Have AI prepare the selection of university applicants

Universities select university applicants with AI support

Future prospectStrictly regulatedAssessing & selecting peopleSchools & universities

Fits: Office, administration & casework · Teaching & education

Aim: check applications faster for completeness, deadlines and formal requirements so the admissions office has more time for difficult cases. To be honest: AI that assesses motivation letters or suitability is not mature and is legally particularly sensitive. That only happens, if at all, in pilot projects.

Is this for you?

  • As a pilot university, you want to gain experience early or prepare for future systems.
  • Your degree programmes receive many applications and have selection regulations with several criteria.
  • The admissions office, faculty, legal department and data protection work on the pilot together.
First step today

Without any applicant data: put your public selection regulations into the template below and have each selection step classified as formal and rule-based, involving discretion, or assessing people. This shows where AI may help at all.

How to go about it

  1. Disclose the selection criteria and the AI’s role
  2. Classify it legally
  3. Check application documents for gaps and bias
  4. The AI flags, the admissions office decides
  5. Inform applicants
  6. Review the pilot for fairness and decide whether to stop

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SH-04 · Legal status 08.10.2026 · Education and examinations (Annex III No. 3)