ChatGPT Education

A service overview and catalog of ChatGPT Education provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub.

Description

Initial release with limited availability

ChatGPT Education is a premium subscription that provides access to an interactive, generative AI assistant with enhanced data protections under the University of California Terms and Conditions. When you use ChatGPT Education while logged in with your Berkeley account, your data is not used to train AI models and is not included in public AI query results.

ChatGPT Education is comparable to ChatGPT Plus in functionality, with differences in feature availability, administration, and data handling based on institutional licensing and governance requirements.

Features

Generate and edit text from prompts (including summaries, outlines, and drafts) and support logical and analytical tasks.
Create and share custom GPTs across UC Berkeley (e.g., AI tutors, course assistants, research tools).
Access substantially higher message and feature limits than Free or individual plans, supporting heavy academic and research workloads.
Protect student data, research outputs, and institutional intellectual property (P3 data).
Best Use: Advanced reasoning, data analysis, refined content creation, generative problem-solving, and building custom GPTs with enhanced data protections.

Limits & Requirements

Approved for UC P3 data.
Apps (previously connectors) are not available to use at this time due to security requirements.

Getting Started

Initial release with limited availability: Pre-order for departments available beginning on January 28, 2026. We plan to start taking individual orders mid-February 2026.

Submit an order via the ChatGPT Education Request Form, providing a valid chartstring.

If you currently have a free or paid ChatGPT account: once your Edu subscription is enabled, you will be able to transfer your existing chat history and GPTs (plug-ins, custom instructions and apps will be deleted/disconnected).

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Service Details

Eligibility	*Initial release with limited availability:* Pre-order for departments available beginning on January 28, 2026. We plan to start taking individual orders mid-February 2026. Faculty and staff require a valid chartstring to pay for subscription fees.
Contact	For assistance with this service, OpenAI Help is available
Availability	This service is available 24/7, with support hours between 8am-5pm PST, excluding University holidays and curtailment periods.
Cost	$216 / year
Data Classification (optional)	P3