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Go to Software Manager and make a selection:
- Duke Standard (pre-paid for undergraduates and select departments)
- Duke Premium (fund code required)
- Duke Advanced (fund code required)
After placing your order, you will receive an invite from OpenAI to join Duke’s workspace
Go to ChatGPT to log in
Must log in as NetID@duke.edu for account setup
Once provisioned you will be redirected to Duke SSO page for login

* Important note: If you previously created a personal or consumer account using your NetID@duke.edu email address, please be aware that signing up for a Duke-managed account may require migrating your existing data.

ChatGPT for Education is a secure, privacy-focused version of OpenAI’s advanced AI tool, designed for responsible use with university data. As a leading provider of generative AI, OpenAI ensures that no data entered in the Duke ChatGPT Edu workspace is used to train its models.

ChatGPT Edu can answer questions, write, edit, synthesize data and ideas, and even inspire - increasing productivity, learning and creativity. It includes:

Access to GPT‑5, ChatGPT Edu's flagship model, excelling in text interpretation, coding, and mathematics
Robust security and data privacy, allowing for use of Duke’s sensitive and protected data (but not PHI). Learn more about Duke data classifications.
Advanced capabilities such as data analytics, web browsing, and document summarization
The ability to build GPTs, custom versions of ChatGPT, and share them
Significantly higher message limits than the free version of ChatGPT
Improved language capabilities across quality and speed, with over 50 languages supported

At this time the Standard license does not include free access to advanced reasoning models, voice mode, deep research or tasks.

Note for the Duke Health Community: Currently, ChatGPT is not approved for use within the Duke Health environment. A current list of available Duke Health AI tools and assistance can be found on the Duke Health Generative AI page. For policy questions, please reach out to your departmental leadership or compliance@dm.duke.edu.

Important: Duke users’ conversations and data will not be used to train OpenAI models.

Who Has Access to ChatGPT Edu

All undergraduate students at Duke will have unlimited access to ChatGPT default model. Current ChatGPT users of the free and “Plus” versions will have the ability to migrate into Duke’s secure licensed agreement.

Additionally, staff, faculty, and graduate and professional students in the following units will also be able to access the license without cost:

Nicholas School of the Environment
Sanford School of Public Policy
Pratt School of Engineering
Fuqua School of Business
Office of Information Technology

Regular rank and non-regular rank faculty with a tenure home in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences can access a license without cost. Faculty with secondary appointments in Trinity do not have free access through Trinity, but may through their primary school. Trinity emeriti faculty do not have free access.

All other members of the University Community will be able to purchase the license for reduced cost.

Additional tiers with cost premiums based on usage (fund code required).

Advanced - Standard features plus GPT-5 thinking, native image gen, Advanced Voice
Premium* - (complex research tools) Standard and Advanced features plus GPT-5 Pro, o1-Pro, native image gen, Deep Research

* Premium models, including Deep Research and o1-pro, consume significantly more credits and may result in higher costs charged to your fund code. To avoid unnecessary expenses, use these models only when their advanced capabilities are required.

OpenAI Academy

The following links are provided by OpenAI to help you become familiar with ChatGPT Edu.

How is ChatGPT Edu different than ChatGPT?

ChatGPT Edu is designed specifically for educational institutions, offering a secure, private, and institutionally managed version of ChatGPT. ChatGPT Edu does not train on user data, ensuring your interactions remain confidential. It provides access to more advanced, high-performance models that have more reliable responses and higher usage limits than the ChatGPT free plan.