AI tools and academic integrity in your EPQ

Your EPQ must be your own work. AI tools can help in limited ways, but they earn no credit themselves, and every use must be acknowledged. Your school's policy comes first.

What the boards say (our summary)

AQA lists uses it treats as valid, such as generating ideas, checking whether enough reliable material exists for a topic, summarising an article to judge its relevance, explaining a concept more simply, and help with planning. You must record any such use in your log (AQA's AI guidance for the EPQ ).
AQA: you get no credit for AI output itself; you are credited for your decisions, interpretation and reflection on it.
Pearson: AI alone cannot meet the assessment requirements, and every use must be referenced; failing to do so is treated as malpractice (Pearson's teacher guide to EPQ and AI ).
Both point to the JCQ guidance (AI Use in Assessments ), which asks for the tool's name and date and a non-editable copy (such as a screenshot) of your questions and its answers.

In a maths EPQ, in practice

Fine if your school allows it and you acknowledge it: asking for an explanation of a concept, then checking it in a reliable source.
Fine: using software to compute, plot or check results you understand and explain.
Not fine: submitting AI-written text, proofs, code or analysis as your own.
Not fine: citing a source an AI tool gave you without finding and reading it yourself (some are invented).
Not fine: asking anyone, human or AI, to rewrite your sections.

How these pages stay on the right side

The title checker runs six tests on your own words and suggests nothing; the timeline planner spreads milestones over your dates. Nothing here writes any part of a project.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use ChatGPT for my EPQ?

Only as your school and board allow, and every use must be acknowledged with the tool's name and date, keeping a copy of what you asked and what it produced. AI output earns no credit and must never be submitted as your own work.

Can an EPQ be about AI?

Yes, AI can be the topic. Pearson publishes guidance for students choosing AI-related titles, because the literature moves fast; check that reliable sources exist before you commit.

Your EPQ must be your own work. These pages coach: ideas, structure, checklists and planning. Submitting text, proofs, code or analysis written by someone else or by an AI tool as your own is malpractice. How to use help and AI honestly.

The Extended Project Qualification is offered by several awarding bodies, including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas. A Level Math Revision is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any awarding body or university. Summaries of the rules are in our own words: your school and your board's specification have the final say. Every idea here is our own.