Google Cloud Career Launchpad Program

Google Cloud Career Launchpad Program is sponsored by Google Cloud. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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* See all products (100+) * AI and Machine Learning * Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Unified platform for ML models, generative AI, and agent building. * Gemini Enterprise app Secure platform to discover, create, run, and govern AI agents for employees. * Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience Build and manage agents that live across the entire customer lifecycle.

* Model Garden Single place to discover over 200 models from Google and Google partners. * Customer Experience Agent Studio Build conversational AI with both deterministic and gen AI functionality. * Agent Search Build Google-quality search for your enterprise apps and experiences.

* Speech-to-Text Speech recognition and transcription across 125 languages. * Text-to-Speech Speech synthesis in 220+ voices and 40+ languages. * Translation AI Language detection, translation, and glossary support.

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* See all AI and machine learning products * Looker Platform for BI, data applications, and embedded analytics. * Data Studio Interactive data suite for dashboarding, reporting, and analytics. * Compute Engine Virtual machines running in Google’s data center.

* App Engine Serverless application platform for apps and back ends. * Cloud GPUs GPUs for ML, scientific computing, and 3D visualization. * Migrate to Virtual Machines Server and virtual machine migration to Compute Engine.

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* Bare Metal Infrastructure to run specialized workloads on Google Cloud. * Recommender Usage recommendations for Google Cloud products and services. * VMware Engine Fully managed, native VMware Cloud Foundation software stack.

* Cloud Run Fully managed environment for running containerized apps. * Not seeing what you're looking for? * See all compute products * Google Kubernetes Engine Managed environment for running containerized apps.

* Cloud Run Fully managed environment for running containerized apps. * Cloud Build Solution for running build steps in a Docker container. * Artifact Registry Package manager for build artifacts and dependencies.

* Cloud Code IDE support to write, run, and debug Kubernetes applications. * Cloud Deploy Fully managed continuous delivery to GKE and Cloud Run. * Migrate to Containers Components for migrating VMs into system containers on GKE.

* Deep Learning Containers Containers with data science frameworks, libraries, and tools. * Knative Components to create Kubernetes-native cloud-based software. * BigQuery Autonomous data to AI platform for analytics and data science.

* Managed Service for Apache Spark Zero-ops serverless or managed clusters, accelerated by Lightning Engine. * Dataflow Real-time analytics for stream and batch processing. * Looker Platform for BI, data applications, and embedded analytics.

* Lakehouse Open lakehouse platform with enterprise storage and performance capabilities. * Pub/Sub Messaging service for event ingestion and delivery. * Managed Service for Apache Airflow Workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow.

* Knowledge Catalog Always-on catalog for AI that provides universal context for agents. * Data Analytics Agents Built-in agents for data lifecycle and tools to build your own agents. * Data Analytics Migration Services Free-to-use, cloud-native and AI-powered data migration services.

* Managed Service for Apache Kafka Managed Kafka service to operate highly available Apache Kafka clusters. * Not seeing what you're looking for? * See all data analytics products * AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database for enterprise workloads.

* Cloud SQL Fully managed database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. * Firestore Highly scalable and serverless NoSQL document database, with MongoDB compatibility. * Spanner Cloud-native relational database with unlimited scale and 99.

999% availability. * Bigtable Cloud-native wide-column database for large-scale, low-latency workloads. * Datastream Serverless change data capture and replication service.

* Database Migration Service Serverless, minimal downtime migrations to Cloud SQL. * Bare Metal Solution Fully managed infrastructure for your Oracle workloads. * Memorystore Fully managed Redis and Memcached for sub-millisecond data access.

* Artifact Registry Universal package manager for build artifacts and dependencies. * Cloud Code IDE support to write, run, and debug Kubernetes applications. * Cloud Build Continuous integration and continuous delivery platform.

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* Eventarc Build an event-driven architecture that can connect any service. * Cloud Shell Interactive shell environment with a built-in command line. * Cloud console Web-based interface for managing and monitoring cloud apps.

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* Application Migration App migration to the cloud for low-cost refresh cycles. * Migrate to Virtual Machines Components for migrating VMs and physical servers to Compute Engine. * Cloud Foundation Toolkit Reference templates for Deployment Manager and Terraform.

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* Español – América Latina * Accelerate your digital transformation * Modern Infrastructure Cloud * Productivity and collaboration * Consumer Packaged Goods * Healthcare and Life Sciences * Media and Entertainment * Supply Chain and Logistics * See all industry solutions * Application Modernization * Modernize Traditional Applications * Migrate from PaaS: Cloud Foundry, Openshift * Modernize Software Delivery * Architect for Multicloud * Artificial Intelligence * Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience * Google Cloud with Gemini * New Business Channels Using APIs * Unlocking Legacy Applications Using APIs * Migrate Oracle workloads to Google Cloud * SQL Server on Google Cloud * High Performance Computing * Windows on Google Cloud * Rapid Migration and Modernization Program * Backup and Disaster Recovery * Red Hat on Google Cloud * Productivity and Collaboration * Google Workspace Essentials * Web App and API Protection * Security and Resilience Framework * Risk and compliance as code (RCaC) * Software Supply Chain Security * Google Cloud Cybershield™ * Small and Medium Business * Google Kubernetes Engine * See all products (100+) * AI and Machine Learning * Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform * Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience * Customer Experience Agent Studio * Contact Center as a Service * See all AI and machine learning products * Migrate to Virtual Machines * See all compute products * Google Kubernetes Engine * Deep Learning Containers * Managed Service for Apache Spark * Managed Service for Apache Airflow * Data Analytics Migration Services * Managed Service for Apache Kafka * See all data analytics products * Database Migration Service * Cloud Deployment Manager * Cloud Source Repositories * See all developer tools * Google Distributed Cloud Connected * Google Distributed Cloud Air-gapped * Google Kubernetes Engine * Google Distributed Cloud * Anti Money Laundering AI * Device Connect for Fitbit * Telecom Network Automation * Spectrum Access System (SAS) * Application Integration * Managed Service for Apache Spark * Managed Service for Apache Airflow * See all management tools * Migrate to Virtual Machines * Cloud Foundation Toolkit * Database Migration Service * Data Analytics Migration Services * Rapid Migration and Modernization Program * Storage Transfer Service * Cloud CDN and Media CDN * Network Connectivity Center * Network Intelligence Center * Private Service Connect * See all networking products * Managed Service for Prometheus * Productivity and Collaboration * Google Workspace Essentials * Sensitive Data Protection * Mandiant Managed Defense * Google Threat Intelligence * Security Command Center * Mandiant Incident Response * Chrome Enterprise Premium * Google Security Operations * See all security and identity products * Cloud Storage for Firebase * Storage Transfer Service * Google Cloud Managed Lustre * Google Cloud NetApp Volumes * Save money with our transparent approach to pricing * Pricing overview and tools * Cost optimization framework * Product-specific Pricing * Google Kubernetes Engine * See full price list with 100+ products * Google Cloud Free Program * Google Cloud certification * Cloud Architecture Center * Consulting and Partners * Google Cloud Consulting * Google Cloud Marketplace Level up your students’ AI-agent skills with our new GEAR (Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready) series.

Apply to Career Launchpad today. * Back to faculty programs # Google Career Launchpad Program Want to give your students the cutting-edge AI skills they need to succeed? The Google Career Launchpad program provides **no-cost training, focused on generative AI,** for today’s in-demand roles.

These courses are developed by experts from across Google, including Google DeepMind’s AI Research Foundations and Google Cloud Certificates and Generative AI for Leaders. Students can also prepare for an AI-driven world by building skills in data analytics, cybersecurity, and cloud engineering.

Available at no cost for higher education institutions, plus government and nonprofit workforce development organizations, Career Launchpad puts generative AI skills front and center in your students’ learning journey.

* Gain in-demand AI skills * Practice with hands-on labs * Earn Google credentials and Cloud Certificates * Prepare for an AI-first workplace ## Give Your Students a Competitive Edge with Career Launchpad With Google DeepMind curriculum and Cloud Certificates and credentials, faculty facilitators can help students gain the hands-on skills and credentials needed to excel in today's AI-driven market.

**Empower future talent** New Google DeepMind AI Research curriculum and Google Cloud Certificates help prepare your students for in-demand jobs in generative AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics. **Impact student success** Support your students' learning with access to Educator Guides and Google Skills credits to incorporate additional hands-on labs in your coursework. Build and fine tune your large language model from the ground up!

Developed by Google DeepMind, this practical curriculum is designed for technical learners proficient in Python and ready to dive into the core techniques of building LLMs from scratch. These courses are designed to deepen the learner's understanding of the AI methods behind language models like Gemini. Learners will hone their AI research skills through coding exercises and practical lab activities.

They will also learn responsible innovation techniques which are woven throughout each course. While the curriculum was shaped by educators and learners in Africa and is therefore localized to African contexts, it is useful for all learners globally.

Course 1: Introduction: Build Your Own Small Language Model Course 2: Represent Your Language Data Course 3: Design And Train Neural Networks Course 4: Discover The Transformer Architecture Course 5: Fine-tune Your Model Course 6: Align Your Model **Coming Mid-Year 2026** Course 7: Accelerate Your Model Course 8: Capstone: Develop Your Model for Real-world Impact **Coming Soon** Empower your students with the tools and frameworks to architect custom AI agents for real-world applications through this full-stack training series.

They’ll go from prototyping agentic workflows with Gemini to deploying secure, enterprise-grade agents on Vertex AI through hands-on training and guidance from Google experts. Students will build a solid foundation in agentic architecture and explore its business value. They’ll be introduced to Google Cloud’s unified agent stack, and explore hands-on labs to build a Gemini Enterprise app to earn a skill badge.

Students will learn to use ADK to build agents that can reason, plan, and take action. They’ll learn how to optimize agent behavior, integrate tools, and manage memory for complex workflows. Build your students’ knowledge and skills with this hands-on AI-agentic training.

This certificate program prepares learners for entry-level roles in cloud cybersecurity. While there are no required prerequisites, it’s helpful for learners to be familiar with foundational cybersecurity concepts, skills, and tools. Supplemental content on these concepts is included within the certificate for learners who do not have this prior knowledge.

There are five on-demand courses in which learners will complete hands-on labs that allow them to practice key skills and produce work examples to show potential employers. The first four courses progressively build learners’ working knowledge of networks, security models, and tools used to assess and address threats, risks, and vulnerabilities.

The final course includes a capstone project that focuses on applying the knowledge and skills gained and prepares learners to establish a career in the cloud security field. This certificate program prepares aspiring cloud data analysts for entry-level roles in the field. While there are no required prerequisites, it’s helpful