Claude for Education helps universities maintain academic integrity while incorporating AI tools in education, with Anthropic’s commitment to safety. Built to strengthen thinking, not replace it. Claude helps students and faculty develop transferable skills through guided discovery and real-world application.
About This Service
Key Features
- Content creation - Turn ideas into reality. Brainstorm and refine concepts, then bring them to life -- from polished writing to interactive artifacts
- A thinking partner - Work through strategic decisions, brainstorm solutions, debate approaches, ask for coaching, and pressure-test your assumptions against what you might not see.
- Coding - Build anything with intelligent help. Debug issues, learn new languages, optimize algorithms with clear explanations, or analyze existing code. (Does not require Claude Code).
- Research - Gather information from everywhere -- search the web, connect Google Workspace, use custom integrations -- and create interactive reports with reliable citations.
- Data analysis - Make sense of anything complex. Analyze data, create visualizations, review documents, evaluate decisions, or break down key choices.
- Learning Mode - Claude’s learning mode represents our commitment to education's true purpose: developing capable, independent thinkers.
- Guides discovery rather than answering directly
- Develops thinking through Socratic questioning
- Focuses on principles instead of solutions
- Provides templates for research, study guides, and more
- Organize with Projects
- Query and analyze information about processes, initiatives, and project plans
- Upload files from your codebase to understand, improve, and contribute
- Generate analysis and reports from one consistent set of materials
- Create content informed by University policies and documentation
- Create with Artifacts - Artifacts allow Claude to share substantial, standalone content with you in a dedicated window separate from the main conversation. Artifacts make it easy to work with significant pieces of content that you may want to modify, build upon, or reference later.
- Protect privacy and ensure security: Claude will not use Pitt data to train generative models and maintains security standards that meet University compliance needs.
To help you get started with Claude for Education, we're sharing Anthropic's "Claude 101" demonstration videos. This official introduction from Claude's creators walks through the platform's key features and capabilities, showcasing how Claude can assist with common academic tasks from brainstorming ideas and refining writing to solving complex problems and providing research support. Whether you're new to AI tools or looking to understand how Claude differs from other platforms, this demonstration will give you a practical overview of what Claude can do and how it can enhance your teaching, learning, or administrative work at Pitt.
Claude 101 (November 2025)
Claude 101 (December 2025)
Getting and Using This Service
How do I access this service?
- Log into this Service:
- Go to https://claude.ai/
- Enter your @pitt.edu email address
- Select Continue with SSO
- Authenticate via Pitt Passport
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How do I request this service?
Access to this service is automatically granted If you are a member of the group that has been assigned permission to use this service.
Who can use this service?
Students, Faculty, Staff
Support
How do I get help?
For issues with authentication, or logging in via Pitt Passport, submit a ticket by clicking the Request Help button on the upper right hand corner of this page.
Usage guidelines and help documentation for Claude for Education can be found at the How to Get Support site.