University Ambassador Program

Enhance your students’ learning through this invited program for educators, featuring hands-on experiences and enriched curriculum materials designed to support classroom teaching.

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Overview
Program Benefits
Qualifications
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Bring Cutting Edge AI Education to Your Campus

Join the NVIDIA DLI University Ambassador Program and bring hands-on workshops in Agentic AI, AI Factories, Physical AI, and Industrial AI to your classroom. As an Ambassador, you’ll enhance your curriculum and equip students with in-demand skills.

To qualify, you must be an educator or trainer employed by an academic institution and invited by a local NVIDIA representative. Considered candidates will need to complete the NVIDIA instructor certification process which involves workshop-specific evaluations covering technical qualifications, subject matter expertise, mastery of workshop content, and classroom delivery skills.

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Bring AI Education and Training to Your University with NVIDIA

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Ambassador Program Benefits

Workshop and Content Enablement

Bring free, world-class training to your academic community in a variety of settings—from the classroom to academic conferences (a value of $500 per student)
Access to the Ambassador Workshop Event Kit, “train the trainer” content, and workshop promotion assets
Early access to new teaching kits and free, online, self-paced DLI courses for students in your class

Instructor-Certification Awards and Incentives

Free instructor certification
Workshop-specific instructor certificates to demonstrate your expertise for career growth and development
A special Ambassador certificate recognizing your University Ambassador Program membership
An optional profile listing in the public NVIDIA Certified Instructor directory
The opportunity to purchase workshops at a discount and resell/instruct them to industry and professional continuing-education customers
Additional benefits for Ambassadors who reach defined “tiers” of workshop-delivery activity
These and a number of additional benefits are detailed in the latest Ambassador Benefits Guide.

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Ambassador Program Qualification

To qualify for membership in the Ambassador Program, you should be currently employed by an academic institution and you must be certified to teach at least one DLI workshop. Each DLI workshop has specific qualification criteria that should be met to apply to become an instructor.

To become an NVIDIA-certified instructor under the Ambassador Program, you’ll first need to be invited by your local NVIDIA representative. Once approved, you’ll then need to complete workshop-specific evaluations that include technical qualifications, subject matter expertise, mastery of workshop content, classroom delivery skills, and training on effective use of the DLI platform.

Start Your Instructor Certification Process Today

Step 1	Sign up for the NVIDIA Developer Program. Membership in the free NVIDIA Developer Program is required to review course-specific qualifications for instructor certification. If you’ve already signed up, you can log in and jump to step 2. If you’re not a member yet, please sign up now.
Step 2	Contact your local NVIDIA representative Program applicants require a local NVIDIA sponsor. Contact your local NVIDIA representative for a nomination and more information on eligibility.