The short answer
Sign up with your official institution email at /universities/join and confirm your email. Our team verifies the institution, and you get a join code to share with students.
Set up your institution
1Sign up with your official email
2Confirm your email
3Share your join code
4Students link and agree to share
A university account lets a college or school see the progress of students who choose to share it. It is separate from a learner account.
Create it
- Open Create a university account.
- Enter your name, your institution and your official email.
- Choose a password and accept the Privacy Policy.
- Confirm your address from the email we send.
Personal addresses such as Gmail cannot be used. Colleagues you invite later must use an official address on your institution's domain.
After you sign up
Your institution starts as pending and our team verifies it. You are the owner. You can share your join code with students before verification.
What you will find in the portal
- Dashboard: students linked, invited, active in the last 30 days, courses completed, certificates and internships
- Students, Invite students and Cohorts
- Recommended courses, Lab assignments, Internships and Reports
- Jobs for students, Profile and Team
Students appear only after they link their own account and agree to share.
Updated 22 October 2026
Related questions
- How do students link to our university?Share your join code or email invitations. A student types the code on the University tab under Career, ticks the box agreeing to share, and links their own account. You see nobody until they agree.
- How do I give my class a 3D Lab assignment?In your university portal open Lab assignments, choose a lab level and a cohort, and set the work. You then see who has passed the factory acceptance test. The lab is free for students.
- What can employers and universities see about me?Nothing unless you choose. Employers see you only if you opt in to the talent pool, and a university sees you only if you link your account and agree to share. You can stop either at any time.
- Which account type should I choose?Learners and working professionals share the free learner account at Start free. Employers and universities or colleges each have their own sign-up page. Everyone signs in with the same Log in.
- How do I create an employer account?Sign up with your official work email at /employers/join, confirm your email, and our team verifies your organisation, usually within one working day. Personal addresses such as Gmail cannot open an employer account.
- What can an employer do on EDWartens?A verified employer can search the opt-in talent pool, post jobs, send practical lab exercises, set up job simulations and manage their team. We are not a recruitment agency and candidates never pay.
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