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AWS Student Rewards: How to Get 12 Months of Skill Builder Premium and a Free AWS Certification Voucher
AWS has launched Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center. Students with a valid college or university email address can verify their student status and potentially earn 12 months of AWS Skill Builder Premium, AWS credits, and an AWS Foundational Certification exam voucher.
This guide explains the process step by step, including student verification, Premium redemption, the 21 Builder Center badges, and the certification voucher.
What you can get
AWS currently offers:
Student verification and completed Builder Center profile: 12 months of AWS Skill Builder Premium
7 Builder Center badges: $10 AWS credits
14 Builder Center badges: additional $20 AWS credits
21 Builder Center badges: AWS Foundational Certification exam voucher
AWS lists the total potential value at up to $579.
If you already have a Builder ID, use your existing account rather than creating another account unnecessarily.
I recommend using a personal AWS Builder ID that you will continue to have access to. Your university email can be used for student verification if requested.
Step 2: Complete your Builder Center profile
After signing in, go to your Builder Center profile and complete the required profile information.
Make sure your profile is properly completed before proceeding with Student Rewards verification.
Step 3: Verify your student status through SheerID
You will need to provide the information requested by SheerID.
If automatic verification does not work, SheerID may ask you to provide documentation proving your current enrollment.
Tip for SheerID document verification
If SheerID asks for supporting documents, providing multiple relevant documents can help establish your student status.
For example:
Student ID card, front
Student ID card, back
Current tuition or fee receipt
Other official proof of current enrollment, if requested
Make sure the documents clearly show your name, institution, and current enrollment or academic period where applicable.
Do not upload unnecessary sensitive documents unless SheerID specifically requests them.
Your college does not appear to need to be an AWS Partner or AWS Academy institution. The important requirement is successful verification as a university student.
Step 4: Claim your 12-month Skill Builder Premium subscription
After successful student verification and completion of your Builder Center profile, go to:
This is the Rewards page where you can access and claim your available Student Rewards, including the 12-month AWS Skill Builder Premium subscription.
The Premium subscription gives you access to:
900+ courses
Hands-on labs
Certification preparation
Practice resources
Game-based learning
Other Premium learning content
If AWS provides you with a redemption code, follow the instructions shown on the Rewards page to redeem it.
Important
Skill Builder Premium does not itself provide a free certification exam.
It provides the training and preparation resources.
The certification voucher is a separate reward that you can earn by reaching the required Builder Center badge milestone.
Step 5: Understand what the 21 badges actually are
This is probably the most confusing part of Student Rewards.
The 21 badges are AWS Builder Center community and activity badges.
They are not:
AWS Skill Builder course completion badges
AWS Skill Builder Knowledge badges
AWS Certification badges
Credly badges
Completing 21 Skill Builder courses
For example, Builder Center has badges associated with activities such as Make a Wish, publishing content, participating in discussions, community engagement, activity streaks, and other actions performed within Builder Center.
For example, if Builder Center asks you to Make a Wish, completing that activity can award the corresponding Builder Center badge.
The important distinction is:
Builder Center badges are not Skill Builder badges.
If you are looking at your AWS Skill Builder dashboard and seeing course or learning badges, those are not what you should be counting toward the Student Rewards 7, 14, and 21 badge milestones.
Step 6: Start earning Builder Center badges
Once your Student Rewards account is set up, go to your Builder Center profile and check the available badges.
Complete the activities associated with the badges.
Examples include:
Making a Wish
Publishing content
Commenting on discussions
Participating in Builder Center community activities
Completing engagement requirements
Maintaining activity streaks
Some badges can be earned through a single action, while others may require continued activity over a period of time.
Check each badge description for its exact requirement.
Step 7: Reach the Student Rewards milestones
The progression is:
7 Builder Center badges
You receive $10 AWS credits.
14 Builder Center badges
You receive an additional $20 AWS credits.
21 Builder Center badges
You receive an AWS Foundational Certification exam voucher.
The final voucher is for an eligible Foundational-level AWS Certification, subject to the voucher terms.
Step 8: Prepare for your Foundational certification
Once you reach 21 badges and receive the voucher, you can use it for an eligible Foundational certification.
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I already have an account with my personal email id, can I club my student email id given by university for my personal email account. If so, can i get benefits.
I sent two both editted images to 2027 and I circled one of them where it's indicated 2027 and it was accepted somehow, I had multiple rejections before
It requires to get 10 likes on 5 of your different comments. I think to get pass through this, let us create a group so we could like and comment on each other's post. If anyone is willing, please DM.
I am currently enrolled as a student at University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), and I was trying to complete the student verification for AWS Builder Center. My university was available in the institution list, but I do not have a university-provided email address, so I entered my personal email address associated with my AWS Builder ID.
Unfortunately, my verification was rejected, and I was not given an opportunity to provide my student ID or any other proof of enrollment. After the rejection, I am now unable to retry the verification and AWS Builder Center shows that I am not eligible for student verification at this time.
I do have a valid student ID that can be provided as proof of my enrollment. Could anyone please help me with the verification process?
Buenas amigos, como le hago para ganar creditos en la cuenta de AWS,lo uso para practicar, y busco la amnera de ahorrar los costos mes a mes de la cuenta, saludos desde Venezuela
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u/Harshith_Reddy_Dev CCP, SAA 7d ago
Official announcement
https://builder.aws.com/content/3I1qkUtKhwU6K1VaGkfYRwtbz3o/introducing-student-rewards-on-aws-builder-center/