Google is opening registration for the second semester of the free program «Google Cloud for Students: a Confident Start of Your Career». After the successful first semester, which brought together more than 50 higher and vocational educational institutions of Ukraine, the company is extending the program for the second semester of the 2024–2025 academic year with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The curriculum combines materials developed by Google Cloud experts and teachers, and allows institutions to integrate advanced Google Cloud technologies into the educational process, easily integrate courses into curricula, and help students master practical skills in working with cloud technologies that will help them successfully start their careers.
Benefits of the program for educational institutions:
- free access to the Google Cloud Skills Boost platform during the period of participation;
- the possibility to integrate the program into the curriculum of educational institutions;
- technical and organisational support for educational institutions;
- a large number of educational resources and materials from Google Cloud;
- access to workshop recordings conducted by Google experts and leaders of the Ukrainian IT industry;
- a choice of study areas.
Benefits of the program for students:
- free access to the Google Cloud Skills Boost platform during the period of participation of educational institutions in the program and practical skills in the Google Cloud Console;
- Google Cloud skills certificates and badges that confirm qualifications after completion of the study program and enhance resumes;
- resources to improve cloud expertise, career development and interview preparation tips.
The program’s benefits are evidenced by feedback from its participants. For example, Anastasiia Tolkachova, Assistant at the Department of Information Protection, the Institute of Computer Technologies, Automation and Metrology, Lviv Polytechnic National University, said: «This program helps to train a new generation of specialists. We plan to continue to participate and are grateful to Google for their support and access to relevant knowledge that will help our students succeed in their profession».
More information is available on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.