Policy presence
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 1 source-backed public claim for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Lugano, Switzerland
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana
Record status
Review: Agent reviewed
Policy profile
Review: Machine candidate
AI disclosure
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 2 source-backed public claims for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: required.
Coursework
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 3 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 4 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 1 source-backed public claim for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Academic integrity
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 2 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Approved tools
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 1 source-backed public claim for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Named AI services
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 2 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Teaching guidance
USI - Università della Svizzera italiana has 3 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
No source-backed public claim about research AI use is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance.
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.
AI tools
Evidence-backed claims
6 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Ai Tool Treatment
USI's general rule permits use of generative AI tools unless a specific activity explicitly prohibits them, and says use must be correctly acknowledged.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: permitted_unless_explicitly_prohibited_with_acknowledgement
Original evidence
Evidence 1As a general rule the use of generative AI tools is thus permitted, unless explicitly prohibited for a specific activity (e.g. exam, assignment, specific tasks, etc.). However, their use must always be correctly acknowledged.
Original evidence
Evidence 2The use of Gen AI is encouraged, unless for specific activities where it is explicitly prohibited. It is the responsibility of the teachers and the students to explicitly agree on the conditions of use of the Gen AI within courses and for writing dissertations, papers, etc.
Academic Integrity
USI student recommendations say students must follow teachers' instructions for GenAI use in written work; complete drafting of exam papers, dissertations, or final papers with GenAI is generally not permitted, and unauthorised use is academic fraud subject to study-regulation penalties.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_follow_teacher_instructions_complete_drafting_not_permitted_unauthorized_use_academic_fraud
Original evidence
Evidence 1In general, when writing exam papers, final papers, theses, etc., students are required to strictly follow their teachers' instructions regarding the use of Gen AI tools. As a general rule, the use of Gen AI tools for the complete drafting of exam papers, dissertations, final papers, etc. is not permitted.
Original evidence
Evidence 2It is their responsibility to follow the instructions received from their teachers: unauthorised use of Gen AI tools is considered academic fraud and, as such, is subject to the penalties provided for in the respective study regulations.
Source Status
USI maintains a public generative-AI guidance hub and June 2025 recommendations for both students and teaching staff; the Desk page says those recommendations expand and replace earlier 2023 communications.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: central_genai_guidance_with_2025_student_and_staff_recommendations
Original evidence
Evidence 1In June 2025, the Recommendations on the use of generative AI in education for USI's faculty and students have been published. These documents expand and replace previous communications of 2023.
Original evidence
Evidence 2Building on this, practical recommendations have been developed for both teaching staff and students.
Teaching
USI teaching-staff recommendations advise teachers to clearly communicate what students should, can, and cannot do with GenAI tools for course learning activities and to include relevant information in the course syllabus.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: teachers_communicate_course_level_genai_permissions_and_syllabus_reference
Original evidence
Evidence 1Teachers are advised to clearly communicate at the beginning and during the course what students should /can /cannot do with Gen AI tools for learning activities related to their course. For this purpose, it is recommended to include a section in the course syllabus summarising the relevant information.
Privacy
USI recommendations say GenAI use should account for data protection and that confidential documents and sensitive data should not be shared with GenAI tools.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: do_not_share_confidential_documents_or_sensitive_data_with_genai
Original evidence
Evidence 1Gen AI must be used critically, competently and responsibly, paying particular attention to the trustworthiness of the answers provided, data protection, environmental sustainability aspects, and ensuring that confidential documents and sensitive data are not shared.
Original evidence
Evidence 2Users are expected to critically review AI supported outputs, ensure their accuracy, and comply with ethical standards, data protection, and copyright regulations.
Academic Integrity
USI teaching-staff recommendations strongly discourage reliance on tools designed to detect GenAI-generated text, saying suspected misuse should follow normal misconduct procedures defined in faculty study regulations.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: ai_text_detectors_discouraged_suspected_misuse_uses_normal_misconduct_procedures
Original evidence
Evidence 1However, it is strongly discouraged to rely on tools designed to detect text generated with the help of Gen AI (e.g. ChatGPTzero and similar). These tools are still unreliable and of little use, as they only provide a statistical estimate without offering any definite proof of the actual use of such tools.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
Official sources
4 source attribution
ChatGPT & Generative AI @ USI
desk.usi.ch
Generative AI at USI
usi.ch
Generative AI in education: Recommendations for the USI student community
content.usi.ch
Generative AI in education: Recommendations for USI teaching staff
content.usi.ch