AWS Educate & Cloud Credits
AWS cloud learning paths, badges, and credits for students exploring cloud-native development.
Eligibility
- Students and educators
- Institution-linked accounts where required
Steps
- Step 1: Join AWS Educate: Register at aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ with your school email when possible.
- Step 2: Complete learning badges: Follow cloud career pathways to unlock additional credit offers.
- Step 3: Apply credits: Attach credits to your AWS account before launching practice instances.
- Step 4: Use Cloud9 or VS Code: Pair credits with AWS Cloud9 or VS Code AWS Toolkit for a full cloud IDE workflow.
Access paths
- AWS Educate membership — Free learning platform with optional credit grants after pathway completion.
- AWS Activate for startups — If you have a student startup, AWS Activate may provide larger credit pools than Educate alone.
- GitHub Student Developer Pack — May include cloud and design partner credits alongside dev tools.