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AWS Academy

Empowering higher education institutions to prepare students for industry-recognized certifications and careers in the cloud

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Bridging the gap between industry and academia

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with a free, ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs. Our curriculum helps educators stay at the forefront of AWS Cloud innovation so that they can equip students with the skills required to get hired in one of the fastest-growing industries.

Program benefits

Institutions

Become a leader in cloud education
Develop and retain educators
Produce graduates that are prepared for in-demand cloud careers

Educators

Access innovative cloud courses
Receive complimentary AWS professional training
Receive 50% discounts on AWS Certification exams

Students

Land a well-paid job in one of the fastest-growing industries
Gain skills hiring managers value
Exclusive access to the Emerging Talent Community upon course completion

Employers

Close your cloud skills gap
Find candidates with AWS skills and experience

I have found that AWS Academy material is ideal for students looking to get hands-on experience with cloud computing.

Noah Gift

Professor, Duke University

AWS Academy provides well designed and professionally-developed learning materials for our students.

Kyong Jin Shim

Professor, Singapore Management University

With AWS Academy, we are helping both our students and the local community in Miami by creating the cloud workforce local businesses are looking for.

Antonio Delgado

Dean of Engineering, Technology and Design at Miami Dade College

About the curriculum

AWS Academy offers courses and learning resources that helps students develop a range of skills in the AWS Cloud. Approved educators have access all AWS Academy courses and AWS Academy Learner Lab.

Foundational

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AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

This introductory course is intended for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. It provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support.

AWS Academy Generative AI Foundations

AWS Academy Generative AI Foundations course offers an introduction to artificial intelligence with a particular emphasis on generative AI technologies. While providing a broad foundational understanding of AI and Machine Learning (ML), the curriculum delves deeper into the concepts of generative AI and its applications in cloud computing.

Students will explore the fundamental concepts, capabilities, principles, use cases and associated AWS services and tools of generative AI in the context of the AWS cloud.

AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations

This introductory course introduces students to the concepts and terminology of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). By the end of this course, students will be able to select and apply ML services to resolve business problems. They will also be able to label, build, train, and deploy a custom ML model. This course contains approximately 20 hours of content delivered through lectures, hands-on labs, and project work.

AWS Academy Data Center Technician (DCT)

This course is designed to help students develop technical expertise in data center operations. Although this is a foundational course, students should possess a general knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering concepts.

AWS Academy Engineering Operations Technicians (EOT)

This course provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and skills required for the Engineering Operations Technician role in a Data Center environment. Students will learn about topics such as data center basics, data center physical infrastructure, electrical fundamentals, and data center batteries and generators.

AWS Academy Cloud Security Foundations

This course is designed to help students gain a foundational knowledge of cybersecurity principles and services for cloud computing through a guided hands-on approach. This course includes demonstrations, instructional guides, and real-life scenarios.

Associate

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AWS Academy Cloud Developing

This intermediate-level course will help students gain technical expertise in development with cloud technologies. It will also help them prepare for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification exam. Upon completion, students will be able to develop with the AWS SDK and identify best practices for building and deploying applications in the AWS Cloud. This course contains approximately 40 hours of content delivered through lectures and hands-on labs.

We recommend that students take AWS Academy Cloud Foundations or equivalent before taking this course.

AWS Academy Cloud Architecting

This intermediate-level course covers the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on AWS and helps students gain the skills they need to pursue the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification. This course contains approximately 40 hours of content delivered through lectures, hands-on labs, and project work.

We recommend that students take AWS Academy Cloud Foundations or equivalent before taking this course.

AWS Academy Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing

This intermediate-level course is designed for students who are pursuing careers that require machine learning knowledge. Students will learn how to describe the terms in the natural language processing (NLP) ecosystem; identify how to use NLP in business; and indicate the range of problems, tasks, and solutions with NLP.

AWS Academy Data Engineering

AWS Academy Data Engineering is designed to help students learn about and get hands-on practice with the tasks, tools, and strategies used to collect, store, prepare, analyze, and visualize data for use in analytics and machine learning applications. Throughout the course, students will explore use cases from real world applications that will enable them to make informed decisions while building the data pipeline for their particular application.

Labs

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AWS Academy Learner Lab

Long-running hands-on lab environments where educators can bring their own assignments and invite their students to get experience using select AWS Services.

What can you do with AWS Academy Learner Lab?

Create a class for your students
Invite your students
Assign your own projects
View a student’s workspace
View analytics including time and money spent
Includes access to over 100 AWS services
Available to all AWS Academy educators that complete the Getting started with AWS Academy course

Lab Projects

AWS Academy Cloud Data Pipeline Builder

In this project, students are challenged to use AWS services to build a data analytics pipeline to analyze website clickstream data without step-by-step guidance. The pipeline must reflect the principles of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and be able to ingest, transform, analyze, and visualize data to produce meaningful insights for businesses to make informed decisions. Specific sections of the assignment are meant to challenge students on skills that they have acquired throughout the learning process.

AWS Academy Cloud Web Application Builder

In this project, students are challenged to use AWS services to design and deploy a database-backed web application in the AWS Cloud without step-by-step guidance. The architecture must reflect the principles of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and be highly available, scalable, high performing, and secure. Specific sections of the assignment are meant to challenge students on skills that they have acquired throughout the learning process.

AWS Academy Cloud Security Builder

In this lab project, students are challenged to use AWS services to secure various resources in the AWS Cloud. The lab project is divided into four phases, which are independent of each other. The architecture must reflect the principles of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and the principle of least privilege. Specific sections of the assignment are meant to challenge students on skills that they have acquired throughout the learning process.

AWS Academy Microservices and CICD Pipeline Builder

In this project, students are challenged to use AWS services to design and build a microservices and continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) solution. First, students break a monolith application into separate microservices, based on functionality and API endpoints. Then, they migrate the application to run on a container-based architecture, which provides the ability for the different components of the application to scale independently. Specific sections of the assignment are meant to challenge students on skills that they have acquired throughout the learning process.

How to join

1 Determine eligibility

AWS Academy membership begins at the institution level. Institutions that meet following criteria can apply:

Institution offers accredited degree, diploma, certificate, or continuing education programs.
Applicant is authorized to act as the Program Administrator for the institution they represent or can provide the name and contact information of someone who can act in this capacity.

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2 Apply as an institution

The Institution Application must be submitted by a Program Administrator from the institution. The Program Administrator must be able to facilitate administration of the AWS Academy program on behalf of the institution. If you are not the Program Administrator, please direct them to the application.

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3 Get started

Once the application is accepted, the institution:

Accepts program Terms & Conditions
Program Administrator nominates one or more educators to teach AWS Academy courses
Proposes a class delivery plan

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Success Stories

AWS Academy Emerging Talent | Khalil's Story

Learn how Khalil launched his career as a Data Scientist specializing in AI/ML after completing cloud-skills training at AWS Academy member institution, City University of London.

AWS Academy Helps QCC Train the Next Generation of Diverse Builders

Queensborough Community College Lecturer Michael Lawrence on how AWS Academy helps prepare his students for industry-recognized certifications and careers in the cloud.