Seattle, United States

University of Washington

University of Washington is listed as QS 2026 rank 81. University of Washington has 12 source-backed AI policy claim records from 7 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.

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University of Washington is listed as QS 2026 rank 81. University of Washington has 12 source-backed AI policy claim records from 7 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.

Citation-ready summary

As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists University of Washington as an agent-reviewed AI policy record last checked on May 13, 2026 and last changed on May 13, 2026. The record contains 12 source-backed claims, including 12 reviewed claims, from 7 official source attributions. Original-language evidence snippets and source URLs remain canonical, with public JSON available at https://eduaipolicy.org/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-washington.json. The entity-level confidence is 96%. This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless the linked source is the university's own official page.

Claim coverage12 reviewedSource languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-washington.json

Policy signals in this record

  • Evidence includes Source status claims.
  • Evidence includes Security review claims.
  • Evidence includes Academic integrity claims.
  • Evidence includes Privacy claims.
  • Evidence includes Teaching claims.
  • Evidence includes Research claims.
  • Named AI services detected in public claims: Microsoft Copilot.
  • Teaching, assessment, coursework, or syllabus-related language appears in the public claim text.
Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedEvidence-backed claims12Reviewed12Candidate0Official sources7

This reference record summarizes visible public data only. Official sources and original-language evidence remain canonical; confidence is separate from review state.

This page is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Policy profile

Deterministic source-backed dimensions derived from this record's public claims.

Coverage score85/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

Policy profile rows are machine-candidate derived metadata. They are not final policy conclusions; inspect the linked claim evidence before reuse.

Analysis page-quality metadata is available at /api/public/v1/analysis/page-quality.json.

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

Coverage score measures breadth of public, source-backed coverage only. It is not a policy quality, strictness, legal adequacy, safety, or compliance score.

Evidence-backed claims

12 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Source Status

UW Graduate School AI research guidance states that its guidelines are recommendations only.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: graduate_ai_research_guidance_recommendations_only

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The guidelines presented here are recommendations only and will evolve with the rapidly changing landscape of AI.

Security Review

UW general GenAI guidance says only UW-approved services and applications may be used with University data.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: uw_approved_services_required_for_university_data

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Only UW-approved services and applications may be used with University data.

Academic Integrity

UW Student Life guidance says using AI content generators without instructor permission may violate University academic standards.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: unauthorized_ai_use_may_violate_academic_standards

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Using these technologies without your instructor's permission may violate academic standards of the University.

Privacy

UW-IT says users must sign into Copilot with a UW Microsoft 365 account to receive the commercial data protection benefit.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: uw_m365_signin_required_for_copilot_data_protection

Original evidence

Evidence 1
You must sign into Copilot with your UW Microsoft 365 account in order to utilize the commercial data benefit.

Privacy

UW Medicine COMP.308 says use of any AI within its scope must comply with UW Medicine patient-information privacy policies and IT security standards.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: uw_medicine_ai_use_complies_with_privacy_security_standards

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The use of any AI must comply with all relevant UW Medicine policies, including Patient Information Privacy policies and IT Services Information Security Standards.

Teaching

UW general GenAI guidance says course instructors may allow, prohibit, or set parameters around GenAI use for their courses.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: course_instructors_set_genai_course_parameters

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Course instructors have the discretion to allow, prohibit, or put parameters around the use of GenAI.

Security Review

Teaching@UW guidance identifies Microsoft Copilot as the currently UW-supported generative AI tool and points instructors toward Copilot instead of non-UW-supported tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: microsoft_copilot_current_uw_supported_genai_tool

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Currently, the only UW-supported generative AI tool is Microsoft Copilot.

Privacy

UW-IT says Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection is enabled for UW users and protects user and organizational data in specified ways.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: copilot_commercial_data_protection_enabled_for_uw_users

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Copilot with commercial data protection means both user and organizational data are protected.

Security Review

UW Medicine COMP.308 requires internal review for proposed clinical-care or business-operations AI uses that have possible elevated-risk characteristics and are not within the approved-tool scope.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: uw_medicine_elevated_risk_ai_uses_require_internal_review

Original evidence

Evidence 1
When a proposed AI use for Clinical Care or UW Medicine Business Operations entails possible elevated risk, the proposal must undergo Internal Review.

Teaching

Teaching@UW guidance advises instructors to establish and communicate a course policy for generative AI use through the syllabus or assignment prompts.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: instructors_set_and_communicate_course_genai_policy

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Establish a policy for your course around the use of generative AI and communicate this with students.

Research

UW Graduate School AI research guidance advises researchers not to share confidential, proprietary, or IP-implicating data or information with AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: graduate_research_do_not_share_confidential_proprietary_ip_data

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Don't share any data or information that is confidential, proprietary, or have IP implications.

Teaching

Teaching@UW sample syllabus guidance provides basic syllabus language that instructors can use or adapt to articulate expectations for student AI use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: sample_syllabus_language_for_ai_use_expectations

Original evidence

Evidence 1
This page provides some basic syllabus language you can use or adapt to articulate your expectations.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

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Official sources

7 source attribution

Change log

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Last checkedMay 13, 2026Last changedMay 13, 2026Open change log

Corrections and missing evidence

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