Policy presence
Ghent University has 5 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Ghent, Belgium
Ghent University
Ghent University is listed as QS 2026 rank 162. Ghent University has 8 source-backed AI policy claim records from 7 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Short answer
v1 public contract
Ghent University is listed as QS 2026 rank 162. Ghent University has 8 source-backed AI policy claim records from 7 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Citation-ready summary
As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists Ghent University as an agent-reviewed AI policy record last checked on May 15, 2026 and last changed on May 15, 2026. The record contains 8 source-backed claims, including 8 reviewed claims, from 7 official source attributions. Original-language evidence snippets and source URLs remain canonical, with public JSON available at https://eduaipolicy.org/api/public/v1/universities/ghent-university.json. The entity-level confidence is 95%. This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless the linked source is the university's own official page.
Policy signals in this record
- Evidence includes Source status claims.
- Evidence includes AI tool treatment claims.
- Evidence includes Privacy claims.
- Evidence includes Academic integrity claims.
- Evidence includes Teaching claims.
- Evidence includes Research claims.
- Named AI services detected in public claims: Microsoft Copilot.
- Teaching, assessment, coursework, or syllabus-related language appears in the public claim text.
Review: Agent reviewed
This reference record summarizes visible public data only. Official sources and original-language evidence remain canonical; confidence is separate from review state.
This page is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.
Policy profile
Deterministic source-backed dimensions derived from this record's public claims.
Review: Machine candidate
Policy profile rows are machine-candidate derived metadata. They are not final policy conclusions; inspect the linked claim evidence before reuse.
Analysis page-quality metadata is available at /api/public/v1/analysis/page-quality.json.
AI disclosure
No source-backed public claim about AI disclosure or acknowledgement is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about disclosing, acknowledging, citing, or declaring AI use.
Coursework
Ghent University has 3 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
Ghent University has 4 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
Ghent University has 4 source-backed public claims for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Academic integrity
Ghent University has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Approved tools
Ghent University has 2 source-backed public claims for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: blocked.
Named AI services
Ghent University has 4 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Teaching guidance
Ghent University has 2 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
Ghent University has 2 source-backed public claims for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
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.
Coverage score measures breadth of public, source-backed coverage only. It is not a policy quality, strictness, legal adequacy, safety, or compliance score.
Evidence-backed claims
8 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Source Status
Ghent University has a university-wide framework for responsible AI use that guides the Ghent University community with principles including accountability, honesty, respectful use, careful and sustainable use, privacy and confidentiality, and exemplary behaviour.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: university_wide_responsible_ai_framework
Original evidence
Evidence 1These values serve as a guide for the entire Ghent University community and all activities that constitute university life. Responsible use encompasses the following fundamental principles: (1) accountability and independent action, (2) honesty, (3) accessibility and respectful use, (4) careful and sustainable use, (5) privacy and confidentiality, and (6) exemplary behaviour.
Ai Tool Treatment
Ghent University says everyone at the university has access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with business data protection, while also noting that Copilot Chat is not promoted as the sole GenAI tool.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: copilot_chat_available_not_sole_tool
Original evidence
Evidence 1Everyone at Ghent University has access to a more secure, high-performance GenAI tool: the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with business data protection. We do not promote Copilot Chat as the sole tool.
Ai Tool Treatment
For assignments completed at home from academic year 2024-2025, Ghent University student guidance permits responsible use of generative AI tools and says individual teachers can still prohibit use for a specific subject.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: responsible_use_permitted_with_teacher_specific_restrictions
Original evidence
Evidence 1From the 2024-2025 academic year, the following guidelines will apply to assignments you complete at home: responsible use of generative AI tools is permitted. Please note: an individual teacher in a specific subject can still prohibit its use.
Privacy
Ghent University teaching guidance says lecturers and students should protect personal, privacy-sensitive, or copyright-protected data and should never upload personal or confidential information without clear permission.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: no_personal_confidential_upload_without_permission
Original evidence
Evidence 1As a lecturer or student, you respect and protect personal, privacy-sensitive, or copyright-protected data. You never upload personal or confidential information without clear permission.
Academic Integrity
Ghent University student guidance treats irresponsible GenAI use such as plagiarism, fake data, or outsourcing the thinking process as irregularities that lead to an exam disciplinary procedure.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: irresponsible_genai_exam_disciplinary_procedure
Original evidence
Evidence 1There are some clear cases where you have used GenAI irresponsibly and thus committed an irregularity: Plagiarism is plagiarism, whether or not you used GenAI tools. You let GenAI generate fake data and use it as real data. You outsource the thinking process to GenAI. The above irregularities lead to an exam disciplinary procedure.
Teaching
Ghent University teaching guidance says responsible GenAI use is always permitted unless a lecturer explicitly prohibits it for parts of an assignment that take place in a controlled environment, and it cautions that detection tools are unreliable.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: controlled_environment_required_for_explicit_bans_detection_unreliable
Original evidence
Evidence 1Responsible GenAI use is always permitted unless a lecturer explicitly prohibits its use for parts of an assignment, requiring that assignment to take place in a controlled environment. For homework assignments, such a ban is neither possible nor desirable to enforce. The current detection tools are unreliable.
Research
Ghent University research guidance says members are expected to demonstrate research integrity, remain responsible for GenAI output, and be transparent about substantial GenAI use according to disciplinary standards.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: research_integrity_transparency_for_substantial_genai_use
Original evidence
Evidence 1As a member of Ghent University, you are expected to demonstrate research integrity. (Gen)AI may not be used to infringe upon or to justify any violation of research integrity. Researchers are transparant about substantial use of (gen)AI, according to the standards of their discipline.
Privacy
Ghent University research guidance says GDPR applies when developing AI based on personal data or processing personal data with AI in research, and that AI applications must ensure privacy and data protection throughout their lifecycle.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: gdpr_applies_to_ai_personal_data_research
Original evidence
Evidence 1When you develop artificial intelligence based on personal data or process personal data using artificial intelligence in your research, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies. AI applications must therefore ensure privacy and data protection principles throughout their lifecycle, including the principles of privacy by design and privacy by default.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
Candidate claims are not final policy conclusions. They preserve source URL, source snapshot hash, evidence, confidence, and review state so the record can be audited before review.
Official sources
7 source attribution
Copilot and other tools
ugent.be
GDPR: What should I take into account when developing or using AI?
onderzoektips.ugent.be
GenAI: Translating Research Integrity into Responsible (Gen)AI Use
onderzoektips.ugent.be
Generative AI at Ghent University
ugent.be
Generative AI in Education at Ghent University
ugent.be
Generative AI in Ghent University Education: Impact and Approach
onderwijstips.ugent.be
University-wide framework for responsible use of generative AI at Ghent University
ugent.be
Change log
Source-check timeline and diff-style claim/evidence preview.
View the public change record for this university, including source snapshot hashes, claim review states, and a diff-style preview of current source-backed evidence.
Corrections and missing evidence
Corrections create review tasks and do not directly change this public record.
If an official source is missing, stale, moved, blocked, or incorrectly summarized, submit a source URL, policy change report, or institution correction for review. Corrections must preserve source URLs, source language, original evidence, review state, and audit history.