Does Queen's University Belfast use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. Queen's University Belfast does not run AI detection on submissions, so no AI score is generated for your work.
Module rules on permitted AI use still apply either way, and a detector score is never the whole case — the university’s own statement and what it means for you are below.
What Queen's University Belfast has said
Detection not recommended (general). Assessment guidance states text-based AI detectors are "not recommended", as they cannot definitively identify AI-authored content and produce unacceptably high false-positive rates.
Source (2025–26 version): QUB guidance (PDF)
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What this means if you study here
Queen's assessment guidance for 2025–26 states text-based AI detectors are 'not recommended', because they cannot definitively identify AI-authored content and produce unacceptably high false-positive rates. 'Not recommended' addresses staff practice: markers are steered away from detector scores as evidence.
Queen's continues to use Turnitin for similarity checking, so the plagiarism side of the report exists as normal. AI-use concerns proceed through academic judgement and the university's integrity procedures, with your process evidence carrying the weight.
Turnitin at Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast says AI-detection tools are not relied on, so a Turnitin AI score should not decide anything about your work here. Similarity checking is a separate feature and remains the sector norm — assume source matching still runs on submissions.
How the AI writing report behaves wherever it is enabled — the 300-word minimum, the 1–19% asterisk band, and why the score is never proof on its own — is covered in does Turnitin detect AI?
Before you submit, anywhere
- Policies change and are re-verified here quarterly — the university’s linked statement above is always the authority, and your module brief overrides everything.
- Whatever the institutional toggle, keep your drafts and version history: process evidence decides disputes, not scores.
- No third-party tool predicts a Turnitin result — here is why. Use checks to understand your own writing, not to chase a number.
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