SNOWFLAKE
FOR ACADEMIA
Program Overview
2024
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Snowflake Global Academia
Engagement Team
Engage with us!
1. Visit the Snowflake for Academia Page: Go to
www.snowflake.com/snowflake-for-academia
2. Fill Out the Application Form: Complete the
application form available on the page.
3. Submit the Application: Send the completed form.
Seeling Cheung Jeff Dubé 4. Team Member Outreach: Expect a member of
Snowflake's academia team to reach out to you.
Head of Academia Academic Program 5. Learn, Teach, Collaborate and Expand: Work
Program Manager together to find Snowflake curriculum to suit your
institution's needs.
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SNOWFLAKE A premium academic
FOR ACADEMIA program for students
and educators
globally.
Preparing Students With Modern
Skills in AI, Data and Applications. Free access to
modern training
materials and
Snowflake’s
platform.
Focuses on boosting
technical expertise
and career readiness
in modern AI, data,
and applications.
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Program Audience & Benefits
Institution & Educators Students
Access to Innovative Technology Develops Marketable Skills in Data
Comprehensive Teaching Resources and AI
Research and Collaboration with Earn Recognized Industry
Snowflake Certifications
Exposure to Industry Professionals
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REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN THE PROGRAM
Nonprofit
Need to have a nonprofit status.
Accredited
Institutions must be accredited by a public or other governing body.
Degree Granting
A degree-granting institution.
Commitment to Teach
Must commit to integrating Snowflake resources into their curriculum.
Academic Disciplines
Business, Data Management, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning and more.
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Academia Program No Cost Features
Access to the Ready-to-use Tailored Training for
Snowflake Platform Curriculum Educators
Certification Managed Lab Global Support
Support Environments Network
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What Is Included in Educator Enablement
Recommended Optional
Beginner Experienced Certification
On-Demand Instructor-led Training Certification Preparation
＞ Technical Foundations ＞ Data Science ＞ Snowflake SnowPro Core
**Free access to individual Snowflake lab ＞ Data Engineering Exam Preparation
account** ＞ Data Analyst ＞ Snowpro Practice Exam
Self-paced Tutorials
＞Snowflake Cortex ML Functions
＞Snowflake Cortex Generative AI
& LLM
＞Streamlit Content
＞Snowflake ML & Notebook
**Use Free Academia lab account**
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Curriculum Offerings
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Teaching Curriculum Materials & Hands-on Guides
Foundation Advance
Course Course Self-paced Tutorials
＞ Academic Technical Foundations ＞ Academic Data Engineering ＞Snowflake Cortex ML Functions
＞Snowflake Cortex Generative AI &
LLM
＞Streamlit Content
＞Snowflake ML & Notebook
**Use Academia Lab Account**
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Teaching & Curriculum Materials
Lecture Slides Exercise Lab
Workbook Environment
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Snowflake Lab Environment
No-cost access to managed lab
No Cost environment
Access Duration Semester-based access to lab environment.
Credits for each account, extensions
Compute Credits available upon review
Automation Built-in resource monitors for cost control.
Lab environment accessible from browser
Easy Access with an internet connection
Global support from Edu Service Support
Support Center with case workflow
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Academic Technical
Labs
Foundations
Introduction to Snowflake and
Snowflake Objects
Modules
Visualizations in Snowsight
Overview and Caching in
Architecture Snowflake Caching and Query Performance
Loading Structured Data
Query
Data Loading
Performance Data Transformation During Data
Loading
Semi-Structured
Cost Exploring Semi-Structured JSON Data
Data
Management
Introduction to Monitoring Usage and
Billing
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Academic Data
Labs
Engineering
Data Loading using Snowpipe
Modules Loading Semi-structured Data
Working with Unstructured Data
Data
Engineering Data Ingestion
Workflow Dynamic Tables
Snowflake Scripting
Data Data
Orchestration Transformation
Extensibility Features
Data Delivery Functions, Transforming Unstructured Data
for Analytics Procedures, and
Scripting Data Clustering & Materialized View
Data Exchange
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Zero to Snowflake: Academia Journey
Apply to Join Educator Enablement Prepare to Teach Start Teaching
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How to Engage
Visit the Snowflake Fill Out the Email for any
for Academia Page Application Form questions regarding
the program
Complete the
application form academia@snowflake.com
available on the page.
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THANK
YOU
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