.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

No reviewed evidence is included in this dimension.

Disclosure & citation

Not mentioned in reviewed sources

No source-backed disclosure instruction is included in this snapshot.

Scope: Mixed scopeAssignmentResearch
Reviewed evidence & official sources

No reviewed evidence is included in this dimension.

Privacy & sensitive data

Restricted

Utrecht tells students not to use a UU student email for external AI-tool accounts and tells researchers to avoid personal or sensitive data unless data-protection law is respected.

Scope: Mixed scopeAssignmentResearch
Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Utrecht University tells students not to use a UU student email address for AI-tool verification or account creation and notes that teachers cannot force students to create an AI-tool account while UU lacks secure AI tools.
Révisé par un agent
Do not enter your UU student email-address for verification purposes or to create an account. Be aware that free actually means that you are paying with your data. A teacher cannot force you to create an account in an AI tool because we cannot yet offer secure AI tools from the UU.
Utrecht University's researcher guidance says personal or sensitive data should not be used as GenAI input unless the user is certain data protection law is respected.
Révisé par un agent
Do not use any personal or sensitive data as input when using GenAI tools, unless you are certain that the data protection law is respected. Many risks pertaining to GenAI are not immediately visible. In many cases, it is necessary to assess the impact of your use of GenAI on data protection and privacy.

University-provided AI tools

Conditional

Utrecht says AI tools should be allow-listed under an AI assessment framework, so a tool list is conditional rather than blanket permission.

Scope: Mixed scopeProvision ≠ coursework permission
Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Official sources

Research & publication

Restricted

Utrecht researcher guidance says personal or sensitive data should not be used as GenAI input unless the researcher is certain data-protection law is respected.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Utrecht University's researcher guidance says personal or sensitive data should not be used as GenAI input unless the user is certain data protection law is respected.
Révisé par un agent
Do not use any personal or sensitive data as input when using GenAI tools, unless you are certain that the data protection law is respected. Many risks pertaining to GenAI are not immediately visible. In many cases, it is necessary to assess the impact of your use of GenAI on data protection and privacy.

Official sources

Reviewed record

Affirmations révisées

9 reviewed claims

Coursework & assignments1 reviewed claim

Ai Tool Treatment

Utrecht University uses an AI index for students as a five-level scale for how AI may be used, with teachers able to choose levels for a course or specific assignments.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance93%

Valeur normalisée: student AI index levels set by course or assignment

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
In education, we are working with the AI index. That is a 5-level scale indicating to what extent or how you may use generative AI or, for example, AI for data analysis etc. The teacher can choose from the 5 levels of AI use within the course as a whole, but can also choose to select different levels for specific assignments.

Affichage localisé only

The AI index is a five-level scale for AI use, and teachers can set levels for a whole course or specific assignments.

Privacy & sensitive data2 reviewed claims

Confidentialité

Utrecht University tells students not to use a UU student email address for AI-tool verification or account creation and notes that teachers cannot force students to create an AI-tool account while UU lacks secure AI tools.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance92%

Valeur normalisée: student AI accounts should not use UU email for external tools

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
Do not enter your UU student email-address for verification purposes or to create an account. Be aware that free actually means that you are paying with your data. A teacher cannot force you to create an account in an AI tool because we cannot yet offer secure AI tools from the UU.

Affichage localisé only

For students, Utrecht says not to use a UU student email address for external AI-tool accounts and says teachers cannot force AI-tool account creation while UU lacks secure AI tools.

Recherche

Utrecht University's researcher guidance says personal or sensitive data should not be used as GenAI input unless the user is certain data protection law is respected.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance92%

Valeur normalisée: research GenAI input should avoid personal or sensitive data unless data protection law is respected

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
Do not use any personal or sensitive data as input when using GenAI tools, unless you are certain that the data protection law is respected. Many risks pertaining to GenAI are not immediately visible. In many cases, it is necessary to assess the impact of your use of GenAI on data protection and privacy.

Affichage localisé only

For researchers, Utrecht says not to use personal or sensitive data in GenAI tools unless data protection law is respected, and says privacy impacts may need assessment.

University-provided AI tools1 reviewed claim

Appels d'offres

Utrecht University says AI tools should be allow-listed according to an AI assessment framework.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance90%

Valeur normalisée: Utrecht University says AI tools should be allow-listed according to an AI assessment framework.

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
Allow-listing of AI tools in accordance with an AI assessment framework.

Additional reviewed claims5 reviewed claims

Source Status

Utrecht University publishes an institutional AI Policy that is endorsed by the Executive Board and University Council and frames Responsible AI across AI systems and tools, not only generative AI.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance94%

Valeur normalisée: central institutional AI policy page

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
This institutional AI policy is being endorsed by the Executive Board and the University Council and will be shaped based on legal frameworks, UU frameworks and our academic values. At UU we use the term Responsible AI by which we mean the ethical and responsible application of AI systems and tools. This is not limited to Generative AI but applies to all forms of AI.

Affichage localisé only

Utrecht University describes an institutional AI policy endorsed by its Executive Board and University Council and defines Responsible AI across AI systems and tools.

Security Review

For employees, Utrecht University says it is not permitted to create an AI-tool account using a UU email address or SolisID unless the AI system or tool is university supplied and considered safe.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance94%

Valeur normalisée: employee AI tool accounts require university supplied safe tool exception for UU credentials

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
It is not permitted to create an AI-tool account using your UU email address or SolisID unless the AI system or tool is supplied by the university and considered safe.

Affichage localisé only

Employees may not use UU email or SolisID to create an AI-tool account unless the university supplies the AI system or tool and considers it safe.

Enseignement

Utrecht University's teacher AI Policy guidance says AI use in education must be ethical and legally compliant while the university retains human-in-the-loop freedom of action.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance91%

Valeur normalisée: teacher guidance emphasizes responsible legal human-in-the-loop use

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
However, the use of AI systems and tools must be ethical and legally compliant, while we as a university and as humans-in-the-loop retain our own freedom of action. We want to exploit opportunities of AI and mitigate the risks.

Affichage localisé only

The teacher guidance frames AI use around ethical, legal, human-in-the-loop use while exploiting opportunities and mitigating risks.

Enseignement

Utrecht University says its AI roadmap is based on Responsible AI principles and is updated regularly.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance90%

Valeur normalisée: Utrecht University says its AI roadmap is based on Responsible AI principles and is updated regularly.

Preuve originale

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The AI roadmap is based on Responsible AI principles and is updated with some regularity.

Enseignement

Utrecht University says its AI policy considers whether and under what conditions AI contributes to academic education.

Révision: Révisé par un agentConfiance90%

Valeur normalisée: Utrecht University says its AI policy considers whether and under what conditions AI contributes to academic education.

Preuve originale

Preuve 1
AI policy does not focus exclusively on the question can we use AI but on the broader considerations.

Source record

Sources officielles

7 sources

Record information, JSON & citation
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Utrecht University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked May 23, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/utrecht-university

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