Teaching & Learning
- The university also states that permitted AI use must be acknowledged
- For coursework, students may use AI only when the assessment guidance or module leader explicitly permits it
- Where AI use is not authorised, using it to produce work that is submitted as the student's own is treated as academic misconduct
Any use of AI where students submit materials generated by AI as if they were their own work, where that use has not been expressly permitted, will be considered academic misconduct.
Students are permitted to use AI in assessments only where this has been clearly indicated in the assignment brief or by the module leader.
Students must acknowledge the use of any AI in the development of submitted materials.
- The rule applies across assessments rather than creating a blanket permission
- Use of AI in assessments is only allowed when the assignment brief or module leader clearly allows it
- If AI-generated material is submitted in an assessment without express permission, the university treats that as academic misconduct
Students are permitted to use AI in assessments only where this has been clearly indicated in the assignment brief or by the module leader.
Any use of AI where students submit materials generated by AI as if they were their own work, where that use has not been expressly permitted, will be considered academic misconduct.
- The institution also promotes its own AI platform for these learning uses
- However, students remain responsible for checking outputs and should not rely on AI alone because it can be inaccurate or biased
- The university permits students to use AI as a study support tool for personal learning activities such as explaining concepts, creating revision help, and practicing skills
AI can help you to understand difficult concepts, create study materials, and improve your learning.
You can use AI tools to:
• explain concepts in different ways
• create flashcards or quizzes for revision
• generate practice questions
• summarise notes
• get feedback on your understanding
Remember that AI can make mistakes, invent information, or reflect bias, so you should always check what it gives you.
My AI Surrey is a secure University-provided AI platform for students and staff.
- Students must also acknowledge any AI use in submitted work
- No programming-specific permission or prohibition beyond the general assessment rules is defined
- The university does not set a separate university-wide rule specifically for coding assignments; instead, AI use in assessed work depends on whether the assignment brief or module leader permits it
Students are permitted to use AI in assessments only where this has been clearly indicated in the assignment brief or by the module leader.
Students must acknowledge the use of any AI in the development of submitted materials.
Research
- It states that authors remain accountable for accuracy, originality, and integrity, and AI tools cannot be listed as authors
- The provided sources do not set a single detailed rule specifically for theses, dissertations, and manuscripts beyond these integrity expectations
- The university requires researchers to use caution when using generative AI in research-related writing and to ensure human responsibility for the final output
Researchers are responsible for the integrity of their research outputs, including where AI tools have been used.
AI tools cannot be credited as authors.
Researchers must ensure that any use of AI does not compromise the accuracy, validity or originality of their work.
- The university requires researchers to protect data and maintain research integrity when using AI for research processes
- No more specific university-wide rule on synthetic data or statistical processing is explicitly defined in the provided sources
- Researchers must ensure AI use does not compromise accuracy, validity, or originality, and must follow data protection and confidentiality requirements
Researchers are responsible for the integrity of their research outputs, including where AI tools have been used.
Researchers must ensure that any use of AI does not compromise the accuracy, validity or originality of their work.
Care must be taken not to input confidential, personal or otherwise sensitive information into public AI tools.
- The university requires AI use in research to comply with research integrity and ethics expectations
- The sources frame AI use within existing research governance rather than exempting it from ethics oversight
- Researchers remain responsible for outputs produced with AI, must avoid entering confidential or personal data into public AI tools, and are directed to seek ethics review where research activities require it
Researchers are responsible for the integrity of their research outputs, including where AI tools have been used.
Researchers must ensure that any use of AI does not compromise the accuracy, validity or originality of their work.
Care must be taken not to input confidential, personal or otherwise sensitive information into public AI tools.
All research involving human participants, their tissue or data requires ethical review and approval before it begins.
Academic Integrity
- Disclosure is therefore mandatory when AI has been used in submitted materials
- The university requires students to acknowledge any AI used in creating submitted work
- It also provides a specific disclosure statement students can include and says they should keep records of prompts and outputs where relevant
Students must acknowledge the use of any AI in the development of submitted materials.
Statement: I acknowledge the use of [insert AI system(s) and link] to [specific use of generative artificial intelligence]. The prompts used include [list prompts]. The output from these prompts was used to [explain how the output was used in your work].
Keep records of the prompts you use and the outputs generated.
- Penalties are therefore tied to the academic misconduct framework rather than to a standalone detection regime
- Undisclosed or unauthorised AI-generated submission is treated as academic misconduct under the university's misconduct procedures
- The sources emphasize enforcement through academic misconduct regulations and investigation processes, but they do not define a specific approved AI-detection tool policy in the provided materials
Any use of AI where students submit materials generated by AI as if they were their own work, where that use has not been expressly permitted, will be considered academic misconduct.
Academic misconduct is when a student acts in a way that gives, or could give, an unfair advantage in an assessment. This includes the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI).
The University treats academic misconduct very seriously and there are formal procedures for investigating suspected cases.
Institutional & Administrative
- It also states that AI will be embedded in discipline-specific ways across degrees, indicating an instructional role for academic staff
- The university provides an approved AI platform for both staff and students and signals institutional support for staff use of AI in university work
- However, the provided sources do not define a detailed university-wide policy on staff use for grading, recommendation letters, or administrative communications
My AI Surrey is a secure University-provided AI platform for students and staff.
The University of Surrey has announced that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be embedded into all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes by September 2026, enabling all students to learn discipline-specific applications of AI as part of their degree.
University of Surrey invests in personalised AI platform for staff and students delivered in partnership
- The sources do not define a full tiered data-classification scheme, but they do set a clear confidentiality restriction for public AI tools
- Its guidance frames My AI Surrey as a secure university-provided service, indicating a preference for approved institutional tooling when handling university-related work
- The university has an approved institutional platform, My AI Surrey, for staff and students, and it directs users to avoid putting confidential, personal, or sensitive information into public AI tools
My AI Surrey is a secure University-provided AI platform for students and staff.
Care must be taken not to input confidential, personal or otherwise sensitive information into public AI tools.
Do not upload personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information into public AI tools.
- The provided sources show a strategic adoption agenda, though they do not name a specific AI committee in the materials supplied
- The university has an explicit institutional AI strategy that includes a university-wide rollout of AI education and a university-provided AI platform for staff and students
- It states that generative AI will be embedded in all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes by September 2026, and it presents AI guidance through central institutional pages
The University of Surrey has announced that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be embedded into all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes by September 2026, enabling all students to learn discipline-specific applications of AI as part of their degree.
My AI Surrey is a secure University-provided AI platform for students and staff.
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The university requires students to acknowledge any AI used in creating submitted work. It also provides a specific disclosure statement students can include and says they should keep records of prompts and outputs where relevant. Disclosure is therefore mandatory when AI has been used in submitted materials.
Undisclosed or unauthorised AI-generated submission is treated as academic misconduct under the university's misconduct procedures. The sources emphasize enforcement through academic misconduct regulations and investigation processes, but they do not define a specific approved AI-detection tool policy in the provided materials. Penalties are therefore tied to the academic misconduct framework rather than to a standalone detection regime.
The university has an approved institutional platform, My AI Surrey, for staff and students, and it directs users to avoid putting confidential, personal, or sensitive information into public AI tools. Its guidance frames My AI Surrey as a secure university-provided service, indicating a preference for approved institutional tooling when handling university-related work. The sources do not define a full tiered data-classification scheme, but they do set a clear confidentiality restriction for public AI tools.