Help students thrive in a cloud-first workplace

Prepare your students for careers in a cloud-first world. Lead your students along a career readiness track that prepares them to achieve the industry-recognized Associate Cloud Engineer certification. The track includes access to enterprise-level curriculum and certification benefits structured as a 16-week sprint. Review our program FAQs to learn more.

Eligibility is limited to faculty only. If you are interested in the Career Readiness program, be sure to ask your professor to apply.

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Jump-start a career in cloud technology and innovation with the Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Discounts for faculty and students

Faculty can enroll themselves and their students into the Career Readiness: Associate Cloud Engineer track program. Faculty and students will receive the following:

On demand access

Get free access to Architecting with Google Cloud Platform specialization on-demand on Coursera. 100% discount: 6 courses with about 40 hours of content, 16 weeks access

Self-paced labs

Get free access to Cloud Architecture Quest and additional self-paced labs on Qwiklabs. 100% discount: 10+ labs

Google Cloud Certified

Prepare to take the exam and earn your Associate Cloud Engineer certification. 100% discount for faculty; 50% discount for students

*Subject to members adhering to the timelines mentioned by Google at the start of the program and other criteria.

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