Bern, Switzerland

University of Bern

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage5 reviewedEvidence-backed claims5Reviewed5Candidate0Official sources4Source languagede, enPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-bern.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

Coursework

University of Bern has 1 source-backed public claim for coursework; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence83%Evidence1Sources1

Academic integrity

University of Bern has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: blocked.

BlockedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Teaching guidance

University of Bern has 1 source-backed public claim for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

AI tools

Derived tool records1

Scite.ai Premium Plan

University of Bern

Tool
Scite.ai Premium Plan
About
University Library Bern licenses Scite.ai Premium Plan access for University of Bern staff and students on the university network.
Access
Use Scite.ai from the University network; a free account is needed for dashboards and notifications.
Cost
Not specified by the cited source.
Availability
Allowed
Review
Agent reviewed
Sources

Evidence-backed claims

5 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Ai Tool Treatment

Scite.ai Premium Plan is listed for University of Bern in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"scite_ai","rawToolName":"Scite.ai Premium Plan","description":"University Library Bern licenses Scite.ai Premium Plan access for University of Bern staff and students on the university network.","howToObtain":"Use Scite.ai from the University network; a free account is needed for dashboards and notifications.","costToUser":"Not specified by the cited source.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

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Evidence 1
Die UB Bern hat Scite.ai vorläufig für ein Jahr (bis Ende 2026) lizenziert, so dass Mitarbeitende und Studierende im Uni-Netz Zugang zu den Premium Plan Funktionalitäten haben.

Widok lokalny only

Die UB Bern hat Scite.ai vorläufig für ein Jahr (bis Ende 2026) lizenziert, so dass Mitarbeitende und Studierende im Uni-Netz Zugang zu den Premium Plan Funktionalitäten haben.

Privacy

University of Bern IT Services says organization units may procure AI services themselves, but for AI systems not listed on the Generative KIs page, personal data, official or professional-secret data, and especially sensitive personal or research data must not be entered; only information intended for the public or otherwise without legal protection requirements is allowed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unlisted_ai_systems_no_personal_official_secret_sensitive_data

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Evidence 1
Organisationseinheiten (OE) koennen KI Dienstleistungen eigenstaendig beschaffen. Fuer, auf dieser Seite nicht aufgefuehrte Systeme, gelten aber folgende Vorgaben: Es duerfen keine personenbezogenen Daten eingegeben werden. Es duerfen keine Amts- und/oder durch das Berufsgeheimnis geschuetzten Daten eingegeben werden. Es duerfen keine besonders schuetzenswerten Personen- und/oder Forschungsdaten eingegeben werden.

Widok lokalny only

For AI systems not listed on the page, organization units may procure AI services themselves, but personal, official/professional-secret, and especially sensitive personal or research data may not be entered.

Academic Integrity

The University of Bern Institute of Art History AI teaching guidelines say student work and exams at the institute must remain students' own work and may not be replaced by AI-tool work; AI tools may support independent work, use must be marked with the tool, prompt, scope, and purpose, and incorrect logging, citation, and referencing of AI-tool use in written work is regarded as plagiarism.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: ikg_student_ai_use_independent_work_disclosure_plagiarism

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Evidence 1
Studentische Arbeiten und Pruefungen muessen eigenstaendige Leistungen der Studierenden sein. Diese duerfen nicht durch Arbeiten von KI-Tools ersetzt werden. ... Die Nutzung von KI-Tools muss gekennzeichnet werden. Hierbei muss ... angegeben werden, welches Tool, mit welchem Prompt, in welchem Umfang und zu welchem Zweck eingesetzt wurde.

Widok lokalny only

Student work and exams must remain students' own work and may not be replaced by AI-tool work; AI-tool use must be marked with tool, prompt, scope, and purpose.

Security Review

University of Bern IT Services says that if an organization unit needs to enter and process covered data in AI systems, it must prepare an ISDS concept in advance and have it reviewed by the University of Bern CISO, legal service, and the Canton of Bern data protection supervisory authority; this also applies before processing official/professional-secret data or especially sensitive personal or research data in listed systems.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: ai_system_sensitive_data_requires_isds_ciso_legal_data_protection_review

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Evidence 1
Sollte ein Bedarf zur Eingabe und Verarbeitung einer Teilmenge der oben genannten Daten bestehen, so ist durch die beschaffende Organisationseinheit vorgaengig ein ISDS Konzept zu erstellen und dieses durch den CISO und Rechtsdienst der Universitaet Bern, sowie die Datenschutzaufsichtsstelle des Kantons Bern zu pruefen.

Widok lokalny only

If covered data need to be entered and processed, the procuring organization unit must prepare an ISDS concept in advance and have it reviewed by UniBE CISO, legal service, and the Canton of Bern data-protection authority.

Research

The University Library Bern GenAI step-by-step guide frames responsible GenAI use as a 14-question decision process that includes checking whether GenAI use is allowed for the task, whether confidential data are protected, whether use is documented for transparent disclosure, whether UniBE procurement and data-protection guidance has been read, and whether the user remains responsible for research output.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: library_genai_decision_guide_allowed_use_confidentiality_documentation_responsibility

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Evidence 1
The 14 guiding questions below will help you decide whether using GenAI is appropriate in a given instance. ... Are you allowed to use GenAI for the task? ... If data are confidential, will the GenAI tool keep it protected and secure? ... Are you documenting your GenAI use in sufficient enough detail so you can write honest and transparent disclosure statements?

Widok lokalny only

The guide asks users to decide whether GenAI is appropriate by checking allowed use, confidential data protection, documentation for disclosure, procurement/data-protection guidance, and responsibility for outputs.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

4 source attribution

Change log

Last checkedJul 16, 2026Last changedJul 16, 2026Open change log

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