Three Belgian students caught using ChatGPT in medical entrance exams
Three Belgian students were caught using ChatGPT during medical, dental, and veterinary entrance exams in Flanders in July 2025, marking the first documented case of AI-assisted cheating in such exams. All three students were immediately excluded and formal records were filed.
What happened
Three students taking medical, dental, or veterinary entrance exams in Flanders in early July 2025 were caught using ChatGPT during the exams. Two were taking the medical exam and one was taking the veterinary exam among 6,211 registered candidates.
Normally no candidate has internet access on computers used for the exams, but a vulnerability allowed these three students to connect. All three were immediately excluded and a formal record was drawn up.
Reported impact
This was reported as the first instance of students being caught using ChatGPT in such an exam, according to the Flemish exam commission's report.
Index analysis
The exam commission president stated that while this was the first time ChatGPT use was caught, cheating has always existed. Other traditional cheating attempts were also discovered, including students wearing earbuds, two pairs attempting to exchange hand signals, and one student trying to photograph the exam.
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