AWS Educate

Amazon's free cloud-skills program: self-paced courses, hands-on labs in provided AWS sandboxes, and digital badges. Open to anyone 13+, no student verification or credit card required.

What you get

• Free self-paced courses and hands-on labs covering compute, storage, networking, and databases, with shareable badges on completion
• Register with just an email — no credit card, no AWS account, no student verification; open to anyone 13 and older
• Learners 18+ can use the AWS Educate job board for entry-level cloud roles and internships
• Honest caveat: the current program includes no AWS service credits — labs run in provided sandboxes. Old '$100 Educate credits' claims refer to a retired version
• For actual credits, AWS's separate Free Tier (not student-specific) gives $100 at signup plus up to $100 more via activities