Amsterdam, Netherlands

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage9 reviewedEvidence-backed claims9Reviewed9Candidate0Official sources8Source languageen, nlPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam.json

Policy profile

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

Research guidance

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

AI tools

Derived tool records3

ChatGPT

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Tool
ChatGPT
About
Not specified
Access
Not specified
Cost
Not specified
Availability
Blocked / restricted
Review
Agent reviewed

Cogniti

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Tool
Cogniti
About
Not specified
Access
Not specified
Cost
Not specified
Availability
Unknown
Review
Agent reviewed

Microsoft Copilot

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Tool
Microsoft Copilot
About
VU makes the simple version of Microsoft Copilot available to students and staff through VU credentials.
Access
Log in with VU credentials.
Cost
Not specified by the cited source.
Availability
Blocked / restricted
Review
Agent reviewed

Evidence-backed claims

9 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Ai Tool Treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

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Evidence 1
Since February 2024, Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff. The VU does offer the simple version of Copilot and has judged that user privacy is sufficiently guaranteed.

Widok lokalny only

Since February 2024, Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff. The VU does offer the simple version of Copilot and has judged that user privacy is sufficiently guaranteed.

Privacy

VU Amsterdam's framework says students cannot be required to use AI tools for which VU has no license, and students, lecturers, and support staff do not process personal data or other confidential data in AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

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Evidence 1
Een student kan niet verplicht worden om van AI-tools gebruik te maken waar de VU geen licentie voor heeft. Studenten, docenten en ondersteunend personeel verwerken geen persoonsgegevens of andere vertrouwelijke gegevens in AI-tools vanwege de risico’s met betrekking tot gegevensbescherming.

Academic Integrity

VU Amsterdam's framework says AI detectors are not permitted because they are unreliable and do not meet VU privacy requirements.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

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Evidence 1
Het gebruik van AI-detectors heeft geen zin en is zelfs niet toegestaan, omdat deze onbetrouwbaar zijn en niet aan de privacyeisen van de VU voldoen.

Ai Tool Treatment

VU Amsterdam's framework says the lecturer or examiner indicates in the study guide, syllabus, or Canvas whether and how use of generative AI is allowed for a course, with course learning objectives remaining leading.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

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Evidence 1
De docent of examinator geeft in de studiehandleiding, syllabus of Canvas aan of en hoe het gebruik van (gen)AI is toegestaan. Daarbij geldt dat de leerdoelen van het vak te allen tijde leidend zijn.

Research

VU Amsterdam's research guidance says GenAI use in research must meet scientific-research standards, take existing VU policies on ownership, scientific integrity, privacy, personal data, and knowledge security into account, and be transparent about which parts of research used GenAI.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

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Evidence 1
The use of GenAI must meet the standards of scientific research. Research must be truthful, valid, original and reproducible. And existing VU policies around ownership, scientific integrity, privacy, personal data, and knowledge security must be taken into account. Transparency: Be transparent, clearly indicate which parts of your research were done using GenAI.

Academic Integrity

VU Amsterdam's Dutch academic-integrity page states that work made by generative AI is not the student's own work and lists using an AI writer to write an assignment as an example of fraud.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

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Evidence 1
Werk dat je door generatieve AI hebt laten maken is niet je eigen werk. Wat houdt dat in? Dit zijn enkele voorbeelden: Een AI-‘schrijver’ gebruiken om je opdracht te schrijven.

Teaching

VU Amsterdam's April 2025 Dutch framework describes the university's vision and policy for generative AI in education and gives faculties conditions for formulating their own faculty AI education policy.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

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Evidence 1
Dit document verwoordt de visie en beleid van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) op het gebruik van generatieve AI in het onderwijs en geeft faculteiten randvoorwaarden om hun eigen facultaire AI-onderwijsbeleid te formuleren.

Ai Tool Treatment

VU Amsterdam's student guidance states that Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff through VU credentials, that teachers cannot force ChatGPT use, and that teachers may ask students to use Microsoft Copilot via the VU license.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

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Evidence 1
Since February 2024, Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff. To use this chatbot securely, log in with your VU credentials. Teachers cannot force you to use ChatGPT, but can in fact ask you to use Microsoft Copilot for assignments via the VU license.

Ai Tool Treatment

VU Amsterdam's Cogniti page describes Cogniti as an online-learning platform offered by VU where teachers or staff can create generative AI Agents for students, integrated into Canvas or used stand-alone at edubots.vu.nl in some cases.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

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Evidence 1
Cogniti is an additional platform for online learning that Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers. With Cogniti, teachers can create Agents (AI bots) that support teaching with interactive learning opportunities based on generative AI. At VU Amsterdam, Cogniti is integrated into the Learning Management System (Canvas).

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

8 source attribution

Change log

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