Google partners with the University of Oxford to provide students and faculty with our most advanced AI tools and models, including Gemini for Education and NotebookLM, helping them learn, create, teach and collaborate in more powerful and effective ways.
Following a successful pilot program in which 85% of survey respondents reported increased productivity and nearly 75% said Google’s AI tools helped them work more efficiently, university faculty, administrators and students will now be able to obtain Pro licenses through their departments or colleges for use in Oxford’s Google for Education workspace. The university has also made Gemini for Education and NotebookLM available to all staff and students through its secure Google workspace.
Gemini for Education includes Guided Learning, a personalized learning companion designed to foster deep understanding through probing questions and tailored, step-by-step guidance rather than simply providing an answer.
Oxford’s colleges and academic departments now have secure access to Gemini 3, Google’s latest model based on science learning and built in collaboration with education experts.
The University’s Gemini Pro licenses include access to Deep Research, an AI-powered academic assistant that can formulate multi-step research plans, browse hundreds of relevant web sources, reason through the results and synthesize them into a comprehensive, multi-page report with citations.
These cutting-edge tools will enable the Oxford community to enrich its research and unlock more effective and personalized pathways to learning, while promoting crucial AI competencies and skill building.
Oxford University is pioneering the delivery of secure AI tools in higher education to support students, accelerate research breakthroughs and create efficiencies for administrative staff and faculty members.
Alwyn Collinson, head of the AI ​​Competency Center at the University of Oxford, said: ‘Many of our staff and students are already experimenting with AI. The Gemini for Education and NotebookLM tools we make available through our partnership with Google provide secure access to leading AI models, supported by training and guidance to ensure they are used safely and responsibly for work and study. They will help ensure that our researchers and academics can harness the potential of AI to accelerate high-impact research, facilitate breakthroughs and drive innovation that can help us solve key global challenges.’
Oxford’s pilot program identified key use cases such as accelerating research and supporting grant proposals and improving productivity using Gemini and NotebookLM – critical functions for a world-leading research institution.
Through this collaboration, Oxford University and Google share a commitment to advance critical AI competence and skill building and support the next generation as they prepare to embark on a future where AI tools will be used in multiple ways.
By strengthening its community with a range of best-in-class AI solutions, Oxford is strengthening its position as a global leader in education and research. It ensures students can leverage the tools and skills they need to become tomorrow’s creators, collaborators and problem solvers, while demonstrating how universities can strategically use AI to help their students, staff and faculty succeed.