Normalized claim
Students comfortable using generative AI tools: 79% increase
79% of students feeling comfortable using generative AI tools for programming by course end
UC San Diego integrates GitHub Copilot into programming courses to prepare students for AI-assisted development
Use case typeCoding assistantsUpdated Jul 20, 2025
The university integrated GitHub Copilot into selected programming courses. Faculty redesigned coursework so students worked without AI assistance on foundational assignments and used Copilot for larger projects. The curriculum also taught calibrated trust and evaluation of AI output, including correctness, quality, security, and maintainability.
- Organization
- UC San Diego
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United States
- Published
- July 2025
Reported outcomes
+79%
students comfortable using generative AI toolsOther quantified impact
+59%students saying Copilot helped learning
Strategic outcomes
Employee experiencePrepared students for AI-assisted developmentOther strategic outcomeEnabled students to complete larger software projects
Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks
Normalized claim
Students saying Copilot helped learning: 59% increase
59% saying GitHub Copilot actively helped their learning of programming concepts
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- UC San Diego
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Maturity
- Exploring
- Linked source
- Microsoft Customer Stories
The curriculum also taught calibrated trust and evaluation of AI output, including correctness, quality, security, and maintainability
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
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Use case focus
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- 1Coding assistants
- 2Personalized learning
- 3Training simulation
- Programming courses were not preparing students for AI-assisted development.
- Faculty needed a way to introduce generative AI coding tools while preserving fundamental understanding.
- Integrated GitHub Copilot into selected courses.
- Reworked assignments so students used AI selectively, based on task type.
- Taught students to evaluate AI output and revised assessments to measure learning and usage.
Technologies
- 79% of students felt comfortable using generative AI tools for programming by course end.
- 59% said GitHub Copilot actively helped their learning of programming concepts.
- Students were able to complete larger projects and better prepare for industry codebases.
Architecture
UC San Diego integrated GitHub Copilot into selected programming courses and redesigned assignments so students used AI selectively. The curriculum also taught calibrated trust and evaluation of AI output, including correctness, quality, security, and maintainability.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jul 20, 2025Publisher: MicrosoftEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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