Information About UCLA’s AWS Institution Account

What Is AWS Educate?

“AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to greatly accelerate cloud-related learning to help prepare students for a cloud-enabled workplace. AWS Educate provides four pillars of grant-based support for educators and students: 1) content on the Cloud contributed by top educators and AWS to help you build your courses; 2) training materials to help you skill up on AWS; 3) collaboration tools such as discussion forums, events, and places to upload and rate content; and 4) credits to access AWS services for free.”

How Do I Sign Up?

Educators and students will need to provide a unique AWS account during the application process. If you don’t already have an AWS account you will need to create a new one. See the link on the AWS Educate application form to create a free AWS account. Note that new AWS account applicants will also receive one year AWS Free Tier access — see http://aws.amazon.com/free/ for more information.

To sign up for an AWS Educator or Student account, please follow the instructions below for your respective role. Make sure you use University of California Los Angeles under the Institution Name section of the application. If you don’t, your account will not be associated with the UCLA Institution account. Also make sure to use a ucla.edu email address when you register, do not use a non-ucla.edu mail domain, e.g., google.com, as your account application will not be accepted. Note that g.ucla.edu is an acceptable email domain to register with.

Educators: If you want to create a class account that uses a UCLA purchase order for AWS charges, please see UCLA Software Central’s site for instructions. If you are a student and are signing up to join a class account, please follow the instructions given to you by your instructor.

Amazon Web Services Educator graphicFor Educator Accounts:

  • Step 1: Access the AWS Educate website here and click Apply Now.
  • Step 2: Click to Apply for AWS Educate for Educators.
  • Step 3: Enter the information requested on the AWS Educate Educator Application form.
  • Step 4: Verify your email address and complete a captcha to verify that you are not a robot.
  • Step 5: Click-through to accept AWS Educate Terms and Conditions.

After the Educator application is submitted:

  • You will receive an email indicating that the application was received.
  • AWS Educate will review the application and perform any necessary validation.
  • After you are accepted, a welcome message will be sent to your email address. The message includes a link for you to create a password for your AWS Educate account to access the AWS Educate – Educator Collaboration Portal, links to training and other benefits, and an AWS credit code.

Amazon Web Services Student graphicFor Student Accounts:

  • Step 1: Access the AWS Educate website here and click Apply Now.
  • Step 2: Click to Apply for AWS Educate for Students.
  • Step 3: Enter the information requested on the AWS Educate Student Application form.
  • Step 4: Verify your email address and complete a captcha to verify that you are not a robot.
  • Step 5: Click-through to accept AWS Educate Terms and Conditions.

After the Student application is submitted:

  • You will receive an email indicating that the application was received.
  • AWS Educate reviews the application and performs any necessary validation.
  • After you are accepted, a welcome message is forwarded to your email address. The message includes a link for the AWS Educate Student portal and an AWS credit code.

For general questions on the AWS Educate program please contact Heather Matson, matsonh@amazon.com.