This guide helps Admins, Owners, and Primary Owners set up and manage Claude Education plans at universities. Account users can find more information in our FAQs for student, faculty, and other users.
Getting started
Before setting up your Education plan, review these essential resources:
Note the following information from Important Considerations Before Enabling SSO:
When enforcing SSO on your Education account, there are two distinct categories to consider for existing users who are using their university email:
Users with existing Free/Pro/Team accounts who ARE added to your SSO application
These users will maintain access to their existing Free/Pro/Team accounts
They will have the ability to toggle between the Education account and their previous accounts by clicking the profile icon with their initials in the bottom left corner
Users with existing Free/Pro/Team accounts who are NOT added to your SSO application
If "Enforce SSO for Claude.ai" is NOT enabled: These users can still access their existing accounts using the "Continue with email" option
If "Enforce SSO for Claude.ai" IS enabled: These users will be unable to access their existing Free/Pro/Team accounts
Please note, these accounts are not deleted, but can no longer be accessed as the user is unable to login via SSO.
Enabling and Using Education Features
After getting started with your plan, choose which Education features you’d like use, and configure them in your account:
Familiarize yourself with audit logs, data retention controls, and other administrative features:
Setting Up Support Paths
Anthropic Support assists Primary Owners and Owners directly. See How to Get Support for more information on your support options.
Individual users should follow one of two paths to receive support:
Self-serve with our Help Center.
Escalate questions through university support channels.
We recommend setting up a documented support channel for any user escalations prior to going live at your university.
In addition, share the FAQs on using the Claude Education plan at your university to help users get started successfully.
Privacy and Data Retention
Visit our Privacy Center for comprehensive information about your account's data retention and handling. The Privacy Center includes:
FAQs on Anthropic's policies
Terms of service details
Privacy controls information