Does University of Glasgow use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. University of Glasgow 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 University of Glasgow has said
Opted out. Academic Policy & Governance states the university "decided to take up this opt out", citing false positives; staff are also told not to upload student work to third-party detectors.
Source (Apr 2023): AI software update
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What this means if you study here
Glasgow's Academic Policy & Governance team records that the university took up Turnitin's opt-out, citing false positives — and, notably, also tells staff not to upload student work to third-party detectors. That second instruction protects your intellectual property as much as your grades: your essays should not be pasted into external tools by anyone.
If you study at Glasgow, no institutional AI score is generated for your work. Module rules on permitted AI use still apply, and misconduct concerns proceed on ordinary evidence — which is why keeping drafts remains worthwhile even at opt-out universities.
Turnitin at University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow has opted out of Turnitin's AI writing indicator, so no Turnitin AI score is generated for submissions. Similarity (plagiarism) checking is a separate Turnitin feature and remains the sector norm — an opt-out of AI detection does not mean submissions go unchecked for source matching.
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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