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All Stanford faculty, students, postdocs, and staff will have access to Claude for Education starting June 30, 2026. Learn more about this AI service launch. 

Claude for Education is an AI platform from Anthropic that enables Stanford users to access advanced AI tools for teaching, learning, research, and administrative work. It is designed to support critical thinking, responsible AI use, and academic integrity within a secure, university-managed environment.

At Stanford, Claude for Education includes features such as Claude Chat, direct API access to Claude models, and more.

Features

  • Anthropic Claude Models – Access advanced Claude AI models through the Claude website or Anthropic APIs to support writing, analysis, research, and problem-solving.
  • Claude Code – A developer tool that helps users write, modify, test, and manage software using natural language. Ideal for coding, development, and automating multi-step processes.
  • Claude Cowork – An AI-powered productivity assistant that connects to local files and applications to complete multi-step tasks from start to finish.
  • Learning Mode – A feature that guides users through the reasoning process rather than providing direct answers, helping build critical thinking through structured questioning.
  • Claude Skills – Create consistent results for specialized tasks by defining how documents are generated, data is analyzed, and workflows are automated.
  • Integrations and Tools – Connect Claude to other applications to interact with web content, communication channels, and everyday workflows.
Note: Although Anthropic has redeployed Claude Fable 5, this tool remains disabled in the Stanford enterprise environment as it does not currently align with the university’s obligations for data governance, research protection, and institutional risk management. If you have questions, please submit a Help request.

Designed for

The Standard tier is free to all active faculty, students, postdocs, and staff. (Visiting scholars, affiliates, fellows, and other affiliations are not eligible for the Standard tier. View the FAQ page for a list of specific groups with access. )

The Premium tier is available to all active SUNet IDs with a valid PTA. 

Requirements

An active SUNet ID

Data security

The information below is a preview of how Anthropic tools may be positioned with different risk classifications of data. 

Before you begin your work with these tools, note these data risk classifications:

  • Claude Chat is the recommended starting point for most users and is approved for all data classifications, except protected health information (PHI). 
  • Claude Code is approved for low, moderate, and high-risk data. PHI use requires routing through the Stanford AI API Gateway.
  • Claude Cowork and its connectors (Google Drive, Slack, Zoom, M365) are approved for low, moderate, and high-risk data. PHI use requires routing through the Stanford AI API Gateway. 
  • For School of Medicine users: Zoom and M365 (e.g., Outlook and Teams) connectors are disabled regardless of data classification.

Rates

Please see the Claude for Education rate information page for more details.

Get started

Get help

Learn more

Review the following resources to help you get the most out of your Claude experience:

More information about Anthropic products:

See also

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