When completing an application, you should note the following restrictions and risks of using AI tools.
Personal statements and CVs
- AI must not be used when writing personal statements and CVs. This prohibition covers the use of AI to help your use of English.
- AI may generate false claims (‘hallucinations’) and if these are about your personal achievements they will be treated like any other application fraud.
Research proposals
- Appropriate use of AI tools to support the preparation of research proposals is permitted.
- Content generated by AI should be acknowledged.
- A reliance on AI tools may produce poor-quality output, weakening your chance of success.
Interviews
- AI must not be used to impersonate or assist you during an interview, including to help your use of English.
- At interview, you should expect to be asked to confirm that you are not using AI.
Further guidance
The University of Cambridge is a signatory of the Russell Group statement on the use of AI in higher education and provides guidance for students on artificial intelligence and academic misconduct.
We recommend applicants consider wider issues of how artificial intelligence relates to scholarship, ethics and the environment: AI and scholarship: a manifesto.