Basel, Switzerland

University of Basel

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage7 reviewedEvidence-backed claims7Reviewed7Candidate0Official sources4Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-basel.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

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

7 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Academic Integrity

The University of Basel AI citation guidelines state that AI tools must always be cited like other tools and sources, and that student papers without complete attribution may be seen as attempted plagiarism or cheating.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: ai_tools_must_be_cited_complete_attribution

Original evidence

Evidence 1
AI tools must always be cited, just like other tools and sources. Student papers without complete attribution of sources and tools may be seen as attempted plagiarism or cheating.

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The AI citation PDF says AI tools must be cited and incomplete attribution may be treated as attempted plagiarism or cheating.

Ai Tool Treatment

The University of Basel says it is not planning a general ban on AI-based tools, and that lecturers can decide case by case whether to integrate AI-based tools into teaching, exams, and assessments or restrict their use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: no_general_ai_ban_case_by_case_teaching_assessment

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The University of Basel does not plan to introduce a general ban on AI-based tools. Professors and lecturers can decide on a case-by-case basis if they want to integrate AI-based tools into their teaching and/or into exams and assessments, or if they want to restrict their use.

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Basel states there is no planned general AI-tool ban and leaves teaching, exam, and assessment integration or restriction to case-by-case lecturer decisions.

Academic Integrity

The University of Basel AI citation guidelines say AI-supported tools may only be used in a supporting role for work submitted for credit, with students retaining a controlling role and responsibility for their own work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: ai_supporting_role_student_control_credit_work

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Student assignments and examinations must always be the independent work of the students themselves. For this reason, AI-supported tools may only be used in a supporting role for any work that is submitted for credit. Students must retain a controlling role

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The guidelines keep student work submitted for credit independent and limit AI tools to a supporting role, with students retaining control.

Privacy

University Library Basel guidance on licensed e-resources says third-party use includes uploading licensed content or data to external platforms, specifically ChatGPT and other AI platforms, where storage and future use are controlled by third parties.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: licensed_content_chatgpt_ai_platform_third_party_use

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Third party use includes uploading licensed content or data to external platforms, specifically ChatGPT and other AI platforms, where storage and future use are controlled by third parties.

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The University Library page treats uploading licensed content or data to ChatGPT and other AI platforms as third-party use controlled by outside parties.

Academic Integrity

For regulating AI use in exams and assessments, the University of Basel lists task adaptation, preventing tool access, and declaration-of-independent-authorship restrictions as measures.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

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Original evidence

Evidence 1
Restricting the use of AI in exams and assessments ... Adapting tasks in exams and assessments (learning objectives level) ... Preventing access to tools (assessment security) Measures Exam-wifi / Safe Browser ... Setting up restrictions (preventive measures / scientific integrity) Measures Declaration of independent authorship

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Basel lists assessment task adaptation, access prevention, and independent-authorship declarations as possible regulation measures for AI in exams and assessments.

Source Status

The University of Basel has an AI Initiative that provides services to answer AI questions, identify risks, train university teaching for the age of AI, and empower employees to work constructively with AI.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: ai_initiative_services_training_risk_support

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The initiative provides services that help answer open questions about AI, identify risks and minimise potential disadvantages. The latest research findings are being bundled and made visible, university teaching is being trained for the age of AI, and employees are being empowered to deal constructively with AI in the course of their work.

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Basel describes its AI Initiative as a service, risk-identification, teaching-training, and employee-empowerment effort.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

4 source attribution

Change log

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