Espoo (Helsinki capital region), Finland

Aalto University

Reviewed policy snapshot

Check your Aalto course or task instructions before using AI; the guidance also requires disclosure of AI-generated content, limits sensitive data in Aalto AI Assistant, and requires transparent research use.

Do

  • Read the course or task instructions before using AI.
  • Mark AI-generated content and cite the tool details required by the guidance.
  • Check the data classification before using Aalto AI Assistant.

Don't

  • Do not use AI contrary to the teacher instructions.
  • Do not present AI-generated content as your own.
  • Do not enter secret or sensitive personal data into the service.

Audience

For students · Coursework, exams, and disclosure

Reviewed material is available for this audience.

Coursework & assignments

Conditional

University guidance allows AI support unless the course teacher says otherwise; course- or task-specific restrictions must be clear. Scope: course learning tasks.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Aalto University guidance says AI-based technologies are allowed as support for teaching and learning unless the course teacher instructs otherwise, and the teacher may set course- or task-specific restrictions when learning objectives require them.
Disemak oleh ejen
The use of AI-based technologies is allowed as a support for teaching and learning unless instructed otherwise by the teacher of the course. The teacher of the course may decide on restrictions on the use of technology on a course- or task-specific basis if achieving the learning objectives of the course requires it.
Aalto University guidance says students remain responsible for submitted work, and using AI contrary to a teacher's instructions in a learning task is considered cheating and handled under current procedures.
Disemak oleh ejen
The student is always responsible for the content of their submitted work. Utilising AI in a learning task contrary to the teacher instructions will be considered cheating and will be handled in accordance with the current procedures.

Exams & assessment

Not mentioned in reviewed sources

No source-backed exam-specific student rule is included here; this is not evidence of permission or prohibition.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

No reviewed evidence is included in this dimension.

Disclosure & citation

Required

Student guidance says to mark AI-generated content and identify the model or service, date, and generation context. Scope: student text and coursework.

Scope: Mixed scopeAssignmentResearchTeaching
Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Aalto student guidance says students should contact the course teacher if AI use is unclear, mark AI-generated content in their text, and not present AI-generated content as their own.
Disemak oleh ejen
If you are unsure whether you can use a specific system or application in completing the task, always contact the course teacher. Mark the content generated by artificial intelligence in your text and include references to the name of the AI model or service, the date, and when the content was generated. Do not present content generated by artificial intelligence as your own.

Privacy & sensitive data

Restricted

Aalto AI Assistant permits public, internal, and confidential data but excludes secret, special-category, and otherwise sensitive personal data. Scope: that service, not every AI tool.

Scope: Mixed scopeAssignmentResearchTeaching
Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Aalto AI Assistant guidance says public, internal, and confidential data may be used in Aalto AI Assistant, but secret content and special-category or otherwise sensitive personal data are not permitted.
Disemak oleh ejen
You may use public, internal, and confidential data when chatting with the Aalto AI Assistant. Secret content is not permitted. Do not input special category or otherwise sensitive personal data into the service, nor use the service to handle such data.

Official sources

University-provided AI tools

Conditional

Aalto AI Assistant is described as an official service available to Aaltonians. Availability is separate from permission for a particular course, assessment, or research task.

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

Reviewed evidence

Aalto University AI Services describes Aalto AI Assistant as an official productized AI service available to all Aaltonians, with GPT models that can be applied to public, internal, and confidential information.
Disemak oleh ejen
Here are Aalto University official and productized AI services. Aalto AI Assistant is an AI tool that utilises large language models. The GPT models are secure and can be applied to public and internal information as well as confidential data. Aalto AI Assistant is available to all Aaltonians.

Official sources

Research & publication

Required

Research guidance requires transparent description of AI use, rejects AI authorship, and cautions against feeding personal-data research into online AI tools. Scope: research process.

Reviewed evidence & official sources

Reviewed evidence

Aalto University research guidance says AI cannot be given authorship, AI use in the research process should be transparently described for reproducibility, and personal data should not be fed into an online AI tool.
Disemak oleh ejen
AI cannot be given authorship, as it is considered as a tool, and authorship always involves responsibility that AI cannot cover. The use of AI should be transparent by openly describing how AI is used in the research process so that others can reproduce your results. GDPR is to be followed, meaning that research data containing personal data should not be fed into an online AI tool.

Reviewed record

Tuntutan disemak

10 reviewed claims

Ai Tool Treatment

Aalto AI Assistant is listed for Aalto University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan97%

Nilai ternormalisasi: {"tool":"aalto_ai_assistant","rawToolName":"Aalto AI Assistant","description":"Aalto's secure chat-based AI assistant for staff and students.","howToObtain":"Visit ai.aalto.fi; remote staff use VPN and students use MFA.","costToUser":"No direct charge; Aalto covers the costs, subject to usage guidance.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
Aalto AI Assistant is Aalto's new AI tool for staff and students. Access it at ai.aalto.fi; Aalto covers the costs for users. The service can use public, internal and confidential data but not secret content.

Paparan setempat only

Aalto AI Assistant is Aalto's new AI tool for staff and students. Access it at ai.aalto.fi; Aalto covers the costs for users. The service can use public, internal and confidential data but not secret content.

Ai Tool Treatment

Aalto-Primo AI is listed for Aalto University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan97%

Nilai ternormalisasi: {"tool":"aalto_primo_ai","rawToolName":"Aalto-Primo AI","description":"Learning Centre Aalto-Primo AI research-literature summarisation function.","howToObtain":"Use the Aalto-Primo summary function.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
The Learning Centre offers Aalto-Primo AI, which provides summaries of topics based on international research articles. The summarising function is available in Aalto-Primo.

Paparan setempat only

The Learning Centre offers Aalto-Primo AI, which provides summaries of topics based on international research articles. The summarising function is available in Aalto-Primo.

Ai Tool Treatment

GPT-OSS-120B is listed for Aalto University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan97%

Nilai ternormalisasi: {"tool":"gpt_oss_120b","rawToolName":"GPT-OSS-120B","description":"Aalto AI Assistant's Aalto-operated on-premises GPT-OSS-120B model.","howToObtain":"Select GPT-OSS-120B in the Aalto AI Assistant model menu.","costToUser":"Covered under Aalto AI Assistant user access.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
GPT-OSS-120B is an Aalto locally hosted model, run fully by Aalto on-premises. No data is sent to external providers.

Paparan setempat only

GPT-OSS-120B is an Aalto locally hosted model, run fully by Aalto on-premises. No data is sent to external providers.

Pengajaran

Aalto University guidance says AI-based technologies are allowed as support for teaching and learning unless the course teacher instructs otherwise, and the teacher may set course- or task-specific restrictions when learning objectives require them.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
The use of AI-based technologies is allowed as a support for teaching and learning unless instructed otherwise by the teacher of the course. The teacher of the course may decide on restrictions on the use of technology on a course- or task-specific basis if achieving the learning objectives of the course requires it.

Pengajaran

Aalto University guidance says teachers who restrict AI use must give clear limitations connected to assessment criteria, and teachers may only require student work to be submitted through systems approved by Aalto University.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
If the teacher decides to restrict the use of AI on a course- or task-specific basis, they must provide clear instructions on the limitations in connection with the assessment criteria. The teacher may only submit student work or require students themselves to submit student work in systems approved by Aalto University.

Academic Integrity

Aalto University guidance says students remain responsible for submitted work, and using AI contrary to a teacher's instructions in a learning task is considered cheating and handled under current procedures.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
The student is always responsible for the content of their submitted work. Utilising AI in a learning task contrary to the teacher instructions will be considered cheating and will be handled in accordance with the current procedures.

Academic Integrity

Aalto student guidance says students should contact the course teacher if AI use is unclear, mark AI-generated content in their text, and not present AI-generated content as their own.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
If you are unsure whether you can use a specific system or application in completing the task, always contact the course teacher. Mark the content generated by artificial intelligence in your text and include references to the name of the AI model or service, the date, and when the content was generated. Do not present content generated by artificial intelligence as your own.

Privasi

Aalto AI Assistant guidance says public, internal, and confidential data may be used in Aalto AI Assistant, but secret content and special-category or otherwise sensitive personal data are not permitted.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
You may use public, internal, and confidential data when chatting with the Aalto AI Assistant. Secret content is not permitted. Do not input special category or otherwise sensitive personal data into the service, nor use the service to handle such data.

Ai Tool Treatment

Aalto University AI Services describes Aalto AI Assistant as an official productized AI service available to all Aaltonians, with GPT models that can be applied to public, internal, and confidential information.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
Here are Aalto University official and productized AI services. Aalto AI Assistant is an AI tool that utilises large language models. The GPT models are secure and can be applied to public and internal information as well as confidential data. Aalto AI Assistant is available to all Aaltonians.

Penyelidikan

Aalto University research guidance says AI cannot be given authorship, AI use in the research process should be transparently described for reproducibility, and personal data should not be fed into an online AI tool.

Semakan: Disemak oleh ejenKeyakinan88%

Bukti asal

Bukti 1
AI cannot be given authorship, as it is considered as a tool, and authorship always involves responsibility that AI cannot cover. The use of AI should be transparent by openly describing how AI is used in the research process so that others can reproduce your results. GDPR is to be followed, meaning that research data containing personal data should not be fed into an online AI tool.

Source record

Sumber rasmi

7 sources

Record information, JSON & citation
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Aalto University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/aalto-university

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