Amazon To Support CMU CS Academy

Support from Amazon Web Services will cover the cost of continuing to store and host CMU CS Academy's entire program in its cloud.

CMU CS Academy, a free, online computer science curricula designed by faculty in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science for high school and middle school classrooms, reaches students in more than 2,000 schools in 66 countries.

The program recently celebrated enrolling its 500,000^th student.

Amazon has supported CMU CS Academy since the program started in 2018, and this recent collaboration renews and continues that support.

"CMU CS Academy relies on AWS to deliver high-quality computer science curricula to students around the world," said Evan Mallory, the principal software engineer for CMU CS Academy. "With AWS's credits, we can host our website and curriculum resources at no cost, ensuring they remain fast, secure and reliable. Support from AWS allows us to dedicate more of our funding directly to our mission — expanding access to computer science education — rather than to infrastructure expenses. Thanks to AWS, we can continue to reach more students while keeping our resources free and accessible for all."

To learn more about CMU CS Academy, visit its website.