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

Students

Employers

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, September 2024.
^[2]The Linux Foundation. "2022 Open Source Jobs Report,"June 2022.

Available courses and exams

Core system administration

Learn to deploy, administer, manage, and secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Course	Red Hat Certification Exam
Red Hat Training: Getting Started with Linux Fundamentals (RH104)	-
Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)	-
Red Hat System Administration II (RH134)	Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)	Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (EX294)

Cloud computing

Acquire the skills needed to support your organization's movement to the cloud.

Course	Red Hat Certification Exam
Red Hat OpenStack Administration I (CL110)	-
Introduction to OpenShift Applications (DO101)	-
Red Hat OpenShift I: Containers & Kubernetes (DO180)	-
Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman (D0188)	Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers exam (EX188)

Middleware development

Embrace modern infrastructure by mastering middleware applications.

Course	Red Hat Certification Exam
Red Hat Application Development I: Programming in Java EE (AD183)	Red Hat Certified Enterprise Application Developer (EX183)
Python Programming with Red Hat (AD141)	-

Management

Configure and manage infrastructure using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Course	Red Hat Certification Exam
Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO457)	Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation exam (EX457)

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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