Azure for Education

The developer tools and learning resources students and educators need to build cloud-based skills.

Dream it. Build it. Live it.

Build, deploy, and manage applications with comprehensive Azure cloud services. Whether you’re a student getting started, an educator teaching advanced workloads, or just interested in building cloud-based skills in your community, we’ve got the cloud development resources you need.

Students

Students jump-start their careers and innovation with free access to Azure, developer tools, and learning resources.

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Educators

Professors, teaching assistants, and faculty get access to open source content for classes and $200 in Azure credits, plus free services.

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Institutions

Prepare your students for cloud-based tech careers with Azure. Provide professional developer tools, software, services, and educational content to your faculty and students with a low-cost subscription to Azure Dev Tools for Teaching.

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Help students in your community build cloud skills

Bring learning opportunities to your community, whether it’s your family, a club, or your local school. Get started with these resources and tools to help students build the skills they need for the future.

Compete in Microsoft Imagine Cup

Imagine Cup empowers the next generation of computer science students to team up and use their creativity, passion, and knowledge to create applications that shape how we live, work, and play. Every year tens of thousands of students from across the globe compete for cash, travel, prizes, and the honor of taking home the Imagine Cup.

Learn about Imagine Cup

Take a free coding course

Start learning today with free learning paths and labs to improve coding skills. Whether you’re just starting out or you have some coding experience, Microsoft Learn has a path for you.

Explore hands-on learning

Create a computer lab in the cloud

Easily set up and provide on-demand access to preconfigured virtual machines to support your classroom, workshop, or hackathon.

Try Azure Lab Services

Learn more about student programs and offers

Take advantage of a variety of programs, resources, and career opportunities to help students pursue careers in technology or any other industry.

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Universities are doing great things with Azure

“By using Azure Notebooks, students aren’t hindered by installation issues. They can just start working straight away. All they need is a decent browser and an Internet connection.”

—Dr. Garth Wells: Hibbit Reader in Solid Mechanics, Department of Engineering

Read how Cambridge uses Azure to teach engineering

University of Cambridge

“We tried several solutions and found that many cloud-based IoT platforms are overly complicated for what they do. Among the possible options, Azure was the best choice to get this done.”

—Luca Mottola: Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Learn why Milan’s largest university chose Azure

Politecnico

Student innovates non-invasive blood glucose monitor with Azure

In May 2019, UCLA college freshman Bryan Chiang won $100000, a mentoring session with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and other prizes for his healthcare solution. He developed EasyGlucose, a non-invasive and low-cost alternative for blood glucose monitoring, which uses Azure deep learning to analyze eye images and predict blood glucose levels.

Meet Bryan and learn more about EasyGlucose