Digital Education Council Global AI Student Survey 2024

The Digital Education Council Global AI Student Survey aims to provide insights into student perceptions around artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education to inform decision-making for university leadership. The report covers the status of AI usage and readiness, student perception of AI use cases, expectations and preferences on university actions on AI, satisfaction with institutions’ AI adoption, concerns and key attributes for AI use.

This survey has gathered 3839 responses across 16 countries, from bachelor, masters, and doctorate students in multiple fields of study, offering a diverse range of student viewpoints on AI in education. With universities both keen to integrate AI into their institutions and wary of possible liabilities and concerns that this integration may bring, this survey aims to be a guide to take action.

Data from this survey provides valuable guiding points for universities on general student sentiment, brings up notable useful AI use cases that universities can implement and highlights the largest areas of concern amongst students that universities should consider. The varied and global perspectives represented in the Global AI Student Survey would not have been possible without the support and contributions of DEC institution members and all universities who assisted in the distribution of this survey.