Universität Heidelberg

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• Follow the examiner’s or instructor’s AI rules and preserve the independent character of your work.

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  Follow the examiner’s or instructor’s AI rules and preserve the independent character of your work.

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  Scope

  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  For study and teaching at Heidelberg University, AI and language models such as ChatGPT or DeepL are generally allowed only within rules set by examiners or instructors, and the independent character of the student's work must be preserved.

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  For study and teaching at Heidelberg University, AI and language models such as ChatGPT or DeepL are generally allowed only within rules set by examiners or instructors, and the independent character of the student's work must be preserved.

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  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  Die Nutzung von KI und Sprachmodellen (LLMs) wie ChatGPT, DeepL oder anderen Werkzeugen ist im Studium und in der Lehre an der UHD grundsätzlich erlaubt. Die spezifische Anwendung muss mit den Prüfer:innen und Lehrenden abgestimmt werden. Zentral ist, dass ein eigenständiger Charakter der Leistung gewahrt bleibt.

  PDF page 3, section III.1 Zulässigkeit der KI-Nutzung

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• For study work, disclose AI tools and their purposes in the required declaration.

  Requirement in this scopeEvidence ↗

  For study work, disclose AI tools and their purposes in the required declaration.

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  Scope

  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  For study work, Heidelberg University requires students to submit an independence and AI-use declaration that discloses AI tool use and includes an overview of the tools used and their purposes.

  Original evidence and scope

  For study work, Heidelberg University requires students to submit an independence and AI-use declaration that discloses AI tool use and includes an overview of the tools used and their purposes.

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  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  Studierende müssen für alle Studienarbeiten eine Eigenständigkeits- und Kennzeichnungserklärung abgeben, die den Einsatz von KI-Werkzeugen offenlegt. Diese Kennzeichnungspflicht gilt für Text/Textteile, Bilder, Videos und Musikstücke sowie alle anderen Elemente, für deren Erstellung KI verwendet wurde. Eine Übersicht der genutzten KI-Tools und deren Verwendungszweck ist verpflichtend.

  PDF page 4, section III.3 Kennzeichnungspflicht

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• For doctoral work, describe when, where, why and how extensively AI was used.

  Requirement in this scopeEvidence ↗

  For doctoral work, describe when, where, why and how extensively AI was used.

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  Scope

  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  For doctoral dissertations, Heidelberg Graduate Academy guidance requires AI tool use to be disclosed with when, where, why, and to what extent it was used, and treats AI tools as assistive instruments rather than substitutes for independent intellectual work.

  Original evidence and scope

  For doctoral dissertations, Heidelberg Graduate Academy guidance requires AI tool use to be disclosed with when, where, why, and to what extent it was used, and treats AI tools as assistive instruments rather than substitutes for independent intellectual work.

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  The central orientation framework remains conditional on examiners, instructors and independent work. Study-work and doctoral disclosure differ; YoKI access is not assessment permission.

  The use of AI tools must be explicitly disclosed, specifying when, where, why, and to what extent they were employed in the preparation of the dissertation. AI tools must be used as assistive instruments, not as substitutes for independent intellectual work, critical thinking, or scholarly judgment.

  Transparency and Disclosure; Academic Autonomy and Integrity sections

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