University AI Readiness Self-Assessment: From Adoption to Value
Your institution is adopting AI. Is it creating value? Benchmark your university’s readiness and help shape the global picture.
Universities are exploring and adopting AI at different rates across teaching, research, student services, and institutional operations. Now, agentic AI—tools that can carry out multi-step tasks and act inside institutional systems with limited human intervention—is raising the stakes for governance, oversight, and data protection.
This is the second release of the University AI Readiness Self-Assessment from IREX and Development Gateway: An IREX Venture. It builds on the first round, which informed From Ambition to Adoption: Insights into University AI Readiness from Around the World (May 2026), and asks a sharper question: how are universities moving from AI adoption to real institutional value?
Who should complete this survey
This self-assessment is strictly for institutional and curricular leaders at universities worldwide—leaders who shape institutional strategy, governance, and operations, or who oversee curriculum, academic programs, and teaching and learning.
Not in one of these roles? Please share this page with the appropriate leader at your institution.
What’s new in Round 2
- Tracking progress: The same core questions as Round 1, so the sector can see what has changed since 2025–2026.
- Preparing for AI agents: How institutions are getting ready for agentic AI.
- Success in practice: What successful AI use actually looks like on campus.
Why take part
- Benchmark your institution across governance and policy, workforce capability and skills, and operational integration.
- Identify priority gaps and where to focus investment next.
- Shape the evidence that university leaders, policymakers, and development partners use to support responsible AI in higher education.
Before you begin
- Time: Approximately 12 minutes.
- Deadline: Responses accepted through [closing date].
- Privacy: Participation in this survey is voluntary. Responses will be analyzed and reported in aggregate form and will not be attributed to you or your institution without your explicit permission.
- Results: [Confirm whether respondents will receive the Round 2 findings.]
Ready to assess your institution’s AI readiness? Start the survey below.