Student Eligibility

Students are now eligible to claim a Claude Enterprise account if they are reflected as active in the Academic Information System (AIS) for the current academic quarter, as determined by the Office of the University Registrar.

Students not reflected as active in AIS for the current academic quarter — including those on a leave of absence, who have graduated, or whose enrollment has been withdrawn — are not eligible. If your status does not show as Active, contact your advisor or the Registrar about term activation. IT Services cannot change enrollment status.

Personal Claude Accounts

Note! If you currently have a personal account that uses your cnetid@uchicago.edu email address, visit our Access a Personal Claude Account Connected to a UChicago.edu Email Address article for important information.

Undergraduates Additional Requirement

All students in The College must complete the Canvas course Using Claude Responsibly in the College, consisting of four short modules and an attestation at the end.

All Students

To claim your standard, free-to-use Claude Enterprise account at UChicago, follow these steps:

1. Go to the UChicago MySailPoint Portal by visiting https://uchicago.identitynow.com/ with your CNetID and password.
   
   
2. Complete two-factor authentication if prompted.
   
   
3. The home page of the MySailPoint Portal displays.
   
   
   
4. Select Launchpad from the header.
   
   
   
   
5. Click the Launch button under Request access to Claude AI.
   
   
   
   
   
6. The Request access to Claude AI confirmation box appears. Select the Launch button again.
   
   
   
7. Read the Terms and Conditions form. Confirm you agree to the terms by setting the slider from No to Yes.
   
   
   
8. The University offers two versions of Claude. Students should choose the Claude Enterprise version from the dropdown version unless they have been directed otherwise by their school or division.
   
   
   
9. Click Submit.
   
   
   
10. A success message appears once your request has been received.
    
    
    Alert! Please note that no email confirmations are sent when the provisioning has been granted. To check the status of your request, continue to the next section after approximately one to two hours.

Log in to Claude for the first time

1. After submitting your access request, please wait approximately one to two hours to allow time for the provisioning process to complete.
   
   
2. In an internet browser, visit the Claude website (https://claude.ai).
   
   
3. Enter your full CNetID@uchicago.edu email address in the email box. This cannot be an alias, Booth email address, or any domain other than @uchicago.edu.
   
   
4. As soon as you populate the last letter of the "@uchicago.edu" portion, a button appears labeled Continue with SSO. Select this button.
   
   Note: Do NOT type out your uchicago.edu email address and then press the Enter key; this will bypass the SSO sign-in and assume you want to create a personal Claude account.
   
   
5. The page redirects you to UChicago's Single Sign-On page. Click Next to enter your CNet password.
   
   
6. Complete two-factor authentication if prompted.
   
   
7. Once you've connected to your provisioned Claude Enterprise account, you can start using Claude Chat on the web right away, without any additional setup.

Upgrade to Premium License

Students are not eligible to purchase a premium license, unless funded by a department. Students who are also staff may be conducting work that regularly exhausts standard limits, for example sustained Claude Code sessions or high-volume document processing. In these cases, the manager with purchasing approval should submit the Claude Enterprise Premium License Request form on behalf of the student. Premium licenses are $600/year, billed annually at a quarterly rate to a valid financial account. Pricing is tied to our agreement cycle, so anyone signing up mid-cycle is prorated based on the quarter they request the license.