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This page describes how education credits work, and how to redeem coupon codesif you're a student or faculty member with education credits.

If you're a faculty member or student and want to redeem credits that you'vereceived, follow the steps in Redeem credits.

For faculty

If you're a faculty member at an eligibleinstitution, you can apply for Google Cloud education credits toteach using Google Cloud. The credits grant you a spending allowance as aCloud Billing account credit, and can be used for allGoogle Cloud services. For example, your students might receive a creditin their Cloud Billing account for $50 that they can use for projectsfor a Computer Science course for a semester.

You can alsoget additional benefits, such as research credits and Qwiklabs credits.Learn about Google Cloud benefits for faculty.

Apply for credits

Use this form to apply for credits.

After your application is approved, you receive these emails:

• An email with coupon codes for yourself and your staff, such as teachingassistants (if applicable).
• A separate email with a URL that you can send to your students.

To redeem the credits, you and your students must follow the steps inRedeem credits.

How education credits work for faculty

When you're using education credits, be aware of the following:

• If you teach multiple courses that need Google Cloud credits, the creditfor each course is tracked separately, in a Cloud Billing account for each course.

• If you need additional credits, you can request them by following thedirections in the email with your coupon codes.

• Your credits are valid for one year after you redeem them.

• You can use products in the free tier without counting against your education credits.

For students

If your faculty has applied and received Google Cloud credits for yourcourse, they send you an email with a URL to verify your status as a student.You must confirm your school or college email address to verify. After you'vebeen verified, you get an email with a coupon code. To redeem your credits,follow the steps in Redeem credits.

Learn more about additional Google Cloud benefits for students.

How education credits work for students

When you're using education credits, be aware of the following:

• If you're taking multiple courses, the credit for each course is assigned to aseparate Cloud Billing account for that course.

• You can use products in the free tier without counting against your education credits.

• Your credits are valid for one year after you redeem them.

• If you need to request additional credit, contact your faculty member.

Redeem credits

You must have a Google account to use education credits. If you don't have aGoogle account, you can create one.

Credit coupons are distributed by email. You redeem the coupon in theGoogle Cloud console.

1. To redeem a coupon, open the coupon email and click Redeem now,or click the button below Google Cloud console.

   Redeem now

   If you're not already signed in to your Google account, you are prompted tosign in.

2. The Google Cloud console opens to a confirmation screen. If the couponcode isn't automatically entered, copy the code from the email (where itsays Your code) into the Google Cloud console under Coupon code.

3. If you agree to the terms, click Accept and continue. The credit isadded to your account in a Cloud Billing account named for thecourse it applies to.

4. If you have additional credit coupons to redeem, you can do so either byrepeating the previous steps for each email you've received, or if youraccount has no remaining credit, you can go to the Education grants pageand enter the coupon code manually.

Resources

• Learn about creating projects to use Google Cloud.

• Learn about tracking your usage costs with Cloud Billing reports.

• Read frequently asked questions about Google Cloud for education.