Tableau license information for students and instructors

Overview

Eligible students can request their own individual student license of Tableau Desktop + Prep (full version) through this program. They must submit a license request form; they are then verified by a third-party verification supplier, who checks against an international database to ensure the user's requests are legitimate. These licenses are also valid for one-year upon activation and must be renewed each year by the user.

Tableau for Students (for full-time students) -- request form here

Information for instructors wanting to incorporate Tableau in the classroom

Tableau has two programs within Tableau Academic Programs, Tableau for Teaching Program (which has various license types) and Tableau for Students Program (only one license type):

1. Tableau for Teaching (for instructors teaching Tableau in the classroom)
   1. Individual Instructor license -- request form here: Valid for one year upon activation. Includes Tableau Desktop + Prep (full version) and one-year access code for Tableau eLearning for Creator.
   2. Student Bulk license -- request form here (select 'I need student licenses' checkbox): For instructors who would like a license key for a specific course to distribute to their students. This license key is time-based, and valid for the duration of the course, start and end dates specified by the instructor in the request form. Instructors will receive a single key for all students and activation instructions to send along to their students.
   3. Lab License -- request form here (select 'I need lab licenses' checkbox): For physical or virtual computer labs accessed by students at a university. Requestors are sometimes instructors, but mostly IT Admins who would install the lab key. Lab license years are valid for one year.
   4. Tableau Online site -- request form here (select 'I need a Tableau Online Site' checkbox): Instructors are eligible to receive a Tableau Online site for in-class collaboration and work sharing. They are assigned as site administrators and may add (or import a list) of 100 (student) users and assign specific roles and permissions to them. The site is live for one year and must be renewed each year.
2. Tableau for Students (for full-time students) -- request form here
   1. Eligible students can request their own individual student license of Tableau Desktop + Prep (full version) through this program. They must submit a license request form; they are then verified by a third-party verification supplier, who checks against an international database to ensure the user's requests are legitimate. These licenses are also valid for one-year upon activation and must be renewed each year by the user.

It's important to note all requesting users must submit proof/verification of their active teaching (or student) status in their request form. For instructors, this could be a link to their publicly-facing faculty webpage or a screenshot of their course syllabus. This helps Tableau (or in the case of students, the verification supplier) confirm eligibility for the free offerings. Here is Tableau for Teaching FAQs for reference. 

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