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University of Bern

RankingQS World University Rankings 2026: =184UpdatedJul 19, 2026

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5 reviewed claims

Ai Tool Treatment

Scite.ai Premium Plan is listed for University of Bern in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"scite_ai","rawToolName":"Scite.ai Premium Plan","description":"University Library Bern licenses Scite.ai Premium Plan access for University of Bern staff and students on the university network.","howToObtain":"Use Scite.ai from the University network; a free account is needed for dashboards and notifications.","costToUser":"Not specified by the cited source.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

Last checked
Jul 16, 2026
Last changed
Jul 16, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Die UB Bern hat Scite.ai vorläufig für ein Jahr (bis Ende 2026) lizenziert, so dass Mitarbeitende und Studierende im Uni-Netz Zugang zu den Premium Plan Funktionalitäten haben.

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Die UB Bern hat Scite.ai vorläufig für ein Jahr (bis Ende 2026) lizenziert, so dass Mitarbeitende und Studierende im Uni-Netz Zugang zu den Premium Plan Funktionalitäten haben.

Source language
de
Snapshot hash
08439588…
Retrieved
Jul 16, 2026

Privacy

University of Bern IT Services says organization units may procure AI services themselves, but for AI systems not listed on the Generative KIs page, personal data, official or professional-secret data, and especially sensitive personal or research data must not be entered; only information intended for the public or otherwise without legal protection requirements is allowed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unlisted_ai_systems_no_personal_official_secret_sensitive_data

Last checked
May 15, 2026
Last changed
May 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Organisationseinheiten (OE) koennen KI Dienstleistungen eigenstaendig beschaffen. Fuer, auf dieser Seite nicht aufgefuehrte Systeme, gelten aber folgende Vorgaben: Es duerfen keine personenbezogenen Daten eingegeben werden. Es duerfen keine Amts- und/oder durch das Berufsgeheimnis geschuetzten Daten eingegeben werden. Es duerfen keine besonders schuetzenswerten Personen- und/oder Forschungsdaten eingegeben werden.

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For AI systems not listed on the page, organization units may procure AI services themselves, but personal, official/professional-secret, and especially sensitive personal or research data may not be entered.

Source language
de
Snapshot hash
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Retrieved
May 15, 2026
Evidence locator
Allgemeine Richtlinien zur Beschaffung und dem Umgang mit KI Systemen

Academic Integrity

The University of Bern Institute of Art History AI teaching guidelines say student work and exams at the institute must remain students' own work and may not be replaced by AI-tool work; AI tools may support independent work, use must be marked with the tool, prompt, scope, and purpose, and incorrect logging, citation, and referencing of AI-tool use in written work is regarded as plagiarism.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: ikg_student_ai_use_independent_work_disclosure_plagiarism

Last checked
May 15, 2026
Last changed
May 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Studentische Arbeiten und Pruefungen muessen eigenstaendige Leistungen der Studierenden sein. Diese duerfen nicht durch Arbeiten von KI-Tools ersetzt werden. ... Die Nutzung von KI-Tools muss gekennzeichnet werden. Hierbei muss ... angegeben werden, welches Tool, mit welchem Prompt, in welchem Umfang und zu welchem Zweck eingesetzt wurde.

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Student work and exams must remain students' own work and may not be replaced by AI-tool work; AI-tool use must be marked with tool, prompt, scope, and purpose.

Source language
de
Snapshot hash
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Retrieved
May 15, 2026
Evidence locator
Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, and plagiarism statement

Security Review

University of Bern IT Services says that if an organization unit needs to enter and process covered data in AI systems, it must prepare an ISDS concept in advance and have it reviewed by the University of Bern CISO, legal service, and the Canton of Bern data protection supervisory authority; this also applies before processing official/professional-secret data or especially sensitive personal or research data in listed systems.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: ai_system_sensitive_data_requires_isds_ciso_legal_data_protection_review

Last checked
May 15, 2026
Last changed
May 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Sollte ein Bedarf zur Eingabe und Verarbeitung einer Teilmenge der oben genannten Daten bestehen, so ist durch die beschaffende Organisationseinheit vorgaengig ein ISDS Konzept zu erstellen und dieses durch den CISO und Rechtsdienst der Universitaet Bern, sowie die Datenschutzaufsichtsstelle des Kantons Bern zu pruefen.

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If covered data need to be entered and processed, the procuring organization unit must prepare an ISDS concept in advance and have it reviewed by UniBE CISO, legal service, and the Canton of Bern data-protection authority.

Source language
de
Snapshot hash
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Retrieved
May 15, 2026
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Datenschutz

Research

The University Library Bern GenAI step-by-step guide frames responsible GenAI use as a 14-question decision process that includes checking whether GenAI use is allowed for the task, whether confidential data are protected, whether use is documented for transparent disclosure, whether UniBE procurement and data-protection guidance has been read, and whether the user remains responsible for research output.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: library_genai_decision_guide_allowed_use_confidentiality_documentation_responsibility

Last checked
May 15, 2026
Last changed
May 15, 2026

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The 14 guiding questions below will help you decide whether using GenAI is appropriate in a given instance. ... Are you allowed to use GenAI for the task? ... If data are confidential, will the GenAI tool keep it protected and secure? ... Are you documenting your GenAI use in sufficient enough detail so you can write honest and transparent disclosure statements?

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The guide asks users to decide whether GenAI is appropriate by checking allowed use, confidential data protection, documentation for disclosure, procurement/data-protection guidance, and responsibility for outputs.

Source language
English (en)
Snapshot hash
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Retrieved
May 15, 2026
Evidence locator
Introductory text and guiding questions 1, 3, 6, 9, and 14

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "University of Bern AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/university-of-bern

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