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Google Cloud for Students
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.
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 Google Cloud Skills Boost
Students can request access to free online labs, quests, and courses through the Google Cloud Skills Boost platform. Follow a defined plan or build and curate your own path to working and thriving in a cloud-first workplace.
200 free Google Cloud Skills Boost credits
Credits expire one year after they are issued
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.
Post a skill badge to LinkedIn
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.
Foundational, associate or professional certifications
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
Share your Google Cloud expertise on your resume and social media
Start learning the skills
Want to start learning with Google Cloud?
Visit Google Cloud Skills Boost to choose your path, build your skills, and validate your knowledge.
Description
Skill badges
Professional certificate
Get started with Google Cloud training by completing this learning path that introduces you to the fundamentals of Google Cloud. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience in Google Cloud.
A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs
Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud
Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals
Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google Cloud
Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals
Google Cloud Fundamentals for Azure Professionals: Core Infrastructure
Once you complete the path, check out our catalog for 700+ labs and courses to keep going on your professional journey.
A Cloud Digital Leader can articulate the capabilities of core cloud products and services and understand how they benefit organizations. This no cost learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Cloud Digital Leader role.
Introduction to Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
Innovating with Data and Google Cloud
Infrastructure and Application Modernization with Google Cloud
Understanding Google Cloud Security and Operations
Once you complete the path, check out the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification to take the next steps on your professional journey.
A Cloud Engineer plans, configures, sets up, and deploys cloud solutions. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Cloud Engineering role.
A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs
Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services
Elastic Google Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation
Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
Logging, Monitoring and Observability in Google Cloud
Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud
Set Up and Configure a Cloud Environment in Google Cloud
Automating Infrastructure on Google Cloud with Terraform
Once you complete the path, check out the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification to take the next steps in your professional journey.
A Cloud Architect designs, develops, and manages robust, secure, scalable, and dynamic solutions. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Cloud Architect role.
A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs
Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Exam
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services
Elastic Google Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation
Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engineer
Logging, Monitoring and Observability in Google Cloud
Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud
Set Up and Configure a Cloud Environment in Google Cloud
Automating Infrastructure on Google Cloud with Terraform
Deploy and Manage Cloud Environments with Google Cloud
Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine
Once you complete the path, check out the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification to take the next steps in your professional journey.
A Data Engineer designs and builds systems that collect and transform the data used to inform business decisions. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Data Engineer role.
A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs
Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam
Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals
Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Google Cloud
Building Batch Data Pipelines on Google Cloud
Building Resilient Streaming Analytics Systems on Google Cloud
Smart Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI on Google Cloud
Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Foundations
Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines
Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Operations
Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google Cloud
Build and Optimize Data Warehouses with BigQuery
Engineer Data in Google Cloud
Once you complete the path, check out the Google Cloud Data Engineer certification to take the next steps in your professional journey.
Description
Get started with Google Cloud training by completing this learning path that introduces you to the fundamentals of Google Cloud. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience in Google Cloud.
A Cloud Digital Leader can articulate the capabilities of core cloud products and services and understand how they benefit organizations. This no cost learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Cloud Digital Leader role.
A Cloud Engineer plans, configures, sets up, and deploys cloud solutions. This learning path guides you through a curated collection of on-demand courses, labs, and skill badges that provide you with real-world, hands-on experience using Google Cloud technologies essential to the Cloud Engineering role.