Ghent, Belgium

Ghent University

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage8 reviewedEvidence-backed claims8Reviewed8Candidate0Official sources7Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/ghent-university.json

Policy profile

Coverage score85/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

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.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Academic integrity

Ghent University has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence79%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 records2

Copilot Chat

Ghent University

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Copilot Chat
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Agent reviewed

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Ghent University

Tool
Microsoft 365 Copilot
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Agent reviewed

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 reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: university_wide_responsible_ai_framework

Original evidence

Evidence 1
These 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 reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: copilot_chat_available_not_sole_tool

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Everyone 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 reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: responsible_use_permitted_with_teacher_specific_restrictions

Original evidence

Evidence 1
From 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 reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: no_personal_confidential_upload_without_permission

Original evidence

Evidence 1
As 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 reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: irresponsible_genai_exam_disciplinary_procedure

Original evidence

Evidence 1
There 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 reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: controlled_environment_required_for_explicit_bans_detection_unreliable

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Responsible 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 reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: research_integrity_transparency_for_substantial_genai_use

Original evidence

Evidence 1
As 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 reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: gdpr_applies_to_ai_personal_data_research

Original evidence

Evidence 1
When 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

Official sources

7 source attribution

Change log

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