Obtaining a ChatGPT Edu License
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As of February 2025, ChatGPT Edu is available to eligible CES faculty and staff at BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Pathway, and Ensign College through an enterprise agreement with OpenAI. It is not available to students.
ChatGPT Edu supports CES institutions in academic and operational goals. Licenses are shared across CES institutions, and approval depends on availability.
Refer to the ChatGPT Edu Data Guidelines page to learn more about what data is allowed or restricted in the CES ChatGPT Edu platform.
To apply for a ChatGPT Edu license, complete the License Registration form with your institution NetID or Username and a brief description of your intended use and data type. You should receive a response within three business days.
Applying for a ChatGPT Edu License
Applying for a ChatGPT Edu License takes only a few minutes. Follow along with this video and honestly fill out the form. After your form is submitted, you will receive a response about your application, along with an invitation to log in, within a few business days.
Logging Into ChatGPT Edu - Video Tutorial
Once you receive your account acceptance email, you can log into your account and start using it immediately. Follow the video instructions or follow the step-by-step tab to access your new account.
NOTE: If you are a BYU Pathways user, the process for logging in will look slightly different. Follow the Pathway step-by-step walkthrough.
Logging Into ChatGPT Edu - Step-By-Step Guide
1. Once approved for a license, you will receive an email invite from OpenAI to access your new account.
*Note, if you do not see an email in your inbox but know you have been approved, try going to chatgpt.com, signing out (if you are signed in), and sign back in with your institutional netid@school.edu. For example, esmith@byu.edu.
2. The confirmation email will take you to a ChatGPT screen with the following notice. Once on this screen, select "Log in" located on the right side of the page.
3. In the "Email address or phone number" input box, enter your institutional NetID or Username using the example below for your CES institution and select "Continue".
It is important to note that you must use the same netid@school.edu that you gave in the ChatGPT Edu Registration form. Be sure to enter this information in the "E-mail address or phone number" text box. Do not use the social login buttons (Google, Microsoft or Apple).
| For BYU | This is your netid@byu.edu (not your email address or email aliases) |
| For BYU-Idaho | This is your username@byui.edu (not your email address or email aliases) |
| For BYU-Hawaii | This is your netid@byuh.edu |
| For Ensign College | This is your netid@ensign.edu |
| For BYU-Pathway | This is your netid@byupathway.edu |
4. After inputting your NetID@school.edu, it will ask you how you want to log in. Choose the first option: "CES SSO". This is the CES Single Sign-on (SSO) option.
5. A screen will then appear that asks you to select your CES institution. Select your home institution.
6. Once all other steps have been completed, you will then have access to your ChatGPT Edu account. If after signing in you are not shown a confirmation message that you have been added to CES ChatGPT, please refresh your screen.
Another confirmation message (like the message shown below) may also appear and will mention restrictions on sensitive data in ChatGPT Edu due to model training. However, you may disregard this message as the current CES contract with OpenAI features increased data privacy and disables the option for model training. Click the "Okay, let's go" button to begin using ChatGPT Edu.
Note: When your ChatGPT Edu account is activated, any existing ChatGPT Plus/Free accounts registered with the same email you provided will be retired and your conversations will be migrated to your new Edu account. Any remaining credit on your previous account will be refunded back to you by OpenAI.
ChatGPT Edu also has multiple desktop and mobile applications available. All login instructions across applications remains the same.