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EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

RankingQS World University Rankings 2026: =22UpdatedJul 19, 2026

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Reviewed claims

8 reviewed claims

Ai Tool Treatment

aiaiapps is listed for EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"aiaiapps","description":"EPFL teacher tools for generating quizzes, exercises and image descriptions.","howToObtain":"Open the public aiaiapps service.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

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Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
EPFL's official Center for Digital Education develops tools for EPFL teachers and makes aiaiapps available as crystallized prompts that facilitate generation of quizzes, exercises and image descriptions.

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EPFL's official Center for Digital Education develops tools for EPFL teachers and makes aiaiapps available as crystallized prompts that facilitate generation of quizzes, exercises and image descriptions.

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English (en-GB)
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Jul 15, 2026

Ai Tool Treatment

EPFL Chatbot is listed for EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"EPFL Chatbot","description":"AI-powered chatbot and semantic search of EPFL academic content.","howToObtain":"Open the public EPFL Chatbot service.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

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Original evidence

Evidence 1
EPFL's official Center for Digital Education develops tools for EPFL teachers and makes EPFL Chatbot available as an AI-powered chatbot and semantic search of EPFL academic content.

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EPFL's official Center for Digital Education develops tools for EPFL teachers and makes EPFL Chatbot available as an AI-powered chatbot and semantic search of EPFL academic content.

Source language
English (en-GB)
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Retrieved
Jul 15, 2026

Ai Tool Treatment

Microsoft 365 Copilot is listed for EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot_for_m365","rawToolName":"Microsoft 365 Copilot","description":"Enterprise Copilot accessible through an EPFL account, with a regulated-data restriction.","howToObtain":"Use an EPFL account.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

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Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
EPFL's guidance says enterprise Microsoft 365 Copilot is available via an EPFL account, but is not currently secure for regulated data because EPFL has no signed data-processing agreement.

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EPFL's guidance says enterprise Microsoft 365 Copilot is available via an EPFL account, but is not currently secure for regulated data because EPFL has no signed data-processing agreement.

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English (en-GB)
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Jul 15, 2026

Privacy

EPFL advises students not to input confidential, private or personal information into generative AI tools. When using generative AI tools, students are sharing data with private companies and lose control over it.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%
Last checked
May 10, 2026
Last changed
May 10, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Never input confidential, private or personal information about yourself or others into these tools. Always reflect first on the nature of the information you are using, because once you enter it into one of these tools, it’s no longer confidential.
Source language
English (en)
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May 10, 2026

Academic Integrity

EPFL requires students to disclose the use of AI tools in assessment work. EPFL rules (Lex 1.3.3, Article 4) require that all assessment material that is not the student's personal and original contribution must be recognizable as such.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%
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May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
EPFL rules (Lex 1.3.3, Article 4) require that all assessment material that is not the student’s personal and original contribution must be recognizable as such. Therefore, the use of AI tools should be disclosed in a statement.
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English (en)
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May 10, 2026

Teaching

EPFL recommends that teachers make explicit to students what AI use is not legitimate in a course and what rules accompany AI tool use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%
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May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Since there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ rule regarding the use of AI in assessment, it is recommended that teachers make explicit to students what kind of use is not legitimate in their course, and what rules accompany the use of AI tools.
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English (en)
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Academic Integrity

EPFL considers the use of AI-generated content in assignments without proper attribution as AI plagiarism. Tools that detect AI-generated content are not admissible as stand-alone evidence of AI plagiarism due to high risk of false positives.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%
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May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The use of AI-generated content in assignments without proper attribution is considered AI plagiarism. Tools that specifically aim to detect whether content was AI-generated (e.g., turnitin ) are not admissible as stand-alone evidence of AI plagiarism due to their high risk of false positives
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English (en)
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May 10, 2026

Privacy

EPFL guidance says enterprise licenses such as Microsoft 365 Copilot via EPFL account are currently not a secure solution for processing regulated data because EPFL has not signed a data processing agreement guaranteeing aligned data protection measures.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%
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May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
However, enterprise licenses such as Microsoft 365 Copilot via your EPFL account are currently not a secure solution for processing regulated data, because no data processing agreement has been signed by EPFL that would guarantee that data protection measures align with institutional needs or with Swiss legislation on personal data protection.
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English (en)
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May 10, 2026

Source record

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/epfl

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