Oulu, Finland

University of Oulu

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage6 reviewedEvidence-backed claims6Reviewed6Candidate0Official sources3Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-oulu.json

Policy profile

Coverage score75/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence78%

AI disclosure

No source-backed public claim about AI disclosure or acknowledgement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about disclosing, acknowledging, citing, or declaring AI use.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Privacy and data entry

University of Oulu has 1 source-backed public claim for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Approved tools

No source-backed public claim identifying approved or licensed AI tools is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence that identifies institutionally approved, licensed, procured, or enterprise AI tools.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Named AI services

University of Oulu has 1 source-backed public claim for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Research guidance

University of Oulu has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence73%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

6 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Teaching

The University of Oulu has common guidelines for AI use in education that describe allowed, prohibited, and responsible uses of AI to support studies.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: education_ai_guidelines

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The University of Oulu has drawn up common policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The guidelines describe what kind of use of AI is allowed or prohibited at the University of Oulu and how it can be used responsibly to support studies.

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The University of Oulu has common AI-in-education guidelines describing allowed, prohibited, and responsible uses.

Teaching

Under the University of Oulu education guidelines, teachers may define course or assignment AI use as required, prohibited, restricted, or allowed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: teacher_may_define_course_ai_use

Original evidence

Evidence 1
For a given assignment or course, the teacher may, at their discretion, whether the use of AI is: 1) required (must 2 be used, must be reported, affects assessment); 2) prohibited (not to be used); 3) restricted (can be used, must be reported); or 4) allowed (can be used, need not be reported).

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Teachers may set assignment or course AI use as required, prohibited, restricted, or allowed.

Academic Integrity

The University of Oulu education guidelines state that students remain responsible for submitted output and may not present AI-produced output as their own or as a source.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: student_responsible_ai_output_not_own_source

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The student is always personally responsible for the output they submit, and output produced by AI may not be presented as one's own or as a source. AI can provide study support but it is not a substitute for one’s own learning, thought, and practice.

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Students remain responsible for submitted output and may not present AI output as their own or as a source.

Privacy

When AI use is permitted in education, the University of Oulu guidelines say data protection requirements and the university's personal-data-processing guidelines must be followed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: ai_use_data_protection_requirements

Original evidence

Evidence 1
If AI use is permitted, data protection requirements must be considered and other University of Oulu guidelines on the processing of personal data must be followed. The teacher may require students to use only systems for which the University has conducted a risk assessment.

Localized display only

Permitted AI use must consider data protection and follow University of Oulu personal-data-processing guidance.

Research

The University of Oulu Responsible research page states that the university has drawn up guidelines for researchers on responsible use of generative AI in research.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence86%

Normalized value: research_genai_guidelines_exist

Original evidence

Evidence 1
For this reason, the University of Oulu has drawn up guidelines for its researchers on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in research. The guidelines are reviewed and updated as necessary by the university's Steering Group for Responsible Science.

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The university says it has drawn up GenAI research-use guidelines for researchers.

Other

The Oulu University Library AI tools guide advises students to discuss whether AI applications are allowed for information retrieval in their work with the course teacher or thesis instructor.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence82%

Normalized value: library_ai_information_searching_guidance

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Discuss with the course teacher or thesis instructor well in advance whether the use of AI applications (and which ones) is allowed for information retrieval in your work.

Localized display only

The library guide advises students to ask the course teacher or thesis instructor whether AI applications are allowed for information retrieval.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

3 source attribution

AI tools in information searching

libguides.oulu.fi

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Change log

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

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