Build your future with Google Cloud
Learn at your own pace.
Complete the online program on your own terms. Develop
real-world skills with under 25 hours of flexible study.
Prepare for in-demand roles.
Cloud roles are among the top 10 most in-demand IT
roles. Make your resume competitive with credentials
from Google.1
Join a supportive peer community.
Gain access to Developer Student Clubs, attend a
hackathon, or attend online events to get hands on
experience.
Your journey begins here
Google Cloud offers students access to a tailored learning program that lets them perform hands-on labs, earn badges, and demonstrate skills to employers in high-growth fields.
Step 1: Learn with Qwiklabs
Students can request access to free online labs, quests, and courses through the Qwiklabs platform. Follow a defined plan or build and curate your own path to working and thriving in a cloud-first workplace.
Step 2: Earn skill badges
A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud. Complete a skill badge quest and the accompanying challenge lab final assessment to receive a skill badge you can share with your network.
Step 3: Gain a certification
Students who want to position themselves well to secure employment working with Google Cloud can go further by training for one of ten Google Cloud certifications.
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Foundational, associate or professional certifications
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Entry in the Google Cloud Certified Directory
Step 4: Explore careers
Professional Cloud Architect was the highest paying certification of 20201 and 20192 at an average salary of over $160,000 per year. 87% of Google Cloud certified individuals are more confident about their cloud skills.3
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Share your Google Cloud expertise on your resume and social media
Start learning the skills
Want to start learning with Google Cloud?
Visit the Hey Student page to get the code you can use to gain free access to the four Qwiklabs quests below.
Description
Prerequisites
Skill badges
Quest 1
Create and Manage Google Cloud Resources
5 hours
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Write commands and use Cloud Shell, create and deploy virtual machines, run containerized applications, and configure network and HTTP load balancers.
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Some information technology or computing background
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Some hands-on familiarity with administering computing systems
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Skill badge earned: Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Quest 2
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud
4 hours
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Build and connect storage-centric cloud infrastructure using the basic capabilities of the following technologies: Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.
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Completion of the first quest above:
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Skill badge earned: Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks
Quest 3
Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google Cloud
4 hours
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Learn the basic features for machine learning and AI technologies like: BigQuery, Cloud Speech AI, Cloud Natural Language API, Dataproc, and Video Intelligence API.
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Completion of the first quest above:
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Skill badge earned: Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks
Quest 4
Build and Secure Networks in Google Cloud
7 hours
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Networking is what connects all your resources and services to one another. This quest covers essential Google Cloud networking services and will give you hands-on practice with specialized tools for developing mature networks.
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Completion of the first quest above:
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Skill badge earned: Build and Secure Networks
Join a community
Connect with a community of Googlers, student experts, and fellow new Google Cloud learners who can share their experience and insights with you.
Take part in one of over 200 hundred hackathons through
our official partners at Major League Hacking.
Attend a hackathon
Join your local Developer Student Club or apply to
create a new chapter on your campus.
Join a student club
Attend live and on-demand Google Cloud events through
the Cloud on Air events platform.
Attend an event
Watch tutorials to learn about what it means to be a
student developer and how to grow the skill set needed
to flourish in your future career.
Watch on YouTube
Experience the impact
Explore real stories of students learning and building with Google Cloud.
Read the full story“When you're trying to build something that helps people, especially those you know personally, it gives you a warm feeling on the inside, as if you just struck gold.”
1 Based on responses from the Global Knowledge 2020 IT Skills and Salary Survey.
2 Based on responses from the Global Knowledge 2019 IT Skills and Salary Survey.
3 Based on survey responses from the 2020 Google Cloud certification impact report.