Stellenbosch, South Africa

Stellenbosch University

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage4 reviewedEvidence-backed claims4Reviewed4Candidate0Official sources4Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/stellenbosch-university.json

Policy profile

Coverage score85/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence78%

AI disclosure

Stellenbosch University has 1 source-backed public claim for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Privacy and data entry

No source-backed public claim about privacy or data-entry restrictions is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about personal, confidential, sensitive, regulated, or student data entry into AI tools.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Named AI services

No source-backed public claim naming a specific AI service is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence naming a specific AI service.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Teaching guidance

Stellenbosch University has 1 source-backed public claim for teaching guidance; 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 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

4 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Research

Stellenbosch University requires postgraduate students to declare any use of AI tools and provides internal and examination declaration processes for postgraduate research work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: postgraduate_ai_use_declaration_required

Original evidence

Evidence 1
All postgraduate students at Stellenbosch University are required to declare any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.

Original evidence

Evidence 2
The internal declaration guides discussions between students and their supervisors by establishing an agreement on the responsible use of AI tools during the preparation of research assignments, theses or dissertations.

Teaching

Stellenbosch University's Senate-approved AI position statement provides governing principles for ethical AI use in research and teaching-learning-assessment.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: senate_approved_ai_position_statement

Original evidence

Evidence 1
This Position Statement provides governing principles for the ethical use of AI in research and teaching-learning-assessment, assigns accountability and links up with specific governance documents to enable the required governance.

Academic Integrity

For assessment, Stellenbosch guidance says AI-generated content may not form a substantial part of an assessment unless permitted, and interim guidelines advise that students should know whether AI use is allowed for each assessment task.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: ai_substantial_assessment_use_requires_permission

Original evidence

Evidence 1
As a default rule during assessment: AI-generated content may not form a substantial part of any assessment or any portion of an assessment unless it is clearly indicated as permitted.

Original evidence

Evidence 2
It is your responsibility to ensure that you know the requirements (i.e., whether AI use is allowed) for each assessment task. The default assumption should be that it is not allowed.

Academic Integrity

Stellenbosch Library guidance frames AI as a learning aid that should be used ethically, not copied word-for-word or claimed as a student's own work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence86%

Normalized value: ai_tool_learning_aid_not_own_work

Original evidence

Evidence 1
AI should be viewed as a tool that can aid learning and should be used in an ethical way. Do not copy word-for-word or claim any AI-generated content as your own work. This is plagiarism.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

4 source attribution

Academic Integrity & AI - Education - Library guides / Biblioteekgidse at Stellenbosch University

libguides.sun.ac.za

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41388665a4b21a9fff008b8d00da17a38d3a7222393a898af4706af46957713c

Change log

Last checkedMay 16, 2026Last changedMay 16, 2026Open change log

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