Red Hat Academy

Bridge the gap between education and industry

Red Hat Academy partners with academic institutions around the world to provide the next generation of IT talent with free access to a range of Red Hat’s training courses and certification exams.

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Why Red Hat Academy?

We have course offerings designed to build the skills needed to embrace the challenges of any job

Institutions

  • Join our network of academic partners in working with the recognized leader of Linux in the IT industry
  • Offer curriculum in Linux, cloud, and development technologies
  • Align to educational institution needs for flexible course design
  • Prepare your students with the foundational skills necessary to embark on other technology topics
  • Take advantage of no-cost membership for qualifying institutions
  • Participate in the Red Hat Academy tiering program to unlock new features and benefits

Instructors

  • Teach best-in-class IT curriculum for system administrators and developers
  • Validate your knowledge with discounted Red Hat certification exams
  • Stay current with curriculum updates
  • Keep learning with no-cost access to self paced learning
  • Run your curriculum and labs effectively with Red Hat program support
  • Showcase program engagement with Red Hat Digital Credentials through Credly

Students

  • Learn in-demand skills
  • Get certified with discounted exams by the leader in open source
  • Take advantage of online courseware format
  • Gain valuable experience with no-cost hands-on lab environments
  • Connect with Red Hat instructors and students in the Red Hat Learning Community
  • Prepare for a career in IT
  • Gain exclusive access to the Red Hat Academy Talent Network upon enrolling in a Red Hat Academy course
  • Showcase program engagement with Red Hat Digital Credentials through Credly

Employers

Through Red Hat Academy Talent Network:

  • Find individuals with Red Hat skills and certifications that meet your needs
  • Build a company profile to promote roles and skills you are seeking

Program features

Red Hat Academy has a number of benefits designed to help students reach their academic and career potential.

Curriculum

High-demand, diverse course content

Experience

Flexible, hands-on lab environments

Validation

Performance-based certification exams

Training

Instructor enablement and preparation

Careers

Prepare students for jobs


By the numbers

We know that finding IT professionals who know your technologies and have the right skills can be challenging. Red Hat Academy offers a diverse curriculum for system administrators and developers.

Better prepared

90%

Of Fortune 500 use Red Hat products and solutions[1]

Better opportunities

93%

Percentage of hiring managers who report difficulty finding sufficient talent with open source skills[2]

[1] Red Hat client data and Fortune 500 list, June 2021
[2] The Linux Foundation. "2022 Open Source Jobs Report,"June. 2022
 

Available courses and exams

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Learn how Red Hat® Academy Talent Network connects students who have completed Red Hat training with employers around the world.

Red Hat Academy around the world

North America

Collaborating with institutions across North America

When institutions are ready to offer a hands-on open source curriculum, they turn to Red Hat Academy.

Preparing students for an open source world

Red Hat Academy gives East Carolina University students real-world experience with the latest technologies.

Red Hat Academy at Fayetteville Technical Community College

Learn how efforts between Red Hat Academy and Fayetteville Technical Community College led to a student changing careers and joining the IT profession. Join the RHATN

Latin America

Success story

Creating new learning opportunities for Brazilian IT students

Universidade Federal de Campina partnered with us to bring a dedicated lab to students in a remote area.

Icon-Red_Hat-Media_and_documents-Quotemark_Open-B-Red-RGB Doing open source work in your university years enables you to become a much better engineer.

Andrey Brito

Professor and I.T. Director, Computer Science Department, UFCG

Europe, Middle East, & Africa

Success story

Helping Lithuanian students develop skills and qualifications

Kaunas Information Technology School teamed up with Red Hat Academy to boost IT job prospects for students.

SUCCESS STORY

500+ students take RHA courses leading to employement in open source fields

Information Technology Institute partners with RHA to scale up the impact of the aspiring Egyptian youth in the ICT workplace.

Asia Pacific

Success story

Offering practical experience to students across India

Red Hat Academy helped bring open source instruction to institutions in three different Indian states.

Success story

Bolstering curriculum offerings in a growing region

We worked with institutions in Indonesia, Australia, and Japan to help students embrace new technologies.

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