{"id":9841,"date":"2021-06-10T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=9841"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:28","slug":"ibm-academic-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/tech-support\/software\/ibm-academic-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Academic Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        IBM Academic Initiative\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><a href=\"#started\">Getting Started<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"#what\">What is Available?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IBM Academic Initiative allows and encourages faculty, students and researchers at accredited academic institutions to leverage IBM tools, courses, and other resources in the classroom.&nbsp; Our mission is to enable students to graduate with direct hands-on experience on &#8220;industrial strength&#8221; tools that will help them in their chosen career. These tools are <strong>free<\/strong> for Carleton university students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/IBM-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9850\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/IBM-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/IBM-logo.jpg 290w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/IBM-logo-160x55.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/IBM-logo-240x83.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"getting-started\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"started\"><\/a>Getting started<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create an IBM academic initiatives account if you have a valid Carleton University email account.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You can create an account by navigating to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM academic home<\/a> and clicking on &#8216;Register Now&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-available\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"what\"><\/a>What is available?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An wealth of software, services, training courses and teaching tool are available to you categorized in these main technologies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/data-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Security<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/quantum-computing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quantum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/ibm-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Z<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/power-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Power Systems<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/academic\/technology\/blockchain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blockchain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Started What is Available? The IBM Academic Initiative allows and encourages faculty, students and researchers at accredited academic institutions to leverage IBM tools, courses, and other resources in the classroom.&nbsp; Our mission is to enable students to graduate with direct hands-on experience on &#8220;industrial strength&#8221; tools that will help them in their chosen career. 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