Leuven, Belgium

KU Leuven

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage8 reviewedEvidence-backed claims8Reviewed8Candidate0Official sources5Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/ku-leuven.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence76%

AI disclosure

KU Leuven has 1 source-backed public claim for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence77%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

KU Leuven has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence77%Evidence1Sources1

AI tools

Derived tool records0

No tool-level evidence is published for this record yet. Broad AI tool mentions are not expanded into named tool conclusions.

Evidence-backed claims

8 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Ai Tool Treatment

KU Leuven permits and encourages responsible, critical use of generative AI in teaching and research, framing it as a complement to critical thinking and professional expertise rather than a replacement.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: responsible_critical_genai_use_allowed_complement_not_replacement

Original evidence

Evidence 1
KU Leuven is open to the use of generative AI (GenAI) in teaching and research, and encourages students, lecturers, researchers and staff to use this technology in a responsible and critical manner. Generative AI is a powerful tool. We use it consciously and purposefully: as a complement to, not a replacement for, critical thinking and professional expertise.

Academic Integrity

KU Leuven student guidance says students remain fully responsible for what they submit and must ensure assignments allow teaching staff to assess their acquired competences.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: students_responsible_for_submission_and_assessability

Original evidence

Evidence 1
2 basic principles apply for students : A student has full responsibility for what they submit; You make sure that the assignment allows the teaching staff to evaluate which competences you have acquired as a student.

Academic Integrity

KU Leuven student guidance says clear misuse of GenAI, where output is largely generated by GenAI and the student is not transparent about tool use, can be considered an irregularity under Article 84 of the Education and Examination Regulations.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: nontransparent_genai_misuse_can_be_oer_article_84_irregularity

Original evidence

Evidence 1
A clear misuse of GenAI - where any output was largely generated by GenAI and you were not transparent about using the tool - can be considered an irregularity under Article 84 of the Education and Examination Regulations (OER).

Teaching

KU Leuven teaching guidance expects teaching staff to clearly inform students whether GenAI may be used for assignments and expects students to be transparent about GenAI use so assessment can be fair and correct.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: teaching_staff_inform_students_students_transparent_for_fair_assessment

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Teaching staff are expected to clearly inform students about whether or not they are allowed to use GenAI for assignments such as visual, writing and programming assignments. Students are expected to be transparent about the use of GenAI so that their knowledge, understanding and skills can be assessed fairly and correctly.

Security Review

KU Leuven identifies Copilot logged in with a KU Leuven account as its recommended GenAI tool, citing contractual data protection, Enterprise technical security, and Microsoft not using entered data for further training.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: copilot_logged_in_recommended_tool_enterprise_data_protection

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Copilot is the preferred tool at KU Leuven. KU Leuven has a contractual agreement with Microsoft that also covers data protection. In addition, our Enterprise environment provides the best technical security, Microsoft does not use entered data for further training, and ICTS ensures the correct settings for all logged-in users.

Privacy

KU Leuven guidance says strictly confidential data should use only Copilot logged in with a KU Leuven account, and confidential or strictly confidential data require a security check if another AI tool is needed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: strictly_confidential_data_only_copilot_confidential_other_tools_security_check

Original evidence

Evidence 1
For (strictly) confidential data: use only Copilot logged in with your KU Leuven account. For other data: choose consciously, not automatically. For non-confidential data, you may use other AI tools. For confidential or strictly confidential data, a security check of the tool is mandatory.

Privacy

KU Leuven safe-use guidance warns users to be careful with unsupported AI tools and not to enter personal data, confidential information, IP-sensitive data, or copyrighted material.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%

Normalized value: unsupported_ai_tools_do_not_enter_personal_confidential_ip_or_copyrighted_data

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Online, you will find an awful lot of AI tools and more appear every day. Some of those tools are completely unreliable. Therefore, be extra careful when using unsupported tools and when sharing your data. Never fill in personal data, confidential (company) information like IP sensitive data and/or copyrighted material

Research

KU Leuven research guidance says GenAI use needs to be reported transparently whenever new output is generated in scientific publications, project applications, or doctoral theses.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%

Normalized value: research_genai_transparency_publications_applications_doctoral_theses

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Transparency about the use of GenAI in scientific publications, project applications and doctoral theses The use of GenAI needs to be reported in a transparent manner whenever new output is generated.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

5 source attribution

Change log

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