Overview
Public Cloud providers Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform, offer a variety of resources for Texas A&M students. These resources allow students to learn and use cloud resources with little or no cost.
Official research or other academic and administrative requirements that can use a FAMIS account code for billing may use Aggie Innovation Platform (AIP) resources at https://cloud.tamu.edu.
Professors may contact the AIP team at aip@tamu.edu if they want to set up cloud resources for teaching. Students using cloud resources as part of class should contact their instructor for access details.
The following resources are available to students. NOTE: The services below require a PERSONAL credit card for any charges that may apply.
Google Cloud
Google Cloud for Students
Advance your career by learning Google Cloud at your own pace, earning badges and certifications, building projects, and connecting with student communities. For free learning via Qwiklabs, skill badges, and eventually official certification.
Google Colaboratory (Colab)
For free Jupyter notebook environments. What is Colaboratory? Colaboratory, or “Colab” for short, is a product from Google Research. Colab allows anybody to write and execute arbitrary python code through the browser, and is especially well suited to machine learning, data analysis and education. More technically, Colab is a hosted Jupyter notebook service that requires no setup to use, while providing free access to computing resources including GPUs.
Google Cloud Free Platform
90-day, $300 Free Trial: New Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform users can take advantage of a 90-day trial period that includes $300 in free Cloud Billing credits to explore and evaluate Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform products and services. You can use these credits toward one or a combination of products. All Google Cloud customers can use select Google Cloud products—like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery—free of charge, within specified monthly usage limits. When you stay within the Free Tier limits, these resources are not charged against your Free Trial credits or to your Cloud Billing account's payment method after your trial ends.
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Learn for Students
Master new concepts at your speed and on your schedule. Start here to develop practical skills through fun, interactive modules and paths.
Azure for Students
Start free with $100 credit to use in 12 months. While you have your credit, get free services too.
GitHub Student Developer Pack
Learn to ship software like a pro. There's no substitute for hands-on experience. But for most students, real world tools can be cost-prohibitive. That's why we created the GitHub Student Developer Pack with some of our partners and friends.
Amazon Web Services
AWS Educate
Build your cloud skills at your own pace, on your own time, and completely for free.
AWS Free Tier
Gain free, hands-on experience with the AWS platform, products, and services. Explore more than 100 products and start building on AWS.